Sound Supervisor

Sound Supervisor
Single User Version $995
Multi-User Version Add 3 users...$1495 Add 5 users...$1995

Sound Supervisor

is an enhancement to Professional Librarian that adds many useful functions for organizing sound editing projects, particularly for feature films. It creates a central set of lists, windows, and information screens which replace paperwork and add the advantages of software based cross-referencing. For example, Sound Supervisor enables you to copy sound effect descriptions from your library database into a list of spotting notes.

Spotting Notes

Spotting notes form the core of Sound Supervisor's editorial management tools. You can create as many. notes (individual notes are referred to as Spots) as you need, with descriptions and comments of virtually unlimited length. Each spot can be cross-referenced to a project, reel, scene, footage (or timecode, premix or user value. Any number of effects can be cross-referenced (assigned} to each spot.

Scenes & Continuities

Spotting notes are referenced to a list of scenes displayed in a Continuity Window, an onscreen or printed version of the traditional film continuity~ listing scenes by reel, including the scene numbers, descriptions, lengths and reel lengths.

Footages, Timecode & Premixes

	You have the option of assigning 35mm footages or timecode to spots. You can also begin work without footages and add them later when you have a final picture cut.
	By using the timecode reader cardoption, you can capture timecode values from a video tape instead of typing. Sound Supervisor converts timecode to 35mm feet/frames and vice versa.
	You can assign spots to Premixes as a means of dividing the spotting notes into groups that correspond to the division of premixes, if any. at the mix.

Spot Window

Sound Supervisor displays your spotting notes in the Spot Window. As you assign effects to spots, the effect descriptions appear in.the window as well

Sorting functions determine the order spots appear in the window. For example, sorting the window by footage displays the spots by reef in footage order, You can also sort by scene, premix or user field. The Refining functions limit (selectively remove) spots in the window by a specific parameter, such as reel, premix, footage, Omitted Date and Effect Date. For example, you could refine the spot window to only display spots for a specific reel. Or refine the window to display spots without assigned effects. You can also Tag (manually select) any number of spots. Then, using the Refine for Tags function, refine the window to only display the selected spots.

Searching the Library & Assigning Effects

	Professional Librarian s powerful searching capablities are available from the spotting window, combined with special copy and paste functions. When you select a spot name with the Search By Description function, Sound Supervisor. immediately performs a search through your library catalog based on the selected spot's description. Effects found are displayed in a separate window.
	Then, you need only select the effects with the Copy To Spot function to automatically paste (assign) them to the spot in the spot window. Or you can copy select effects, via the Clipboard, into special lists for use at a later.time.
	The Global Spot function assigns effects to recurring spots, such as the background sounds in a location used throughout the film. Rather than copy & paste the same effects to each spot individually, you can use, the Global Spot function to copy to all of them at once.

Printouts

Cutting Sheets are a printed version of the Spot Window and include all of the information shown there. They function well as editing instructions because they include all of your decisions, choices. and comments about how to cut the effects you have assigned to each spot. For example, since premix assignments appear on the Cutting Sheets, you have the ability to specify, using premixes, how the editors organize the tracks they create.

The Transfer Report presents the effects assigned to a reel's spots. Typically, the report is sorted in source roll order. You can use this window to examine the transfer order, changing the quantity and status (hold or transfer) of each effect. Sound Supervisor also prints corresponding labels to place on each 35mm transfer.

Additional Features
	Notepads are lists of your notes and comments that you can name, print and save to disk. You can also copy spot names into a notepad, and assign it a scene or reel number. For example, notepads are ideal for keeping lists of spots to be recorded or miscellaneous dialogue and ADR notes
	Sound Supervisor provides facilities for adjusting the spot footages in the event of picture changes. In addition, you can begin spotting without footages, and add footages later when the picture is locked.
	The Effects Catalog printout lists all effects used in the project, in alphabetical order, with their corresponding scene numbers. In other words, the Effects Catalog creates a list of effects cross-referenced by scene.