SUMMARY
Each musical instrument is stored and controlled separately, which gives you far more flexibility in crafting the appropriateness of the music to your video content.
Target Apps
Music tracks for commercials, theatrical productions, training videos, documentaries, video Web casts
What It Costs You
$199 (with 20 multi-layer music tracks) or $299 (with 50 multi-layer music tracks)
What's Cool
Mood Mapping allows creative control of the individual musical instruments. You can apply it manually using the slider control associated with each instrument. Or you can select from a collection of premixed Moods.
What's Missing
Older music library discs don’t support the new Mood Mapping feature
Specs
1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, Windows XP; Intel or Power PC (G4 or G5), 256 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.0 or higher
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Until recently, SmartSound Sonicfire was king of the hill, mostly because it didn’t have any real competition. All that changed with the introduction of Sony’s Cinescore, which is aimed at essentially the same market. Both programs generate music tracks that can match the length and mood of your video.
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