edited whole project without syncing the good audio. oops. whats best way to go back and add synched tracks?

[Oliver Peters]

[Jacob Brown] “do you have much experience with how good a job the X to 7 converter will do?”

Sometimes it has been spot on and other times not. Hope you don’t have compound clips and speed ramps. I would test a small section first and see what sort of luck you have.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Tony Sarafoski]

Jacob, Oliver’s suggestion seems like good advice, maybe give that a shot first.

The reason I asked how long each clip was (in your terms each scene), was that if there short clips, then my suggestion might not be the best approach. However if they are long form clips (meaning 2-5 or 10min long clips), then what I was thinking was first synchronise each individual scene with the audio by either creating multicam clips, or individual synchronised clips.

Once the audio is synched to the clip, trim the audio so that it is the same length as the video clip. Then you’ll be able to copy the audio, open the “original” clip in it’s own timeline, and paste.

I believe once that audio is “within” the original clip, you should then be able to expand the audio components and activate or desiccative each channel.

I’ve haven’t tried this to see if it will work, but this was the first thing that came to mind when I saw your post.

If you don’t understand my suggestion, PM me and I’ll try walk you through it.

[Jacob Brown]

you mean go to the original clip in the event browser and open it in timeline right?

i tried this but it created a new compound clip when i put in the new audio, and didnt change the clip in the timeline.

is there a way to do this you think so that it changes timeline?

[Tony Sarafoski]

hmmm… that’s what I was thinking, totally forgot that once you change a clip in the event browser, it turns into a “compound clip”.

The only other thing I can think of is to duplicate the clip in the event browser, then sync the audio, open the new synched clip, trim the audio so that its the same length as the video clip, copy, then in your timeline, open the same clip in it’s own timeline, and paste.

If you open a clip in the timeline that’s been trimmed from a long clip in the event browser, it should show in/out markers, make sure you shift+z to view the whole clip.