ian lucero
Well-known member
So lately I just realized that you can import really long AIFF files into Apple's Soundtrack application. You don't have to use this app solely for making loops and beats. What I find impressive is that I can add all kinds of effects (Compression, EQ, Reverb) and it works instantly and add more tracks. Since I don't have a more Professional program to do this kind of work, I've been taking the audio that I recorded to harddisk, and cleaning it up with Soundtrack, exporting the result and importing it back into FCP. It seems to be working great.
Is anyone else using Soundtrack in this kind of way? What are some cool things you've discovered? Now I'm talking about using Soundtrack in a way that Apple isn't advertising it. I mean it almost seems this program is a really powerful audio editing/mastering tool in disguise. Also what am I missing out on by using Soundtrack as opposed to something like Pro Tools or Logic Pro? For now, with my budget, can I get pretty decent audio tools with Soundtrack. I haven't messed with it enough, nor do I have enough audio mastering experience, to realize if this is a good program to do this with or not.
Thanks for any comments!
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UPDATE:
So after using this method, lacking better software to do it, it seems to work fine. I did find though, thinking that using a more compressed video track would make things less stressful on Soundtrack, actually made it choke. I thought wow this method kinda sucks, making me think that maybe that's why it hasn't been discussed before or killed quickly because it isn't so productive. After readking up more on importing video into soundtrack to do your scoring, it says that you should avoid using highly compressed audio as this will slow things down. I chose to compress my dv 720x480 footage to Sorenson 270x180 thinking that smaller video file will help. Don't try it. It doesn't help at all. Stick with exporting your video track out of FCP or whatever at the normal DV compression (Full Res) and you'll find Soundtrack works smoothly.
Is anyone else using Soundtrack in this kind of way? What are some cool things you've discovered? Now I'm talking about using Soundtrack in a way that Apple isn't advertising it. I mean it almost seems this program is a really powerful audio editing/mastering tool in disguise. Also what am I missing out on by using Soundtrack as opposed to something like Pro Tools or Logic Pro? For now, with my budget, can I get pretty decent audio tools with Soundtrack. I haven't messed with it enough, nor do I have enough audio mastering experience, to realize if this is a good program to do this with or not.
Thanks for any comments!
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UPDATE:
So after using this method, lacking better software to do it, it seems to work fine. I did find though, thinking that using a more compressed video track would make things less stressful on Soundtrack, actually made it choke. I thought wow this method kinda sucks, making me think that maybe that's why it hasn't been discussed before or killed quickly because it isn't so productive. After readking up more on importing video into soundtrack to do your scoring, it says that you should avoid using highly compressed audio as this will slow things down. I chose to compress my dv 720x480 footage to Sorenson 270x180 thinking that smaller video file will help. Don't try it. It doesn't help at all. Stick with exporting your video track out of FCP or whatever at the normal DV compression (Full Res) and you'll find Soundtrack works smoothly.
