for deluxe 2021, under the music tab, there are only 4 music choices. Is this the only choices I now have? What happened to the many music available on my previous deluxe 2018? Where would I find more?
If you click to open the Soundtrack Maker do you see the following:
Notice the dropdown options at the top, with the various "emotions" listed at the right.
If you want to check what actual music is saved for PS you need to go to C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\Photocontent\Photostory Deluxe\Slideshow music
In that folder I have 28 separate folders of sounds, grouped in styles.
HTH
Jeff
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One other thought: when you first installed the 2021 version did you activate it and then download and install ALL the additional available content?
Hi Jeff,
where do I find the option to click the Soundtrack Maker? Will this give me access to those folders/music found in the Slideshow music folder?
I found many folders (39) in the Slideshow music folder, how do you access them in the main application?
I did download all the additions and assume they were also installed. Am I wrong in assuming they were installed?
thanks you.
found it. on the "Select music style" pulldown, I have only 5 choices (Classic, Funky, Relaxed, Spirited, Sportive). Since there are 30+ folders, should those show up on this pulldown menu?
how to I get Sountrack Maker to access all the music content in the "Slideshow music" folder?
How can I add the sound track/music that shows in the Soundtrack maker into the upper center window when I click on "Audio"?
thanks
No, I don't think those 30+ folders will show up in quite that way. But did you see, as per my earlier screenshot, the right hand side of that screen with various "emotions" listed? Each of those seems to "suggest" a specific audio track which you can "Preview". IOW, you are not accessing the individual files directly, but rather by making choices, first amongst the "styles" and then the "emotions".
I have made only very limited use of the Soundtrack Maker so can't really comment any further, sorry!
Jeff
Thank you.
Hi,
There is a big difference between the audio files for Slideshow Maker and Soundtrack Maker.
Slideshow Maker uses pre-built songs. If you look at the files, you'll see the Styles, like Chillout. But the Style is not just music, it includes effects, and there are no other styles indicating the types of music. Select a Style. Click on Background Music. This is where you select the songs to be used for the slideshow. You can load any songs that you want from the Background Music interface by clicking on the Load file button - now navigate to the SlideShow Music folders and select what you want . You can delete songs from the list in the interface (don't delete from the Explorer) and rearrange the songs in the interface list. All Slideshow Maker does is use the songs that are in the list until the duration of the slideshow is done and then transfers this to the timeline.
If you make your slideshow manually, like most of us, then you can select your songs from the Media Pool under Slideshow Music. Open the folders and select the song that you want and put it on the timeline. There is no difference between what the SlideShow Maker does and what you could do manually - except that you can decide up front exactly where you want to put the music.
Soundtrack Maker is completely different. It uses Soundpool Loops with Music Maker (a variant that comes with PhotoStory) to create a song with the loops. You select the mood that you want and this guides the program to use related loops. You can add emotions at various points and select the mood that you want.
There is nothing stopping you from navigating to the same location from within PhotoStory and using the same loops as you wish. Maybe you only want some drums and an cymbal crash. You can copy the entire folder and put it in another location and create a link to it for easy access.
John CB
thank you browj2. I just realized that the Media Pool can be reverted to what they call the Classic View. Once I did that, everything you talked about makes sense. The choices are now familiar to my previous version Deluxe 2018. I still want to play with Soundtrak Maker and see what value it would add to my projects. thanks.
Hi
Just to add to the topic - do note that the Sound Maker loops which come with the programs are only licensed for Personal use.
Soundpools in Music Maker are also licensed for Personal use.
If you are publishing your creations on the Internet and monetisation (including adverts from which you do not profit) occurs then:
John EB
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Your post has really nothing to do with the original question in this thread and hence, has been hidden.
Please start a new thread with your question, giving full details of exactly what you are wanting to do, especially with reference to your mention of Music Maker since that could very probably raise issues of copyright liability.
Jeff
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