March 29, 2006
Creating Crossfades in Soundtrack Pro
In order to create a crossfade between two clips in Soundrack Pro, first you must put the project into crossfade mode. Go to the Project Controls located just underneath the Toolbar area and click on the Crossfade button.
In the timeline area, move two audio clips so that they overlap on the same track. You will see that a crossfade has been created over the overlapping areas.
Move the mouse cursor over the crossfade area to activate it in order to tweak the fade. When you click and drag from the the dark center of the crossfade selection, you can drag either left or right to change the length of the fade and its starting point.
Dragging from the top of the selection will turn the cursor into an icon of a hand, siginifying that you can drag the crossfade to a new location. This option will not change the duration of the crossfade.
Dragging from either side of the selection will increase the duration of the crossfade in either direction by changing its start or end point.
Posted by MovingPicture at 03:27 PM
February 13, 2006
615 MUSIC earns Emmy nomination for "Today Show" Track
NASHVILLE, TN - 615 Music's (www.615music.com) president/CEO Randy Wachtler was recently nominated for a National Daytime Emmy Award for an NBC track he created. Wachtler's "Live for Today" track was chosen as the theme for a multi-part series on NBC's Today Show and is nominated in the "Outstanding Original Song" category.
Sharing the nomination with Wachtler are co-writers Phil Vassar and Julie Vassar. The team worked closely with NBC's senior VP of marketing/East Coast, Frank Radice, on the idea for the theme.
"Frank came up with a great idea," recalls Wachtler. "Being a musician himself, he has one of the best ears of any producer I've worked with."
In May 2005, the popular NBC morning show produced a series of reports that chose lucky viewers and made it possible for them to realize their dreams. "Live for Today" was the upbeat and inspiring music selected from more than 100 submissions as the theme for the series and subsequently was chosen as the theme for the show.
The song was recorded by Phil Vassar on April 4, 2005 in the 615 Music studios and was unveiled in a live performance on May 2, 2005 by the Arista recording artist on the plaza outside the Today Show's Rockefeller Center studios.
Wachtler has a long history with the Today Show. In 2002, 615 Music developed and produced the theme music for the show's "Only on Today" campaign, and for the last three years, Wachtler has written the lighthearted music to accompany the popular "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" travel series.
Via: Post Magazine
Posted by MovingPicture at 05:08 PM