David Biedny reviews Musicbed DV for MacLife

David Biedny has good things to say about Musicbed DV in a review, as well as in the context of Soundbooth soundtrack generation:

"Creating compelling, captivating musical scores for your video projects can be a daunting challenge. But with Musicbed DV, you have a truly useful tool to make royalty-free soundtracks. Perfect for commercial projects, it delivers smooth music with minimum effort." - David Biedny, MacLife

Mac|Life provides exclusive, authoritative information and advice for readers who want to get the most out of their Macs, iPods, and third-party hardware, software, and services. The magazine also delivers informative feature articles showcasing the latest hardware and software, an expanded "how-to" section, and candid reviews of the latest gear.

Reviews of soundtrack creation software programs, SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 4, Synk Audio Musicbed DV, and Sony Creative Software Cinescore

Gary Eskow reviews and/or mentions a number of soundtrack creation applications in an article for DigitalContentProducer.com. The article provides an overview of each application and highlights the distinctive features of each. The article is relatively unique - as of press time there have been few articles providing a comparative review of these soundtrack creation solutions.

The article reviews Musicbed DV favorably:

“Musicbed DV (Mac only) lets you add key frames and automate the music in interesting ways. For example, your video starts with a group of high-school kids chatting in a hallway. At eight seconds, they walk outside, and at the 12-second mark, the video shows them skateboarding at high speed. You highlight the Melodic/Percussive slider, enter key frames at eight seconds and 12 seconds, and draw a line that, over a four-second period, changes the mix of the cue you've selected. It's that simple — and very effective.” - Gary Eskow, Digital Content Producer

The review includes coverage of SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 4, Synk Audio Musicbed DV, Sony Creative Software Cinescore, and a mention of Abaltat Muse (entered market at press time). Read the article to get Gary’s take on which of the reviewed products you should purchase

Company and Product Information:

• SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 4
• Synk Audio Musicbed DV
• Sony Creative Software Cinescore
• Abaltat Muse

DigitalContentProducer.com serves the information needs of the multi-platform market, from complete end-to-end video production and display to motion picture production and post, focusing on the gear, techniques, and technologies that are driving changes across the broadening content production marketplace.

Kevin McAuliffe Reviews Musicbed DV for Digital Media Net

Digital Media Net (DMN), the digital media industry's first choice for news and information, favorably reviews Musicbed DV:

“Overall, I was generally surprised at the ease at which I could create seamless music tracks. I liked the way you can pick tracks to listen to, and as they are playing, you can adjust the Music Characteristics to make them more Punchy/Smooth, Dry/Spacious, or even Soft/Intense, and these are updated in almost real-time, so you have an idea right away if that is what you are looking (or listening) for…” - Kevin McAuliffe, Digital Media Net

Digital Media Net, receiving over 1.8 million visits a month, focuses on distinct digital media market segments, including streaming media, digital video, animation, special effects, desktop publishing, imaging and design, digital audio, CAD, work stations, broadcast and post production, and game development.

NAB 2007 Special – Save 20% on the Musicbed DV Bundle

Until the end of the NAB Show (April 19th, 2007), the Musicbed DV Bundle is available at a 20% discount (see below for discount details). This is a limited time offer that ends on April 19th.

Browse and Customize Stock Music

Musicbed DV is the revolutionary tool that generates professional music soundtracks to match the mood and timing needs of your video or audio projects.

Choose fully composed and orchestrated music themes from an extensive and included customizable stock music resource.

Sculpt stock music with unique musical style and texture controls. Adjust music intensity, complexity, dynamics, and much more, all in real-time. Punctuate and underscore your project with innovative and easy-to-use musical style and texture automation curves.

All customizable stock music available as stereo mixes, instrument submixes, and surround music at any custom duration. Royalty-free license, use as many times as you like without additional fees.

Features

• Music at any duration
• Adjust music style and texture (Percussiveness, Intensity, Density, etc.)
• Automate music style and texture with keyframes
• Adjust duration, pitch, and tempo independently
• Music section and theme arrangement
• Music clip transition editing
• Music generation without loops
• Extensive music genres (Cinematic, Rock, Pop, Downtempo, and more)
• Ambience, backgrounds, full mixes, and more
• Fully composed and orchestrated
• Encoded from over 28 GB of audio data in over 6100 non-linear tracks
• Thousands of theme variations
• Unlimited number of time-based variations
• Export stereo, instrumental submixes, and surround

Use “NAB2007” code during online checkout until 4/19

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S.D. Katz Reviews Musicbed DV in Digital Content Producer

DigitalContentProducer.com, the combination of websites from leading magazines, Video Systems and millimeter, favorably reviews Musicbed DV:

"…no doubt Musicbed DV will be used to create the music for an indie feature someday… This could be the killer app for many videographers…" - S.D. Katz, Digital Content Producer

DigitalContentProducer.com serves the information needs of the multi-platform market, from complete end-to-end video production and display to motion picture production and post, focusing on the gear, techniques, and technologies that are driving changes across the broadening content production marketplace.

Editor’s Note: Minor correction with respect to the review: music clips may overlap. This feature is provided primarily for transitions between different music themes in different sections of a sequence (interesting ambient textures can also be achieved by layering music from different music packages). A preference exists to specify whether adding music clips to the timeline overwrites or overlays existing music clips in the timeline.