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Audio Syncing problem
Hi, I’ve searched the web but found no solution, so hope someone here can help me. I am also not used to working in Premiere so maybe it’s just a simple step I’m missing here.
So I have some footage with in-camera sound on the first 2 tracks. There are 8 tracks in total, but I only want to use 1&2 as backup and reference for syncing my clips with the externally recorded audio.
For some crazy reason the sound recordist decided to record only 1 (!) audio file per shooting day. So although I have 100 video clips all nicely named and with a wonderful clap at the beginning of each clip, I only have one sound file for these 100 clips. I thought the best way to sync would be to place the audio file on the timeline, add my video files with track 1&2 (throw tracks 3-8 away) as reference, align them to sync, cut off the bits of audio I dont need, make a new independent clip or subclip or whatever and then use that for editing. (I could just sync using in-points with each new clap, but I dont want to drag 10 hours of audio around in each merged clip…how annoying).
BUT!!! When I’ve done that and open my new clip in the viewer, then edit a part of it into the timeline….it’s like it just added 20 extra audio tracks for no reason. I should have 4 audio tracks – the external audio and the 2 in-camera tracks. Why do I get 20 tracks? And I can’t deselect them either…it just wants to use all these millions of tracks…I dont understand. What am I doing wrong?
In FCP there was a “make independent clip” option which would…well…do exactly that, make a new clip with just the audio you had added.
Any feedback highly appreciated – or better ways of syncing audio in Premiere. Thanks
PS. I forgot to mention that the externally recorded audio is stereo, not mono, in case that makes a difference.
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6 Replies
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What version are you using?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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Premiere Pro CC
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7.0. sorry
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It’s not CC?
Where are you seeing the version?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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It says here Adobe Premiere Pro CC v7.0
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OK…You may want to update the application as I think 7.2.1 is current.
On the issue at hand, I might suggest taking the carefully structured video clips and place each on a timeline, sync the appropriate external audio, mute (or delete) the tracks you don’t want…then lock the racks and use each sequence like a source clip…a -nested sequence- in Adobe terminology.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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