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Export Audio, Edit, Merge with original video
Hello everyone. Here is my problem. I am editing a movie and I have picture lock. Yeah, I know I should have edited the audio first, but they didn’t want to. The audio is horrible sooooo I did the following in this exact order;
1. Exported all the files I used via Media Manager
2. Edited the audio with Izotope RX.
3. Exported the original video with the new edited audio on a different timeline (sequence) in FCP. (WHICH I JUST REALIZED WAS MY MISTAKE, because that gave the footage different timecodes.)
4. I attempted to use RECONNECT MEDIA to connect the new file (original vid/new aud) to the original timeline (sequence). Also, this were .MXF files that I converted using RAYLIGHT so there is no REEL NAME in FCP.This didn’t work, I kept getting Media File Attribute Errors and it completely messed up my timeline. The good thing is I still have the FCP Project file before I changed it. Is there anyway I can use the original video from the original timeline and combine it with the new audio and keep my timeline in tact?
Thanks all!!!!
Stefan LaToure
Stefan LaToure
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6 Replies
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By processing the audio with iZotope, your source timecode was likely lost, not by putting the footage in a new timeline.
You can always copy and paste the audio from the new timeline back into a copy of the original sequence. Delete the audio in the copy sequence then copy the audio tracks and paste with the original pictures. You might have to unlink audio from pictures in both sequences to achieve this.
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Hey Michael, thanks for the reply. Would it really be a cut a paste or more like having to line up the new audio with the old? I was hoping I wouldn’t have to do that, but it looks like that is the only choice right now. Thanks again.
Stefan LaToure
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What if I lock my audio timeline, then reconnect just the video from the original, then reconnect the audio locking the video? What do you think?
Stefan LaToure
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[Stefan LaToure] “What if I lock my audio timeline, then reconnect just the video from the original, then reconnect the audio locking the video? What do you think?”
When you change basic timecode info for a clip, it isn’t possible to reconnect back to the original. I assumed you now had a correct audio timeline that matched the original pictures. If so then you can copy paste the original pictures into that timeline, lining it up with the new audio. If that is not the case then I am unsure of what you actually have to work with.
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I had the new audio but it wasn’t correct. It didn’t work at all, so I am just replacing the old audio with the old on the timeline. Thanks for trying to help.
Stefan LaToure
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The best way to do this in the future is to export an OMF, import into a program that can run the izotope denoiser as a plugin and process directly in a timeline. This will enable you to process the audio with the replacement denoised renders being placed in a sync timeline.
I do this all the time with my Fairlight and the final audio is editing and mixed in a proper audio environment. The mix is then re-imported into FCP as a final stereo aif file.
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