match back – audio

[Jerry Hofmann]

Yeah, it’s called Merging clips…

You need to set in points in each clip where they sync. Then select “merge clips” from the modify menu. A new clip will appear in the browser which will act just like an A/V clip.

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[Joe Huggins]

Jerry,

Thanks for the reply, but I’m told that does not answer the key question. While we do have a merged AV clip, once you start cutting in the timeline and you select that clip by using ‘match frame’ to find the source clip, THAT is when the audio does not come up in the source window, it only shows the MOS clip for that take. This is a function used heavily in features.

Is there a way to be sure ‘match frame’ brings up the audio with the clip. Thanks for a clarification. Joe

Thanks, Film Joe

[Pradip Patil]

Are you sure that you are actually merging them using the merge clip command and not just syncing the audio on timeline only?

I don’t think that only lining up audio and video and then making subclips creates merged clips.

Pradip Patil
Mumbai,India

[Joe Huggins]

Pradip,

Thank you for clarifing, that is most helpful. We did test that and it works. However, I’m told it adds many steps. Since the film TC and audio TC are different, we have to first make a video subclip, then an audio subclip, then go to the browser window, select the 2 clips and create Merge based on In/Out.

I think Avid stream lines those 3 steps in one command. Do you know of any way third party software or other technique to reduce the number of steps to consolidate this faster?

Thanks, Film Joe

[Pradip Patil]

https://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/merging_clips_in_final_cut_pro.php

Try this, I find this method useful. Fast and effective. All the timecodes are preserved and you can easily matchback to all source files.

Pradip Patil
Mumbai,India

[Joe Huggins]

Thanks Pradip, that might eliminate a step and extra keystroke.

Thanks, Film Joe

[Lisa Cannon]

The link you posted no longer works – if it still exists and was simply moved, would you mind updating it? This is the workflow I’m researching. Thanks.

L

[Pradip Patil]

1. Sync the audio video files on a timeline
2. select each synced audio video and hit cmd+l, that links the file
3. Drag the linked clips back to browser in a separate bin.

You can check the audio tracks tab to make sure that files have been linked.
You can create subclips, match back to all the source track etc etc..

Pradip Patil
Mumbai,India