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Multiclip Audio
Can someone point me to the correct page in the manual please? Using FCP 5.0.4.
I want to know whether or not I can listen to all audio tracks in a multiclip at the same time while I cut between video tracks. Right now as I understand it, it’s only possible to listen to the audio from one video track even though all angles are visible in the viewer. I do know that I can choose to listen to the audio from another angle other than the active one (the blue and green highlight boxes). I’ve read over the multiclip sections in the manual but perhaps I’ve missed something. TIA
– Don
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Cut all the audio tracks into the Timeline one under the other. Cut the multiclip onto the video track. Set the Viewer to Open playback and switch the video in the Viewer. if you have all the audio tracks in the Timeline you should hear all the tracks while you switch the video in the Viewer.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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Thank you! I think I get it. I’ve just started using multiclips and the reason I want to hear all the audio tracks is to help me sync up all the cameras before I start cutting the multiclip. Before multiclips were an option I’ve always just lined up all the video and audio tracks in the timeline by listening to the audio “until the echo goes away.”
Since my video tracks start at different timecodes and are different lengths I was hoping to be able to sync them all using the “echo” method before actually using the “create multiclip’ command. If I’ve got this right, your suggestion is for listening to all the audio after the multiclip is synchronized. Your method is still good to know for listening to all the audio while I cut the multiclip when the timeline is playing. Thanks again, Tom.
– Don
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Don;
What I’ve done is to take each of the clips and open the audio tab in the viewer, then mark the in point at first audio.
Then when you make your multiclip choose synch using in points.
Steve Cohen
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Thanks steve. I’ll try that.
– Don
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oops, I missed this thread (I posted something similar, but not exactly the same above)…
What I’ve done (if I remember correctly) is plunk my multiclip into the TL and unlink the video and audio, then choose the audio angle I want (with me, there’s usually one audio track I need throughout, with the main audio, the other being a backup track or ambience), then choose the audio angle that will be my first cut and link the audio to this video, then use ‘open’ to live switch all my video cuts.
This multiclip stuff is pretty powerful stuff, really.
G5 Dual 2.7 GHz
2 GB RAM
OS 10.4.6
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[reel2reel] “This multiclip stuff is pretty powerful stuff, really. “
Agreed, which is why I hope to get the hang of it real soon. This Sunday I have a 3 camera shoot to do at a concert and I hope to be proficient enough with muticlip editing by then so I can make fast work of the upcoming edit.
Thanks for your post, btw.
– Don
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Don,
The multiclips I’m working on now are 3-camera. The ‘live’ (open) switching looks like an amazing way to quickly bang out a few different versions of a scene.
Another strange thing…I haven’t yet been able to actually create an automatic multiclip sequence, with the ‘make multiclip sequence’ option. So I just uncheck the ‘automatically place clips into sequence’ box now. But I like using this method (instead of the ‘make multiclip’) to sync the clips together, b/c you can use the percentage slider to fine tune the multiclip setup. I’ve been using TC for sync, as opposed to in-points, FWIW.
G5 Dual 2.7 GHz
2 GB RAM
OS 10.4.6
FCP 5.0.4
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I’ve used Multiclip for a couple of projects, and really do love it. But I need to better understand what it is doing to my audio. I shoot school plays and dance recitals too, and can rarely ever count on getting an acceptable audio feed from a sound board or mixer. So to get the richest sound possible, I’d like to mix together all the audio tracks from all three of my cameras.
Has anyone worked with Multiclip enough to have figured out how to do this? I have read around and can’t seem to find anything specific on this.
I know I can (and have) selected the option to only cut video when editing in Multiclip, but when I do that, and subsequently collapse the Multiclip timeline for export to QuickTime, I find that my audio sounds very hollow and tinny, as though it is coming from only one of my cameras… and my worst-quality camera at that! I think if I was hearing all my audio, the sound would be much more robust, having been captured from all the speakers around the hall.
Thanks for any ideas.
Skip Hall
Homeworks Video Productions
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Hi Skip,
I think what I’m going to continue to do (until someone offers a better way) is to bring the video and audio tracks from all the camera sources into the timeline just like we always did. Sync them up until the “echo” is gone, then make a sync’d multiclip and drag that into the same timeline so it is also sync’d up to the other duplicate tracks. Then mute just the audio from the multiclip so you’re not doubling up on the volume. Since the muticlip video is on top of the other individual video tracks you won’t need to worry about cutting them, but they’re in place just in case. I’ve been doing this with a muticamera edit and so far it seems to be the best way to have your cake and eat it too.
When it’s time to export from FCP I export the audio separately anyway, so I can make a final decision then about which audio tracks I’ll include in the export.
– Don
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