Compose your own music 2004-03-30 - By Alain Bellon
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Acid is a good option. You will have to play with it a bit, especially
if you have no musical experience (no music theory needed but it helps).
You can load a video into the timeline and compose to the timing of the
video file. Acid is a loop based program (a loop is a sound file that is
timed properly so it can be played in a loop to a given beat), and it
only has a very limited sequencer (a piano roll where you input notes).
You may want to look into a free loop system like Making waves, or a
similar commercial program called Sonar (previously CakeWalk).
Movie Maestro and SonicFire pro are great for quick development but they
are expensive and your music will not be as "unique". But it is by far
the easiest option for doing musical scores for video. Expensive.
I think for flexibility a loop based system is the best (especially the
ones that let you load video on the timeline). You may want to buy a
loop library too. There are cinematic loops available at the sony page.
Oh and get the free version of Acid (a limited Acid3) to get a feel of
how it works.
All in all, I am sure you will have some fun with this.
Sonar : http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/default.asp
Acid Xpress (free):
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/download/Step2.asp?DID=491
Some loop collections at the Sony page:
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/shopping/category.asp?id=5
Making Waves: http://www.makingwavesaudio.com
-Alain Bellon
Rick Bolman wrote:
>Hey Spencer,
>
>There are a couple that I can think of, but I can't recall the name of one
>of them so I guess there is one I can think of *shrug*.
>
>Acid, formerly under the umbrella of Sonic Foundry, but now under the
>ownership of Sony at
>http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/products/acidfamily.asp
>
>And.....um.....ooo..OOOO....I got it.
>
>Movie Maestro or Sonicfire Pro at http://www.smartsound.com
>
>*whew*
>
>
>-- --Original Message-- --
>From: Spencer Britton [mailto:spencerbritton@(protected)]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:07 PM
>To: truespace@(protected)
>Subject: [TSML] Compose your own music
>
>A while back, someone mentioned a program that lets you compose your own
>royalty-free music. Anyone remember what that was?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Spencer
>
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