Music Video App

[John Reynolds]

I have worked on music videos where production used a Iphone app that showed smpte timecode while playing back the song. Does anyone know what this app is called?

 

[Douglas Learner]

One of these?

SMPTE Score http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smpte-score/id343770624?mt=8
Clockit Timecode http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clockit-timecode-app/id397342423?mt=8
SMPTE TC Converter http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smpte-tc-converter/id340181869?mt=8
LTCReader for iPhone http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ltcreader/id335743116?mt=8

 

[Bryant Paul Copeland]

I have one called DSLR Slate... It's for both iPads and iPhones. It's pretty nifty

 

[A. Clint Litton]

The method I've seen employed is creating a quicktime video in FCP, where the song is the audio track and the video track just displays the current timecode of the song...hook up the iphone/ipad/ipod touch to playback wirelessly and you've got a pretty easy way to move quickly through different points in the song without every worrying about if sync has been broken.

 

[Simon Reynolds]

The method I've seen employed is creating a quicktime video in FCP, where the song is the audio track and the video track just displays the current timecode of the song...hook up the iphone/ipad/ipod touch to playback wirelessly and you've got a pretty easy way to move quickly through different points in the song without every worrying about if sync has been broken.

This is exactly the method I have used on several music videos. Make up a QT video in FCP with song as audio, and TC as the video. Then hook up the iPod/iPhone on set to a Sony wireless mic transmitter, beaming audio to the playback PA system. Works flawlessly. Then when it comes time to edit, syncing and multiclipping in FCP (or your NLE of choice) is an absolute breeze.

Simon Reynolds
Reynolds Brothers
http://www.reynoldsbrothers.co.uk

 

[John Reynolds]

That's perfect and simple. I love it!

By the way if you ever need another brother I got the last name.

Cheers!

 

[Justin Marx]

The method I've seen employed is creating a quicktime video in FCP, where the song is the audio track and the video track just displays the current timecode of the song...hook up the iphone/ipad/ipod touch to playback wirelessly and you've got a pretty easy way to move quickly through different points in the song without every worrying about if sync has been broken.

Great idea!