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Multiclips: How to put both audio channels in secuence
Hi,
I have a problem with the FCP.
I’m editing a fiction series recorded with 2 cameras and with audio in both of them.
I’m working with multiclips, and I need to put the audio from both cameras into the secuence.
Does anyone know how I can do this?Thx all.
Gaston.
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2 Replies
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Hi Gaston,
Here’s a method that works for me. I originally wrote this lesson for a 3 camera multiclip workflow but I’m sure you can adapt it for your two camera sequence. Take from the article what you need.
Start by creating a new sequence for the purposes of this exercise instead of trying to work with your existing sequence. This way, you won’t be trying to fix anything in your existing sequence first, and in addition you’ll be able to go through the entire setup process from scratch. Set up the new sequence with 4 video tracks and 8 audio tracks.
1. Control or right-click each of the master clips that you want to use for this exercise and choose “Item Properties > Logging Info” from the pop-up menu. Put a number 01 in the angle column for the first master clip and then the numbers 02 and 03 for the other 2 master clips.
2. Select 2 to 5 minutes of footage from all 3 of your cameras and from approximately the same point in time if you can. If not, it’s not a big deal. Double-click your first master clip in the Browser to load it into the Viewer. Set your in and out points for the clip and, after positioning your track selection buttons for V1, A1 and A2 in the timeline, drag the clip from the Viewer to the Canvas Window and choose Overwrite. The beginning of the clip will start wherever your playhead is parked. Do the above for your remaining 2 master clips, making sure you change your track selection tabs each time to target other tracks. Sync up all 3 camera tracks by whatever method you usually use, either by audio or a camera flash, etc.
4. You should now have your first camera angle on V1, A1 and A2, your second camera on V2, A3 and A4 and your third camera on V3, A5 and A6 and all synced up. Your 3 clips don’t necessarily have to all start at the same time but they do need to be synced.
5. Park your playhead at the beginning of whichever track starts the latest (the rightmost video track beginning point) so it snaps to that track and then hit the right arrow key to advance one frame. From this point forward DO NOT move the playhead. Now select the clip in V3. It will become highlighted, then hit the “F” key. This is the Match Frame command and you’ll see your clip load into the Viewer with the in point arrow parked on the first frame of the clip in the timeline. The Match Frame command also makes the Viewer the active window. With the Viewer still the active window hit the “I” key to match the frame to the current playhead position in the Sequence window. This command is changing your in point on the master clip to reflect what’s happening in the timeline.
6. Now click the mute button for V3 and confirm that V3 is now greyed out. Select/highlight V2 and do the exact match frame process you did for V3. Once that’s done click the mute button for V2, select V1 and do the Match Frame process for that track. Once you’re done un-mute V2 and V3.
7. in the Browser window Command – Select the 3 master clips you’ve chosen for this test sequence so they’re all highlighted. Go to the Modify menu and choose “Make Muliticlip”. In the pop up dialogue box make sure the sync method is set to “In Point.” I think this is the default anyway, but just make sure. Click OK and you’ll see your new multiclip name in the Browser. Change your track selection tabs in the sequence window to V4, A7 and A8. Remember, the playhead should not have been moved at all during this. Drag the multiclip name from the Browser to the Canvas and choose “Overwrite.” Mute A7 and A8 and keep it that way. Go to the View Menu > Muliticlip Active Tracks and make sure it’s set to Audio+Video. This way every time you change video angles the audio for that camera will also change. NOTE: make sure all video tracks remain linked to their respective audio tracks, especially the multiclip track. otherwise you’ll see those out-of-sync read flags come up, even though nothing is actually out of sync. No, I don’t know why this happens.
8. In the Canvas Window up at the top middle set your sync to “Open” in the drop down menu. In the View Menu make sure “Show Multiclip Angles” is checked. Play your sequence and change the angles by clicking on different ones in the Viewer window. There should be no red out-of-sync flags when you’re finished.
– Don
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Insert your multiclip onto the video track, but not the audio track. Then insert just the audio from the multiclip onto A1 and A2. Go back to the multiclip in the viewer and click the angle not currently selected. This will switch the audio and video. Now insert just the audio onto A3 and A4.
So, you should end up with your multiclip on V1, camera 1 audio on A1 and A2 and camera 2 on A3 and A4.
Now when you switch the multicam, the video will switch, but you’ll have all the audio tracks.
Ray Lane
Visual Dreams
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