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Carl Walters · February 15th, 2005, 10:43 AM

A little bit of information required from those who use smartsound.
I am looking at Smartsound to use with Premiere pro.
I notice on the smartsound website that they do a ppro version plug in.
Am I correct in thinking that the normal version just has to have the time entered and a soundtrack to that length will be made, which can then be imported in, and the ppro version will only work within ppro in a similar manner.
Is the normal version the better buy so it can be used for other projects?

Any recommendations on which version to purchase would be welcome.

Carl

Paul Tauger · February 15th, 2005, 06:13 PM

I use Sonicfire, the stand-alone version of Smartsound.

It does a couple of things. First, it uses a timeline model -- you can import an AVI and work up the music tracks on the timeline. Next, it will import non-Smartsound music, both from wav files and CDs.

However, it does work the way you indicated: you select a song (either directly or by using a "style selector" wizard), punch in a time and it spits out a wav file of the correct track length. It can export directly to Premiere Pro -- if you have Premiere Pro open, it will automatically drop the selection into the open bin.

February 15th, 2005, 10:43 AM	#1
Carl Walters Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: East Midlands Posts: 137	Smartsound A little bit of information required from those who use smartsound. I am looking at Smartsound to use with Premiere pro. I notice on the smartsound website that they do a ppro version plug in. Am I correct in thinking that the normal version just has to have the time entered and a soundtrack to that length will be made, which can then be imported in, and the ppro version will only work within ppro in a similar manner. Is the normal version the better buy so it can be used for other projects? Any recommendations on which version to purchase would be welcome. Carl

February 15th, 2005, 06:13 PM	#2
Paul Tauger Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Los Angeles (recently from San Francisco) Posts: 954	I use Sonicfire, the stand-alone version of Smartsound. It does a couple of things. First, it uses a timeline model -- you can import an AVI and work up the music tracks on the timeline. Next, it will import non-Smartsound music, both from wav files and CDs. However, it does work the way you indicated: you select a song (either directly or by using a "style selector" wizard), punch in a time and it spits out a wav file of the correct track length. It can export directly to Premiere Pro -- if you have Premiere Pro open, it will automatically drop the selection into the open bin.