Soundtrack Pro
This class is part of GeniusDV's Final Cut Studio training bundle.
From seasoned editors to beginners the majority of Final Cut Pro users do not realize what all Soundtrack Pro can do. GeniusDV has developed an advanced Soundtrack Pro class, that has been designed to give students a much broader comprehension of what Soundtrack Pro can do. Starting by explaining the diference between an Audio File Project and a Multi Track Project, and when each is appropriate.
Students will learn the how to use Soundtrack Pro for all of the different aspects of producing audio. You will also earn how Soundtrack Pro and Final Cut Pro integrate with one another.
Specifically Students will learn how to set up Soundarack Pro to do a voice over, as well as using Soundtrack Pro to clean up a lesser quality recording. Students will receive instruction on both Filters and Effects, as Well as an introduction to Scoring. Audio preproduction will also be taught, focusing on the value of a good script, and how to both develop and adhere to it.
After the first two thirds of the day are spent reviewing the components of good audio, students will finish the day, by producing the audio for a 30 second ad, using the features of Soundtrack Pro.
Soundtrack Pro Course Outline
I. Introduction
A. Find out the goal of each student
B. Explain a little of what the day will hold
II. Working In the Interface
A. Launching Soundtrack
B. Exploring Project Window
C. Working files in Timeline
D. Saving the Project
III. Create a Mulitrack Project from Scratch
A. Moving tabs in Project window
B. Exploring Project Controls (Volume, Pan, Snapping, Envelopes etc.)
C. Arranging Music in the Timeline
E. Exporting options
IV. Creating Suspense with Sound Design
A. Organize Sound Effects
B. Work with Markers
C. Building Sound Effect Tracks
V. Building Suspense with Editing Techniques
A. Splitting a clip in the timeline
B. Adjusting clips with precision in timeline
C. Adding Foley sound effects
D. Crafting Suspense with Music
E. Overlapping Clips in Timeline
F. Create a Master Timeslice
VI. Repair Dialog in Waveform Editor
A. Work with Voiceover recordings
B. Production Sound
C. Analyzing Files in Waveform Editor
D. Working with Ambience
VII. Fixing Audio Files
A. Analyze an Audio File
B. Reducing Noise
C. Roundtrip back to Final Cut Pro
VIII. Working with Musical Content
A. Adding Music beds
B. Working with Loops
C. Using Markers
D. Using Markers to Set Tempo
VX. Recording and Mixing Studio Quality Music
A. Importance of Microphones
B. Types of Microphones
C. Setting up for Recording
D. Record a Single Take
E. How to punch-in and punch-out
F. Difference between destructive and non-destructive recording
G. Using Submixes
H. Effects filters (very important)
I. How to use Automation
J. Buses
X. Surround Mixing
We'll make sure you leave plenty of time for students to work in each project and be very familiar with it before moving on to next level.
If students show more interest in the recording studio aspect of Soundtrack, we'll go to more depths of the interface structure to show how powerful it can be compared to other programs, i.e. Pro-Tools, Cubase, etc.
If there is time left over, create a small 2 minute program as old time radio style complete with music and foley work.
Some of the other areas to be discussed in this class:
- How to us the Frequency Spectrum.
- The importance of music beds.
- Normalizing audio.
- Choosing a genre for a project.
- Where to acquire third party effects and filters.
- Using the time stretch feature.
- Various types of output.
- Different methods of scripting.
