Syncing the audio from a boom and lavs to RED footage?

[Ty Ford]

Hello Joshua and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

If there’s no drift, you can use PluralEyes, a plugin, to sync the boom audio to the camera audio. You don’t say. what was the boom recorded to?

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Joshua Kingdon]

Thanks for your response. I ended up just syncing the audio via watching the clapboard (marking the points) and reading the digital digital time code on the board to find the appropriate .wav file. The digital time code that was on actual clapboard and the audio files matched up (the video files were off by 6 seconds).

Then I dragged the video and sound files into the timeline, “linked” the files together after syncing them (Choose “Modify” on the menu then choose “Link”). After that I dropped them back in the browser, deleted the original file (not containing boom audio) and put the new file (with the same file name) in the appropriate folder. It took a long time but I got it done.

I’m not sure how the boom was recorded…I’d have to ask my sound guy. I did learn through this process that boom audio tends to be better than lav mic audio especially when you’re indoors. I’ll be better prepared as a filmmaker for my next shoot. Thanks again for your response.

BTW..What is drift?

[Ty Ford]

Joshua,

I thought you said the lav sound and the video were recorded at the same time to the camera. If so, no sync should have been required.

Glad it worked out but please confirm the following.

1. What device was the lav recorded to?
2. What device was the boom recorded to?
3. What editing software are you using?

Boom audio may or may not be as good as lav audio inside. Too many factors must be considered to make a blanket statement.

You may find my little book helpful before venturing out again:
https://web.mac.com/tyreeford/Site/Ty_Ford_Audio_Bootcamp_Field_Guide.html

Drift can happen to files recorded on different machines at the same time because their internal clocks are not precisely synchronized.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Joshua Kingdon]

I said that when I ingested the files into Final Cut the quicktime files contained the audio from the lav mics. They did not contain the boom audio files. At the end of the day I had the RED files and a separate folder of .wav audio files stored on my hard drive. I did not say that the boom and lavs were recorded to the RED camera directly.

I am not sure about the devices that were used for the boom and lav. If I find out I’ll make sure to post them. I was wearing enough hats as it was on the day of the shoot and I trusted my sound guy to get it done so I didn’t even ask. I am using Final Cut 7.02 (within Studio 3) as my editing software. I will make sure to check out your book.

Thanks again,

Josh