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Question re: synchronizing clips–and then splitting audio for a DSLR shoot
Hello guru gods:
Okay, so completed a dual system DSLR shoot, recording a lav and a boom mic to WAV recorder. Imported the footage and the files into X, synchronized my clips. Works great. In the audio inspector, I deselected the DSLR audio in the channel configuration. Nice–just hearing my sweet boom and lav. But–how do I ride the levels on the two tracks separately? I can’t seem to get at them in the timeline.
If I break apart clip items, I still get a combo mixed track in the timeline. However, in the inspector, I can switch to dual mono mode. Okay, so I see there are indeed me two separate tracks, but I can ride the level independently in the timeline to cover clothing rustle, etc.
Gotta be a way to do this. Wisdom, oh esteemed ones…
Thanks!
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4 Replies
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What about doing this as a multicam clip and working with the two audio tracks in the angle editor? Otherwise you have to break apart the audio and then you’d lose the linked connection between audio and video.
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Thanks for that idea. However, I think I “solved” the issue. It’s a little cumbersome but it kind of makes sense.
1. After you synchronize, drag the clip to the timeline. In the audio inspector, deselect the original/bad camera mic audio, leaving only only one track of the good audio (in reality, a stereo track comprised of the boom and the lav.)
2. In the timeline, break apart clip items. Both audio and video will then be highlighted. Deselect video and select the single audio track.
3. In the audio inspector, in the channel figuration, deselect stereo and then select dual mono.
4. Back in the timeline, select the single audio track and the break apart clip items again and voilaå–indpendent audio track, boom and lag on separate tracks.
FCPX has a lot going for it. This is not one of those things. Way too many keystrokes to do this but on the other hand, the Synchronize clips functions worked liked a dream.
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You can also use the “Open in Timeline” command on synced clips. That way you don’t have to break the clips apart. You have to use it twice, first on the synchronized clip and then for the dual audio track. That’s how I mix my multitrack audio.
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Cool. I’ll have to check that out!
Thanks.
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