Review : Sonicfire Pro

Will the real Maestro please stand up ?

A problem commonly faced by videographers is scoring the project. Professional movie producer have the liberty of hiring songwriters, conductors and whole orchestra's to write custom songs for their masterpiece. The music is often used to set the mood for the movie or accentuate certain elements, or simply to build suspense. The combination of moving images underlined with a great soundtrack are a guarantee for a hit.

But alas, this is something that stays out of reach for most videographers. Unless you have musical talent yourself, or you know somebody with a band, you will have to use off-the shelf music.

But using existing music poses problems as well. Often the music doesn't match exactly the genre you need, nor does it match the length of the video . And then there is the problem with Copyrights. You can't just use a piece of music in a production. While this works for your home movies, you can't distribute or sell your production. Licensing existing music an be very expensive.

One option is to buy so called royalty free music .There are companies out there that sell soundtracks specifically for Movie productions. You buy the right o use one or more tracks. You can then mix these off into the final product and redistribute them But then you're still faced with the problem that their duration or buildup might not necessarily match what you are looking for.