NORTHRIDGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartSound Software, Inc., the leading innovator of customizable production music and soundtrack creation technology, today announced that Quicktracks, the company’s revolutionary new Cloud-based music customization service, will be offered by 5 Alarm Music, a division of Imagem Music Group, for use in its Cinemasounds, 1VU, First Degree Music and 5 Alarm Music libraries.
Launched today at NAB 2011, Quicktracks will provide online music customization to SmartSound and 5 Alarm Music users covering the complete range of customer licensing preferences. Along with SmartSound (Booth #7410), 5 Alarm Music will be demonstrating Cloud-based Quicktracks music customization live at NAB (Booth #SL7612).
“Quicktracks represents a watershed moment in production music,” notes Kevin Klingler, CEO of SmartSound Software, Inc. “Allowing users to quickly set the length, arrangement and mix of their music online, Cloud-based Quicktracks is a production music industry first. By making Quicktracks available for their Cinemasounds, 1VU, First Degree Music and 5 Alarm Music libraries, 5 Alarm Music will be offering a brand new set of fast and flexible creative options to their clients, who include some of the leading media and entertainment companies in the world.”
“Until now, the production music industry has seen only minimal innovation in making production music more creatively relevant to their clients’ projects,” adds Cassie Lord, Vice President and General Manager of 5 Alarm Music. “For decades, broadcast cuts have been available only in pre-edited lengths and with limited alternative mixes and arrangements. Any additional changes or edits had to be done off-line, after the fact, if they were available at all. SmartSound’s new Quicktracks revolutionizes this process, giving 5 Alarm’s clients complete control of track length, arrangement, and even the mix, right online—greatly improving the options they have available to create a better fit with their visual.”
About Quicktracks®
Quicktracks is an entirely Cloud-based service that gives media creators, editors and broadcast producers full Web-based creative control of music track scoring. Choosing tracks from select 5 Alarm Music production music libraries, users can set the length of the track, accurate to a tenth of a second, choose the arrangement and even choose an alternate mix online—downloading a fully customized music track perfectly sized and arranged to fit project requirements.
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- Quicktracks provides Cloud-based music track selection, customization and download from 5 Alarm and SmartSound Software
- 5 Alarm provides easy, fast licensing of all Quicktracks soundtracks with the same licenses as all other 5 Alarm music
- 5 Alarm music libraries enabled for Quicktracks include Cinemasounds, 1VU, First Degree Music and 5 Alarm Music
- See SmartSound's Quicktracks, Cloud-based music customization at NAB 2011, April 11th-14th, Las Vegas Convention Center, at the 5 Alarm, Booth #SL7612 or SmartSound Software, Booth #SL7410
About SmartSound Software, Inc.
SmartSound Software, Inc., the world's leading provider of customizable production music and music soundtrack solutions for visual content creators, is headquartered in Northridge, CA. The company has been at the forefront of technological innovations in the industry, such as the award-winning Custom Length, Timing Control™ and Mood Mapping® features in SmartSound Sonicfire® Pro. SmartSound technology is available for Microsoft Windows® XP SP1, Vista, or Windows 7 and Mac OS X® 10.4 or higher. SmartSound products include: the Sonicfire Pro, Final Cut Pro® Music Plug-in, Avid®/Pinnacle Studio Music Plug-in and Quicktracks® software and Web-technology and the Strata® Voxation, Film Score, Producer, Edge, Audio Palette, Sound Palette, and Home Movie Music collections of royalty free music and sound effects. For more information, see www.SmartSound.com.
About 5 Alarm Music, a division of Imagem Music Group
5 Alarm Music opened its doors in 2001 and was able to emerge from a 30 CD library into one of the largest leading production music library companies in North America. With more than 40 music libraries from all over the world, 5 Alarm Music has provided music for such TV productions as Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Saturday Night Live, Lie To Me, No Ordinary Family, Friday Night Lights and such features films as The Next Three Days (starring Russell Crowe), The Beaver (Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson), Easy A (Emma Stone), Amelia (Hilary Swank), and Drive Angry (Nicolas Cage). 5 Alarm's online search engine provides producers, editors and filmmakers with state-of-the-art technology to find the right piece of music for any project. 5 Alarm's mantra -- "Your Music Concierge" -- takes customer service seriously, helping guide clients by selecting tracks and emailing them in any audio format the client desires (AIFF, WAV, MP3's). Website: www.5alarmmusic.com.
©2011 SmartSound Software, Inc. All Rights reserved. SmartSound, Sonicfire, Strata Series, Timing Control, Mood Mapping, Express Track, Quicktracks and Quicktracks for Premiere Pro are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SmartSound Software, Inc. Microsoft Windows is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, Mac OS X is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc.. Final Cut Pro is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc... Avid, Pinnacle Studio, and other product and company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. Patent numbers 5,693,902, 5,877,445 and patents pending.