• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  identical audio tracks don’t match from offline to online.

  Posted by D.j. Sing on February 18, 2009 at 7:44 pm

  I encounter a problem when onlining music videos from a particular director/editor. We both use the same audio track, but when he exports a .mov for reference and i try to line up the onlined footage to match the offline reference the track lines up at the beginning of the timeline and by the time it gets to the end of the timeline it is 3 to 4 frames out of sync, though the waveforms appear to be identical. I actually went to his office and checked out his final cut system..everything seemed to be normal. I exported an .aif file from his system which matched the source audio. but when i exported a current settings audio only .mov
  it matched his offline reference perfectly. I don’t know what to tell the guy. i only encounter this phenomenon from this one particular director/editor, and i’ve onlined 100s of videos!

  has anyone ever come across this? or know a fix other than using a current settings .mov from his system as my final audio, (converting that .mov to an .aif also causes the track to match the source rather than his reference.) it’s really frustrating…

  Thanks!

  DJ Sing
  Baked Goods

  D.j. Sing replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Richard Sanchez

  February 18, 2009 at 10:08 pm

  Is the sequence audio to a different sample rate? It sounds like a sample issue if the sync drifts like that over time. Was he editing in a different timebase than you?

  Richard Sanchez
  North Hollywood, CA

  “We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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  D.j. Sing

  February 18, 2009 at 10:44 pm

  Timebase and sample rate are always the same. I’ve done tests with other sample rates to try to match it on my end but nothing ever works. the only thing that’s worked perfectly is using .mov audio from his sequence.

  cool bass, i play upright too.

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