Expert: Russell Calabrese - 9/15/2008

Question
What is the best way to add sound to my Flash Animations?  I have put mp3 files in Flash and the quality is not great.  But where or how can I import swf files to get better sound?  I am not After Effects savvy but I am comfortable with Premier.  Can you please direct me on what program i should use to get better sound, what kind of file should i use, etc?  Thanks!

Answer
Hi David,

I do all my audio track work in Digidesign ProTools. I first record in ProTools and make hi res "aiff "files to import into Flash. Then when I'm done with my animation I'll export out a QuickTime movie and bring the track and picture into ProTools to do all dialogue, sound fx and music mixing. I use the crummy Flash soundtrack as a guide to slide my dialogue to fit and then delete that track. Then I use Final Cut to make my master video. You can use Premiere to do that also.

Hope this helps.

Russell