Finding the perfect soundtrack for your video can feel like the search for the Holy Grail. The pressure is high, especially when you have a looming deadline, and spelunking through mounds of audio tracks is causing your stress levels to rise for one simple fact: you can’t find the perfect tune. The track you previously sought to use almost fit lock and key, but something just didn’t sit right.
What if there was a simpler way to find music when you already have an ‘almost there’ track in mind? Thanks to Universal Production Music’s Similarity Search, that dream is now a reality. Using AI technology, Similarity Search is able to identify the meat and bones of a reference track and provide you with similar audio from UPM’s library. You’re able to conveniently expand your horizons directly from the catalog with just a few clicks of the mouse. The excitement doesn’t stop there, however. Have a reference track in mind from Youtube, Soundcloud, or Vimeo? The option exists to toss that link in and speed away to a perfect audio-matched galaxy. Is there a renegade MP3 or WAV file forgotten about in the depths of your file directories because it just wasn’t quite to the cut? Upload that directly into Similarity Search and listen to what that tune’s cousins have to offer. If you’re a Final Cut Pro, or Adobe Premiere user, there’s even better news. You can access UPM’s music library straight from your preferred NLE software.
Universal Production Music’s Similarity Search
Who doesn’t love convenience? Hades, as he forced Sisyphus to waste his time with manual labor? It’s a good thing for us that UPM has removed the boulders and fumbling of browser navigation for two major NLE programs. You’re able to access over 232,922 tracks from Universal without ever leaving the comfort of your timeline. To get started on Premiere Pro, you can download the extension here.
Similarity Search tutorial.
For FCP users, you can download your extension here. From there, it’s as simple as running the installation wizard to get started. Once you have the extension installed, you can position the panel wherever you prefer in your workspace!
