Project 5 (video)

Video

Take a 1min "long shot" video recording of anything appropriate for a Baylor course (you may use your phone)

To produce a video quickly that will allow for a wider range of musical possibilities, I suggest a fixed-camera rather than moving camera (use a tripod or set your phone on something stationary) ... need inspiration? = https://www.pexels.com/videos/

EA Synth Soundtrack

1. Change Logic Pro to function as Logic Pro (rather than the default "GarageBand" mode):

   • open Logic Pro

   • create empty project

   • choose Software Instrument

   • Go to Logic Pro X menu > Preferences > Advanced Tools

   • check Show Advanced Tools and click "Enable All" button at the bottom

   • close preferences

   • save your work (as package on desktop)

2. import the 1 min video from Part 1 into Logic Pro (depending on the original codec of your video, you may need to convert using QuickTime or Handbrake before importing it into Logic)

   • File > Movie > Open Movie ...

   • go ahead and leave a check next to "Open the Movie" and "Extract the Audio Track"

   • use the frame rate of the video

   • mute the audio track of the movie

3. create a soundtrack to the video using only synthesizers (no recorded sounds that do not at least go through a sampler)

   • to find out more about each synthesizer within Logic Pro, within Logic Pro go to Help > Logic Pro Instruments

4. save your work often!

   • put a check next to "Movie File" in the save dialogue to include your video file in the Logic file package

   • after completely quitting Logic, you'll need to right click on your Logic [file] package and compress it to a zip file in order to upload it to Box

5. export video + [new] electroacoustic music = File > Movie > Export Audio to Movie ...

   • choose a name for the video

   • choose the audio quality

     • compressed (smaller file size)

       • audio format (AAC), sample rate (44.1k), and bit rate (320kbps)

     • lossless (larger file size but best quality)

       • audio format (PCM), sample rate (44.1k), and bit depth (24)

   • click "save"

   • uncheck the box under "Enabled" next the track on the following popup and click "Save" (if you left a check in that box, it would export the original audio to the video as well)