Un syncable songs?

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:23 am

Like an Acid Trip ....

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:48 am

exactly

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:22 pm

JudgeHolden wrote:Like an Acid Trip ....

moar like a field tirp, amirite?

James Sharp · Post by **James Sharp** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:30 pm

I think impossible may have been a bad word for me to use....

More or less im just looking to hear peoples stories on songs that creators remember as being the hardest ones to work with..

stories are always good to hear.

Taruto! · Post by **Taruto!** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:33 pm

I've attempted a few songs I found impossible to sync to.. it's easy to say that they were scrapped within a few hours of trying. I love trying to make things sync, even the smallest things like chimes or drum beats, unless it makes videos messy or unwatchable.. so for me to give up on syncing is me admitting defeat. @_@

Best example for me was undoubtably "Smash" by the Goo Goo Dolls.. I had a great concept but after wrestling and failing to sync pretty much anything for about 4 hours flat I gave up all hope of making a good video to it. It's not so much hard to sync, it's just terribly loud and beats are very easily missed..

It's so annoying when you have a good concept and then have to scrap it because you can't sync it. Grr.

Taruto! · Post by **Taruto!** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:40 pm

(Sorry for double posting, I hate it too.. forgot to cover this in my original post)

As for the song mentioned - Iris depends more on visuals & visual effects than syncing I'd say.. I made a video to it a long time ago (my first premiere video I might add xD) and worked much more on visuals than exclusively sync. It's the same in one of my current projects which has a lot of strong electric beats in it that are hard to sync.. rather than syncing everything I can hear, I'm trying to use the right clips overlaying the original scenes and a few small effects to replace timing and echo the music instead.. it's turning out surprisingly well.

Sync isn't everything.. sync the main beats and work around the others. If you can pull it off, it'll probably be more effective than flat syncing too, and a lot more interesting to watch. O.o

Cornwiggle · Post by **Cornwiggle** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:06 pm

I bet no one could synch Kenny G's 40+ minute note into anything interesting.

Sub0 · Post by **Sub0** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:45 pm

nope, songs can only run into me, I pose a real issue with synching lol.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:30 am

Cornwiggle wrote:I bet no one could synch Kenny G's 40+ minute note into anything interesting.

Not with that attitude, you can't.

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:24 am

Sometimes, it can be hard to strike a good balance between lyric and beat sync. For instance, in Sweetest Betrayal, the lyrics and music both had about an equal presence. So when it came down to deciding which element to focus on syncing the most prominently, things got a little tricky. Too much beat sync, and the clips would lose flow with the vocal aspect. Too little, and it would become too static. So that's the kind of song I have the most trouble dealing with, when it comes down to it.