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Over the years, SmartSound has built a loyal following of users who have come to rely on our products to help them create soundtracks that add emotional punch to their projects without requiring a large amount of musical knowledge or time investment. Our customers come from a variety of backgrounds, and use SmartSound to help them with a wide range of projects. What they share is a desire to have their projects look and sound as great as possible, and SmartSound helps them achieve their goals.

Below are some stories that highlight the many creative ways that people are using SmartSound products.

Professional A/V

	1-Take Multimedia Patty Civalleri Summary: Patty is a professional multimedia designer. She uses Macromedia Flash for compelling visuals and SmartSound Sonicfire Pro for high-impact music and sound effects. Much of her creative work is done at sea with Sonicfire Pro as her only resource for composer-quality music, delivering professional results quickly to each project. Click to read the case study (PDF 64kb)

	Big Pookiehead Productions Alexa Lee Summary: Alexa Lee was initially drawn to the high quality of SmartSound’s music, but was skeptical about using SmartSound Software. But after having a chance to use the Sonicfire Pro herself, she quickly realized the not only did the software give her more power than using her existing music libraries, but that she could also maximize her investment in other music sources. Click to read the case study (PDF 146kb)

Educational
	Salida Middle School Cherish Doll Summary: Cherish teaches middle school students in Salida, CA, and her students use Sonicfire Pro for a wide range of classroom projects. She also uses Sonicfire Pro to create soundtracks for side projects, such as videos for the parents of students. Click to read the case study (PDF 89kb)

	Deer Park Middle School Dan Huffman Summary: The projects that Dan Huffman’s students work are not just for class; often times, they help fund their very program. His students work with the local fire department to produce training videos, document special events, and have even won a grant with the state of Washington to shoot a video on freeway trouble spots. Click to read the case study (PDF 84kb)

Event Videographer

	AerialExtreme.com Mark Lichtle Summary: Anyone who gets married while freefalling several thousand feet knows how to have fun. But Mark Lichtle also knows when to get serious. And when he realized that it was time to take his extreme video company to the next level, Sonicfire Pro was the answer to all of his soundtrack creation needs. Click to read the case study (PDF 85kb)

Independent Film Maker
	Big Q Videos Peter Jazwinski Summary: Peter Jazwinski had a big dream to make a documentary about a short film. Months of preparation, shooting and editing led to his first feature-length documentary, "Making Gretchen: The Big Story of a Little Film". Sonicfire Pro helped him make his movie a reality by providing the music and tools to help him score his movie his way. Click to read the case study (PDF 103kb)

	Poppill.com/Eminence Front Productions Maxx Gillman Summary: Maxx Gillman graduated high school at age 15, and now has a successful career as an assistant editor at Eminence Front Productions as well as his own freelance work. But he wouldn’t have to be a genius to see the value of Sonicfire Pro in his work routine. Click to read the case study (PDF 85kb)

Television Broadcasting
	Prairie Public Television Bob Dambach Summary: Bob Dambach uses Sonicfire Pro to score almost every locally produced broadcast element for Prairie Public Television. Sonicfire Pro gives him the variety of music that he needs to score a broad range of productions, without having to worry about spending time editing or spending too much money on new music or rights clearances. Click to read the case study (PDF 87kb)