Integrating different audio sources

[Paul Stroud]

I guess this is not necessarily a FC only issue, but I couldn’t see where else it would be appropriate.

Is there’s a better place for it, please let me know

Thanks

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[John Fishback]

If the video has been edited, and you want to sync recorded music to it, export the video edit from FCP and import it to Logic. Then, as you playback the video, record music to it. This is not easy. Easier if you sync with Midi. Maybe you can add a click track in Logic to guide you along. But, if you have already recorded the music to be synced, then you have to cut up those tracks into bits and manually position them to match the video. This can be tedious as + or – 1 frame can make a difference. I’m not completely clear about what you want to do, but in the future it might make sense to have a click track played during the video shoot so whatever actions you take are “in time.”

John

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[Paul Stroud]

Damn, sorry – I obviously didn’t make myself clear

Like the video I linked to, I’m filming a ‘making of’ type thing. Clearly, the audio heard in the first part of the video is taken from the cam mic, but from 14secs the audio is from the music. He’s not miming, nor was the music created after the fact.

Like Stocco from the youtube clip, I’m filming the music making process.

Crucially, I need to locate the bit of Video footage that correlates to the audio that made it into the finished piece of music.

http://www.paulstroudmusic.co.uk
http://www.stroudandcroft.co.uk
myspace/paulstroudmusic

[Jean-christophe Boulay]

If the video and audio were recorded with a common timecode source referencing them, it’s as easy as looking at the timestamp on the audio in the Logic session and digging the corresponding clip up in your video bin. Even better, export and EDL from the DAW and refer to that.

Without timecode, you’re pretty much blind unless the video also comes with camera audio in which case you just have to listen to lots and lots of clips to find the action that made the sound you want. If you didn’t film with timecode, the long blind search you’re getting into will probably ensure you do next time.

IHTH

JC Boulay
Technical Director
Audio Z
Montreal, Canada
http://www.audioz.com

[Paul Stroud]

I haven’t shot the video yet – but using a common timecode is not available to me given my resources. However, each bit of video I shoot does give me ‘Date Created’ info on the mac

Also, each bit of AUDIO gives me ‘Date Created’ info too

So, I think the solution is to use this ‘Date created’ info – it’ll act almost like a timecode. The mac can be set to reveal the ‘date created’ in finder down to the millisecond. May be I can use something like quickeys to extract the ‘Date Created’ info and convert it to a h:m:s:f format.

Can I paste a clip (audio or video) onto the timeline to a position based on the timecode of the clip?

Is there an easier way to extrapolate the ‘Date Created’ info into timecode info for a piece of footage?

Perhaps there’s a smart way to create an EDL based on the audio in Logic and it’s ‘date Created’ info? – Logic has no apparent way to export an EDL and exporting an XML will only bounce all audio as one aif file

Thanks

P

http://www.paulstroudmusic.co.uk
http://www.stroudandcroft.co.uk
myspace/paulstroudmusic

[Paul Stroud]

Having said all this, I may well mime! ha ha

It’s gonna be easier and probably more effective.

http://www.paulstroudmusic.co.uk
http://www.stroudandcroft.co.uk
myspace/paulstroudmusic