Sonicfire Pro 5 Creativity Bundle from SmartSound, is software for video professionals who need to quickly score audio for visual media. With a multi-track mixing interface and support for SmartSound Multi-Layer Music, editors can orchestrate sophisticated music tracks that would otherwise require the services of a professional music editor or composer.
The software includes a feature called "Mood Mapping." This feature allows the user to define, in the video timeline, their emotional and structural requirements for a scene as a Mood Map. Utilizing this technology, any SmartSound "Multi-Layer" Music track will fit the length of a scene from beginning to end, and will arrange the music to best match the changes set out in the Mood Map.
Included in the bundle is a copy of Core Foundations Volume 1, which contains various royalty-free music tracks, along with a voucher for the download of any other music disc of the purchaser's choice. The intuitive design of Sonicfire Pro 5 delivers instant access to professional music mixing and editing, while keeping advanced features easily accessible for complete control of the music score.
- Features a familiar multi-track timeline interface that includes unique SmartSound features that add new levels of creative control
- A video window is also available for you to synchronize the music precisely to your video sequence
- SmartSound's Multi-Layer Music adapts to the changing moods of your production
- Makes it easy for you to control up to 9 different instrument layers from a single track on the timeline
- Set Mood keyframes to change the instrument mix at precise points on the timeline
- Set the Mood (or instrument mix) for any area on the timeline
- Select a preset Mood Mix from the drop down list or adjust the sliders to get the perfect custom mix
- Control the transition between moods with a slider - make a subtle transition by setting it longer or set it to zero to make an immediate transition that emphasizes a change in your video
- If you want to change the location of a Mood keyframe, just click and drag it to a new point on the timeline
- You can adjust when the section changes occur in a track or move a perfect musical beat to match an event in your video - simply select the "Timing Control" option and these new controls are at your fingertips
- When working with music and picture, you will inevitably need to emphasize an event or transition with a distinct musical change. With beat alignment capability, you can now grab a beat and move it to align perfectly with the events in your picture
- With "Snap to Beat" enabled, your new change will be in rhythm and the total length of the track will be automatically preserved
- If a song starts out slow and develops too quickly for your video, you can now simply change the music sections to allow more time before the song develops into its full sections
- You can easily control the arrangement of the song to conform to the dynamic changes in your story
- When an event on screen calls for a musical hit or sound effect, the "Insert Hit File" feature comes in handy by providing a collection of cymbal swells and crashes, whooshes, and dozens of other sounds that are ideal for highlighting a specific event in your scene
- Since hit files have their peak sound at different times, Sonicfire Pro 5 automatically adjusts each hit file so that its peak is exactly where you want it
- A keyboard shortcut allows you to quickly cycle through all of the available hit files - it will automatically play 2 seconds before and after your hit file so you can quickly hear which one works best
- Additional hit files can be purchased and downloaded from SmartSound's website
- Lets you set the important music markers along any imported video sequence
- Mark the music in and out points and also mark key events in your scene that need support of a well-timed change in the music
- Once you've set your markers, the Spotting tool will turn your visual cues into a list of music search results that are ideally suited for the duration and pacing of your markers
- Every music file created by Sonicfire Pro works as a standard audio file in all of your media applications, but it also retains full customization control
- With Smart Recall, your music files will open in Sonicfire Pro with the settings that were used to create the file
- Make some quick adjustments to the length, variation or mix and update the original or save a copy with your new settings