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syncing multiclips with .wav audio file
Hi,
I’ve got a two camera shoot (Canon 5D) with externally recorded audio. To get a head start on the edit, I had already created multiclips with the video before receiving the audio wav files.
It seems straightforward to create a new multiclip with the existing one to add the audio file, but the audio does not sync.
I’ve tried syncing the three files separately, but again, the audio doesn’t sync.
Thoughts?
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4 Replies
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Did you transcode the camera files to ProRes?
I think I’d export the wav’s as 48k aiffs, then try the multiclip with the prores files.
Jerry
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Yes, the video files are Pro Res (HQ). I’ve never had any issues using .wav audio, but just tried aiff, and had the same results. Just way off sync.
I guess I could go in and figure out how many seconds off each file is and reset accordingly (vs. using the slate as the In Point), but so time consuming!
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You might be better off changing the speed of the audio clip.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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[Jerry Hofmann] “You might be better off changing the speed of the audio clip.”
Before you do that make sure you have correctly imported the audio asset. FCP stamps a frame rate on imported audio based on your default project frame rate – not the actual frame rate of the sequence you are working on. Check the frame rate that FCP has stamped on your audio and if it is not the same as your sequence, that explains the lack of sync.
If that is your problem, read the second half of Matt Lyons tutorial that explains how to import audio assets correctly.-
https://library.creativecow.net/lyon_matt/fixing-fcp-assets/1
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