how to sync waveforms?

[Walter Biscardi]

I put the original music from the CD or other recording in audio tracks 1 and 2.

Then the field recorded audio in tracks 3 – 6.

Turn on the Audio Waveforms and lineup by eye and ear. When you play the audio, if it’s out of sync, you slide the shot forward and back 1 frame at a time until it’s in sync.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Steven Gonzales]

If the sound is still slightly odd when lined up, check in the the Final Cut help under “subfame editing” to get even closer.

[Steven Gonzales]

Sorry, search help on “subframe” only. In FCP 5, it is page II-311.

[Herb Sevush]

Steven –

Can you slip and move frames by a subframe amount? – I thought subframe was limited to keyframing.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Steven Gonzales]

If you zoom in on the subframe, move the indicator around, and set an in mark, the audio shifts.

I’ve used this in Final Cut 6 when syncing a motion picture telecine with direct to hard drive sound.