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link – unlink – features
This is a second post, no one saw the first, maybe a different title might get a reply. Any takers…anyone…Buehler?
Avid gurus,
I am syncing audio to a film transfer out of the telecine suite with 4 audio tracks. I then make a subclip (vs a master clip) with the audio tracks attached. During edit I only monitor the mix on audio one. In the timeline as I edit, I want to Matchback to the original subclip and check an iso track, so I ‘unlink’ the subclip, then modify to only hear my iso track. When I hit ‘modify’ the clip, I get an error message that says, I must first ‘unlink’ the clip. But I already did that.
Is there a way to do this so I can insert the clip in my edit with a new audio iso track instead of the mix track?
Thanks, Film Joe
Thanks, Film Joe
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Just to be clear… your telecine dailies are MOS or have 4 audio tracks? Or are you syncing 4 track BWF files in Avid with track 1 being the mix track? I am a little confused as to what your actual sources are, and what your sync clips are created from to answer.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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Thanks for the reply.
Yes we telecine MOS and sync in Avid with a 4 track (or more sometimes)BWF. Usually track one is a mix and 2-4 are iso dialogue tracks. Then a subclip is made that merges the audio and video together. If the editor wants to use an iso track in his cut, we have the problem stated in the unlink and modify audio relink.
Does that clarify?
Thanks, Film Joe
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Yes, that makes it clear.
In v5, AutoSync got some additional features where during the original sync process you can choose which audio tracks from the BWF you want to be part of the new .sync subclip. In your case, you would select A1-A1 (span based selection). You would now end up with a VA1 subclip from the two different sources.
Now, when editing, you only have to deal with the VA1 clip. Do a matchframe to load subclip into source, then turn off V and matchframe again and it will load the original BWF clip with all tracks to use as needed.
Does that get you what you want?
Michael
Michael Phillips
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Michael,
Thanks, that does work, but I’m afraid the picky AEs do not want that extra step of matching to audio and not seeing video, then re-sublipping. I was hoping we could find a way to unlink/link a subclip and not match to the original audio. I’ll ask them if they can accept this.
BTW, I just realized who you are. I used to sell Avids in Georgia, you wrote the book on Avid as I recall and are a big 007 fan, right? Thanks for responding to my posts.
Thanks, Film Joe
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It is an extra step to matchback (can be mapped to a button or use macros to build it into one) but I don’t understand the need to subclip again. Why not just edit from the audio only clip from the ISO track as needed?
Anyway, you are close. You are thinking of Tom Ohanian. We co-wrote Digital Filmmaking in the late 90’s. He was the big James Bond collector, and I am the Billy Wilder collector.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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Thanks, Michael,
The second subclip would then keep that take merged with the new iso in case it was used in another cut, but not necessarily a second step as you point out.
Yes, got you and Tom mixed up a bit, but remember your work.
Regards
Thanks, Film Joe
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