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Using Soundtrack Pro in Your DVD Studio Pro Project
Authoring a DVD has several specialized audio requirements that Soundtrack Pro is well
suited to support:
 Audio for menus: An easy way to make your DVD menus more engaging is to add
audio to them. You can add audio to all motion and most still menus. When you are
creating your menus using Motion, the integration between Soundtrack Pro and
Motion makes it easy to create menu audio that specifically matches the actions in
the menu, including sound effects such as whooshes or thuds as menu elements
pass by or land.
 Audio for slideshows: You can make your slideshows more interesting by adding
background audio to them. You can create individual audio clips for each slide, or
create a single audio clip for the entire slideshow.
 DVD-compliant audio: DVD projects have special requirements for their audio.
Soundtrack Pro is able to create DVD-compliant uncompressed AIFF audio files that
require no further processing to be used in a DVD project. These files require a
48 kilohertz (kHz) sample rate and 16- or 24-bit sample sizes. Additionally,
Soundtrack Pro includes the ability to export using Compressor, making it easy to create
everything from simple stereo to 5.1 surround sound Dolby Digital AC-3 audio files. See
“Exporting From Soundtrack Pro Using Compressor” on page 48 for more information.
There are a variety of methods you can use to save a Soundtrack Pro project for use in
DVD Studio Pro. In general, the choice is whether to save a project with built-in links
that make it easy to reopen the project and make changes, or to perform a simple save.
Saving Soundtrack Pro Projects for DVD Studio Pro
Following is a description of a method of saving a Soundtrack Pro multitrack project
that makes it easy to go back to the original Soundtrack Pro project if changes need to
be made later.
To save and export a Soundtrack Pro multitrack project:
1 Configure the audio in the Timeline and Mixer.
2 Choose File > Save As.
3 Enter a name for the file.
4 Click Save.
This saves the current settings as a Soundtrack Pro multitrack project with the file
extension “.stmp.” Next, you export the audio file that you will import into DVD Studio Pro.