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FCP Music/Timeline Slip Problem
Hi all:
I was writing to inquire if any other editors have this problem w/ FCP 5.02 and/or can offer any solutions. It has me at a bit of a loss.
The Problem:
I’m working on a reality show with lots of music beds, stings, et cetera. Ocassionally, when playing back my sequences, the in/out points of the music edits will slide within the clip (i.e. the clip in the timeline is in the correct place, but the inpoint of the clip has mysteriously shifted). For example, if I cut a bed in from the beginning of the track to start a scene, when I play the scene, the music will now start as if I marked an inpoint 30 seconds or so into the original music clip. To make things even more confusing, when I load the clip from the timeline into the viewer, the waveform shows the clip starting where I originally wanted it to (i.e. the beginning), but still continues play the clip from a different in point later in the song. This has only happened w/ my music beds and not w/ synch or other audio in the project.
If anyone has had this problem and/or can offer a solution short of reimporting the entire music library, I’d very much appreciate it.
Best,
Kevin
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2 Replies
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The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.
Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”Click the following link for instructions.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html
A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCPro & FCExpress.Download these free Apple Scripts at
https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
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I have found the *exact* same problem, but from a different angle.. I’ve posted a detailed post (not yet appeared but called something aling the lines of PAL NTSC audio sync problems) that details how to re-create the problem.
Do you work in PAL and NTSC from time to time? It may be linked to that…
Read my post and maybe reply if my re-creation of the quirk is repeated for you.
Rgds, Stef
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