For music to have the biggest impact on your audience it has to work perfectly with the visual. Sonicfire Pro includes unique technology that will help you find music that matches the pacing and the timing of your visual sequences. If the music doesn't quite align with your on-screen events, the Timing Control feature allows you to easily move the major beats of the music without losing the rhythm or length of the music. Like all SmartSound features, no music experience is required.
   

Learn more about Timing Control

SmartSound has been relentless in providing solutions to overcome the limitations of traditional library music by empowering a new level of creativity through technological innovation. Sonicfire Pro 5’s Timing Control features are the biggest new innovation in customizing library music. Now you can adjust when the section changes occur in a track or move a perfect musical beat to match an event in your video. Simply select the “Timing Control” option and these new controls are at your fingertips.

Beat Alignment
When working with music and picture, you will inevitably need to emphasize an event or transition with a distinct musical change. With Sonicfire Pro 5’s new beat alignment capability, you can now grab a beat and move it to align perfectly with the events in your picture.

With “Snap to Beat” enabled, your new change will be in rhythm and the total lengh of the track will be automatically preserved.

Section Changes
If a song starts out slow and develops too quickly for your video, you can now simply change the music sections to allow more time before the song develops into its full sections.

You can easily control the arrangement of the song to conform to the dynamic changes in your story.

Insert Hit Files
When an event on screen calls for a musical hit or sound effect, the new “Insert Hit File” feature will come in handy. Sonicfire Pro 5 Scoring Edition comes with a collection of cymbal swells and crashs, whooshs, and dozens of other sounds that are ideal for highlighting a specific event in your scene.
Perfect Position
Since hit files have their peak sound at different times, Sonicfire Pro 5 automatically adjusts each hit file so that its peak is exactly where you want it.

Cycle Through Hits
A keyboard shortcut allows you to quickly cycle through all of the available hit files. It will automatically play 2 second before and after your hit file so you can quickly hear which one works best.

   
Watch the Using Timing ControlTutorial

 


Add More Hit Files To Your Collection

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We know that you may need a wide range of sound effects and musical elements to make the perfect accent to your visual events, so we have created extra Hit Packs for you to purchase and download. Note: These Hit Packs are available only via download.

Hit Pack 1

Hit Pack 1
This pack contains a wide variety of hit files and is included Free with Sonicfire Pro Scoring Edition.

FREE with Sonicfire Pro 5 Scoring Edition
Buy all 3 Hit Packs for 99.95
Hit Pack 2: Heavy Hits and Impacts Hit Pack 2: Heavy Hits & Impacts ( Listen to Sample )
Capture attention and add impact to your message! This pack will install Hit Files for use with Sonicfire Pro Scoring Edition. (40 unique sounds)
Buy$39.95 Download Only
Hit Pack 3: Sci-Fi and Suspense Hit Pack 3: Sci-Fi & Suspense ( Listen to Sample )
Stir emotions with this gripping collection of sounds. This pack will install Hit Files for use with Sonicfire Pro Scoring Edition. (40 unique sounds)
Buy$39.95 Download Only
Hit Pack 4: Swells and Whooshes Hit Pack 4: Swells & Whooshes ( Listen to Sample )
Create a dramatic effect for your logos and other important messages. This pack will install Hit Files for use with Sonicfire Pro Scoring Edition. (40 unique sounds)
Buy$39.95 Download Only
Buy all 3 Hit Packs for 99.95

 


Spotting Tools

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The new Spotting feature of Sonicfire Pro 5 lets you set the important music markers along any imported video sequence. Mark the music in and out points and also mark key events in your scene that need support of a well-timed change in the music. Once you’ve set your markers, the Spotting tool will turn your visual cues into a list of music search results that are ideally suited for the duration and pacing of your markers.

Watch the Using Spotting Tools Tutorial

 

 
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