Alternative to using Wave Agent for track info?

[Jeremy Garchow]

Not sure if it’s relevant for you, but if you have matching tc across audio and video, sync-n-link X does an awesome job of handling audio metadata, as well as syncing audio to video via tc.

https://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/Sync-N-Link-X/

[Tangier Clarke]

This is not relevant to what I am asking, but thank you. I am aware of sync-n-link, but haven’t yet used it.

I just would like FCP X to see the info that the sound person put in the audio file. In my case, each channel of a poly file is labeled with the character name. Importing that into FCP X does not show that. It only show generic naming. I have to use Wave Agent to see it.

Tangier

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Tangier Clarke] ” I have to use Wave Agent to see it.”

I understand.

Sync-n-link does read that metadata, and then sends it over to FCPX via FCPXML with the data embedded to the components. You were asking for an alternative, Sync-n-link is that alternative.

For instance, here’s a poly file imported into FCPX:

Here’s that same clip, after I have exported an XML, processed and reimported the XML in sync-n-link (you can use audio only clips) that has the metadata created by the sound department, with all the components named, and tagged with subroles, so in your case, each character would have their own subrole under the “Dialogue” parent Role:

Here’s the interface and the options I chose:

Jeremy