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Arrrghhh! Duplicate ‘Ghost’ Audio Track Driving Me Nuts!
I keep experiencing the most annoying intermittent bug with audio…
Out of the blue and for no reason I can identify or replicate, voice audio from another clip in the timeline duplicates itself over another clip (so I hear 2 voices at once).
However, the duplicated audio track is no where to be seen. Even if I disable the visible video and audio track it still plays! If I blade the clip and then stretch it out again, it reappears – as though it’s attached to it permenantly in an alernative dimension.
The only way to resolve it is to delete the entire clip – which is a nightmare if the clip is long and heavily edited.
It’s happened to me at least half a dozen times now over various builds (inlcuding the latest release) and on 3 different machines.
Any suggestions?
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4 Replies
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Did you try developing audio to see if you don’t have an hidden J-Cut or L-Cut ?
Select your clip then hit ^+S -
Philip. Weird bug. I have been waiting for this to happen to me and I thought it did once but it was just user error on my part.
Would you mind creating a screen cast of what is happening and posting it for us to see? Perhaps we can better help you. Especially since you have had it happen on multiple machines.
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I have run into this before. It is a giant headache.
First check to make certain it’s not an errant L-cut.
In the top menu select View – Expand Audio/Video Clips – For AllThis will expand your entire timeline.
If you don’t see any extra extended audio tracks, I suggest that you first isolate the clip that is playing double audio. Use your solo and disable function to pin it down.
Once you’ve identified the bad clip, I select the clip, Shift-F to reveal the clip in the event browser, then drag the clip from the event browser on top of the timeline clip and select “replace” from the popup menu.
I also hit opt-cmd-C to copy the clip properties before I do the replacement, then opt-cmd-V to paste them back onto the clip.
If you have any extended audio, you’ll need to do that manually.
Using this technique, I’ve been able to make quick work of this issue when it crops up.
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Don’t live your life in a secondary storyline.Mark Morache
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I know this is an old post, but thank god for it, because I was also being driven nuts by a ghost audio track. Simply Expanding the view for all solved the problem as it was immediately visible. Thanks so much!!!
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