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The Assistant guided the user through a series of questions asking if you wanted a musical selection or sound effect which would lead you to another window asking what style of music you preferred which lead you to yet another window which provided a large selection of keywords which would best describe your wishes whether it be atmospheric, calm, cool, cheerful or a host of others.

One tool, which no longer exists in Sonicfire Pro 4, is the Assistant. So, what is the difference between versions 3 and 4? Actually, there are several and almost every one of them makes upgrading to Sonicfire Pro 4 well worth it. You can keep them as is or change them around to suit your needs. Now, however, Sonicfire Pro 4 will allow you to take customization to the next level.Įach composition is first opened in the Files and Blocks window. For those so inclined, you can still customize each cut by adding, removing or switching around any number of the musical blocks that you desire in order to create your piece. It is still as simple as pie to select a cut, punch in the time of the cut that you need, and let Sonicfire Pro do the work from there creating a finished piece with beautifully crafted fades both up and down at the beginning and end. You can still bring in video to score your film as you watch and make changes. Sonicfire Pro 4 keeps most of the features that were so easy to use in Sonicfire Pro 3. What's more, you now have the ability to adjust the tonality and presentation to your own customized musical vision. In the past, SmartSound and Sonicfire Pro 3.0 have been exceptional in their ability to give the editor what they wanted by offering an ever-growing library of music to fit most any need. However, buying a disc's library of music and only needing one cut now becomes a MAJOR expense.

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Thus, purchasing copyright free music is simply part of the expense within any production. Copyright laws, being what they are, are nothing to be played with, especially if you intend to sell your film or broadcast it in any way. Many just want a suitable piece to be able to fit the genre of film they have worked so hard in creating.

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Not everyone is a professional musician and can write their own music and not every one has the musical aptitude to create their own piece in Apple's Soundtrack, Garage Band or in Acid. What's of major importance in any film shot and produced, what creates the mood and keeps or changes the direction of the film is the musical score. With the release of SmartSound's new version, Sonicfire Pro 4, we enjoy some major new developments, which may be taken advantage of by both the hobbyist of any level as well as the professional editor. For many years now I have enjoyed working with the SmartSound software, which, over time, has grown in both the quantity of available music and evolved in its application software.