Assignment #1–Adding/Manipulating Sound Using Soundtrack Pro
Soundtrack Pro Sound Design:
Adding Sound:
• Open up Sound Track Pro
• Move the playhead to 3 seconds and place a visual mark
Goto: Mark > Set End of Song
• In the main browser locate your audio files
• Click and Drag and place on the timeline
Adding Audio Fade Effects:
• On the timeline or the browser, double click on the audio to reach editing mode
• Add time marker at the 3 second interval
• Highlight the audio by dragging from the top right to the bottom left of the stage, stopping at 3 seconds / time marker
• Press delete
• Highlight the audio again
• Goto Process > Fade Out
• Test it
Envelopes: Pan and Level
• Open up your clip envelope, by clicking the arrow to the left of the clip name
• Magnify the stage area by pressing on Apple and the + sign
• To control the volume consistently throughout the clip, move the horizontal line up or down
• You could also control the volume in selected areas of the clip by inserting controlling handles:::: double click on the horizontal line in the desired time area.
• Insert control handles in multiple areas
• Move the control handle up to increase volume, move it down to decrease the volume
• To delete a control handle, select it and press delete
• Do the same exact thing with the pan controls, up is left speaker and down is right speaker
Adding More effects:
• Double click on the audio clip
• Highlight the audio on the stage, editing window
• Goto: Process > Effects > Distortion > Phase Distortion
• Through trial and error, adjust all the different levers in this effect, click apply
• If you don’t like it, either control+Z, or uncheck the effect box in the Actions browser
Adding a downloaded or created sound effect at the end of the clip:
• Go back to the timeline window
• Click and drag the sound effect in the Browser window and place on a different layer on the stage
• If you want to add a second copy of that sound effect, select with mouse, click option and drag (That way you just made a copy of that sound)
• Adjust the sound to your liking, add effects, and manipulate using the techniques that you learned above
synching The 2 sounds Together:
• You want to try to sync the 2 sounds together so they seem united
• First step is to turn off the snap feature….Goto: View > Snap and uncheck it. Or, just simply press the letter N on your keyboard
• Utilize the beat markers: Mark > Add Beat markers to try to sync the 2nd sound with the first.
• On the stage position the 2nd sound effect to that beat marker, till both audio clips sound like one.
Exporting The File Into AIF:
• When finished Goto: File > Export > Export Mix
• Name the file and save it in your folder
Import the sound file into Final Cut Pro like you learned how, and place it on an audio layer in the timeline.
Your finished……