Sony Vegas Pro Pluraleys

[Bob Peterson]

I hope I am not alone when I say please do not post ads. For 150 bucks I can synch audio just fine all by myself.

[John Rofrano]

> I hope I am not alone when I say please do not post ads.

If this were the actual merchant coming here just to advertise I might agree with you, but Thomas appears to be just another of us users who is trying to share information about a great new product he has found. There is nothing wrong with this. In fact, I would much rather buy a product that was recommended by a colleague than to wallow in marketing mush trying to figure out what is “real”.

Pluraleyes is a pretty impressive piece of technology that can help editors who find it difficult to sync audio. There was a lot of excitement about it when it was demoed at NAB this year and Vegas users were disappointing that it was only for FCP. Now that there is a beta for Vegas Pro it is a pretty big story given that Vegas is usually passed over by most 3rd partly plug-in makers. This speaks volumes about Vegas Pro’s acceptance in the marketplace.

Bringing this to the attention of the Vegas community is certainly appropriate for this forum.

~jr

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[Thomas Roberts]

Hey guys,

That was my only intent! As a professional Vegas user. Lots of plugins in the world to choose from. I Have benefited greatly from the Cow Vegas Guys on software for Vegas Workflow. I just wanted to let the “people” know. I personally know Philip Bloom and he is rock solid with his technical advice. Nice to see a Vegas shout out in his blog…

A lot of us are using the new DSLR’s and audio sync (double system) is in issue.

Best Regards,

Thomas Roberts

[Mike Kujbida]

Thomas, the Vegas version of this software has been discussed on several other Vegas forums that I read and the feedback has been extremely positive!!
Tell Philip that he’s made a lot of Vegas users very happy 🙂

[Bob Peterson]

Since I have a 5D II, I was intrigued by the suggestion that a product would help with processing the video produced by the camera. My impression from those who have tried Vegas with the video produced by this camera is that there are very definite problems processing it. However, what I found is a product that helps synch the audio.

Sorry, but my usual routine use of Vegas frequently involves synching audio from an M-Audio field recorder with the audio produced by video cameras. That takes a few minutes. It is not worth 150 bucks.

I am also happy if Vegas is recognized and obtains additional support. I certainly don’t want it to fail in the market place. I am simply not impressed by an add on product that does something that Vegas already does quite simply and easily. Perhaps I am missing something.

[John Rofrano]

> Sorry, but my usual routine use of Vegas frequently involves synching audio from an M-Audio field recorder with the audio produced by video cameras. That takes a few minutes. It is not worth 150 bucks. …Perhaps I am missing something.

I work the same way with a Marantz PMD660 field recorder and if you plan a multi-camera shoot properly and keep all cameras rolling, I agree, it’s pretty easy to sync things up in post.

From what I’ve read, the people who are really excited about this technology don’t keep all their cameras rolling. So now you may have one main camera that is continuous roll and a second camera with 50 clips from turning the camera on and off. Add a third camera to the shoot and you have a nightmare of clips to sync. This is where Pluraleyes really pays for itself. As long as you lay the clips out in chronological order, it will move them into place against your main audio. That could be a huge time saver depending on the number of cameras and clips you have to sync.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Roger Bansemer]

I have just tried the PluralEyes and find it very useful and accurate. I did have to check the “try very hard” button option for it to do its job. I often spend quite a bit of time syncing up three cameras and this makes it easy.