Synch My Audio Please

[Trevor DeVore]

On Oct 18, 2004, at 7:53 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Ken Norris wrote:
>>> From: Richard Gaskin
>>> I think GarageBand (and dozens of other similar specialized packages)
>>> shows that tightly synchronized sound is not impossible.  In not sure
>>> where the notion of "impossible" started in this thread.
>>>
>>> The question for RunRev is how important is it to provide the tools 
>>> for
>>> making a GarageBand while we still have annoyances like unusual
>>> selection handle behaviors for line objects or the inability to 
>>> reliably
>>> use "answer file" on OS X (not to mention that GarageBand already 
>>> exists
>>> and is very well done).
>> I might be very interested in this thread if I knew for sure what 
>> it's about, as I'm interested in developing music UI's for 
>> enableware,
>> IOW, GarageBand is great for what it does, but a severely disabled 
>> person couldn't use it alone. That's where totally custom 
>> manipulation of sound, graphical interfaces, and game/controller 
>> sprockets come into play.
>
> Sounds very useful.  When it comes to more specialized uses for QT, 
> the answer is one word:  Trevor.  ;)
>
> Trevor, I know you have nothing but time on your hands -- got anything 
> in the hopper for managing this sort of thing?

I haven't looked at synching multiple sounds (isn't that was this 
started out as ;-) that much as I haven't needed it for projects I have 
worked on.  Really this should be addressed outside of QuickTime in the 
future by the RunRev folks.

Depending on your needs I think you could create a handler in the EQT 
(as Scott Rossi affectionately refers to it) external that took a 
couple of different audio filenames as parameters and created a 
temporary movie that contained all of them.  Then all of the audio 
files would share the same timeline and starting and stopping the movie 
would start everything in synch.  I don't remember exactly what the 
original poster needed but this might be a solution.


-- 
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com