User:MAT-TOWERCAM/Cinematune

CINEMATUNE® (created by Peter Braun: synchronizing camera motion to music

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The basic idea is, to synchronize the motion of a camera dolly (MAT-COMPUTRACK) or camera column (MAT-TOWERCAM®) to any song or soundtrack. Within an audio software like pro tools you have to add a midi track to an already recorded audio track (‣ screenshot). Once you play the audio track (here > Mix) you are able to record a midi track (here > TC Track) at the same time. Using a keyboard during the recording, you can hit a key, whenever you want to react to any specific music event: e.g. change of beat or rhythm, a specific chord or harmony etc. – the midi notes, that you create during the recording process, will then be converted into commands, that will controll the motor of the MAT-COMPUTRACK or the MAT-TOWERCAM® or a combination of both units. The change of any musical parameter will automatically change e.g. the direction, speed, start and stop of the MAT-COMPUTRACK plus one or more MAT-TOWERCAM® unit(s).

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You may also „play“ the equipment live in realtime: In this case, a soft-synth (here > Xpand) is recorded on the first midi track (here > MidiSound) via keyboard. Different keys are related to different sounds of the synthesizer. This track is doubled as a leading- or command- track (here > TC Track) e.g. for a MAT-COMPUTRACK plus MAT-TOWERCAM® combination. Specific parameters within this midi track (TC Track) may be "tuned" during as well as after recording: for example you may use „velocity“ to control the speed of the camera column etc. Of course  you are also able, to edit the tracks – if you extend the bars, which you see in the screenshots (graphic visualisation of the respective midi notes) you also extend your camera- (dolly or column) motion.