Magic GarageBand – Get your free music tracks!

 

Was watching MacBreak Studio last night and learned something I thought was really cool.

How many times are you in a pinch for a music track and don’t have the time to look for or the $$ for a library cut?  Now we all know about GarageBand, but when was the last time you opened it up? Well the newest version that comes with iLife ‘08 has a cool new feature called Magic GarageBand.  If you have a new Mac then you already have iLife ‘08.  If you’ve got an older Mac then you might need to upgrade to get this new feature. Basically, Magic GarageBand lets you select a genre of music, pick the types of instruments and presto…instant music tracks for free.

 

 

Rather than get too much into how it works and what it does, I recommend taking a look at the episode of MacBreak Studio.  

I think you’ll be surprised how easy a process it is to create your own music to the desired length you need.  Be sure to stop by PixelCorps for more podcasts too!

 

 

 

Final Cut Pro Audio Filter Guide Part 1

I don’t know about you but for me, audio is somewhat of a mystery.  So when it comes to playing with audio filters in Final Cut Pro, I look at them, scratch my head and through trial and error end up abandoning any attempt at fixing the problem and pass off to our audio mixer.  Now, thanks to the fine folks at Digital Rebellion, home of Aspect Ratio Calculator and many other great tools, there’s a great review and explanation of each audio plug-in.  Take a look by clicking on the link below.

Final Cut Pro Audio Filter Guide Part 1 – Digital Rebellion Blog.

Watch out for…..The Levelator!

Watch out Arnold…The Levelator is here.

Here’s a cool little app that will take your mixes, or other discreet tracks from Final Cut and levelate them.  Or in other words, it will even the dynamic range of your audio.  I think this is especially cool for those times when you can’t have Gerrard mix your work and you really want to even out some dialogue.  Export an aif file of the audio you want to affect, drop the file on to the Levelator app window and it automatically will create a new aif file with nice even audio levels. Download and try it for yourself!

The Levelator from The Conversations Network