Apple intros standalone Soundtrack

NEW DELHI: Apple has announced that Soundtrack, the royalty-free music production tool previously available only with Final Cut Pro 4, will be available in August as a standalone product for an end user price of Rs 19,200; local taxes and levies extra. Soundtrack includes more than 4,000 royalty-free, audio loops and sound effects, giving creative professionals such as video editors, DVD authors and web developers a tool to create music scores.

Soundtrack scales to meet the needs of audio producers, DJs and remix artists who start their projects in Soundtrack and then migrate to a digital audio workstation, such as Logic or Pro Tools, for the rest of their work.

Soundtrack's search engine allows you to locate desired sounds by instrument, genre or mood. This advanced search engine works with a new open audio format called, "Apple Loops," or any AIFF, WAV, and Acid format audio files. With more than 4,000 royalty-free, professionally recorded audio loops and sound effects included in Soundtrack, it is a complement to other digital media creation applications, such as Final Cut Express, DVD Studio Pro, and Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver.

Soundtrack also ships with over 30 audio plug-ins from Apple and Emagic. Plug-ins like Platinum Verb, tracks to create sophisticated audio. Furthermore, Soundtrack's support for Mac SpectralGate, Multiband Compressor and AutoFilter, enable users to combine effects with individual OS X's Audio Units plug-in architecture allows users to further expand their capabilities with additional third-party audio effects developed through Apple's open-standard plug-in format.

(CNS)