The art of sync audio with video

[Shane Ross]

Do you have SLATES? Those clapper boards where people call out the take and the shot, and then clap it shut, so that you have a visual and audible reference to sync to?

The manual is a great place to look for this info…

https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=40%26section=0%26tasks=true

Shane

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[Mahmoud Morsi]

Thanks Shane for your replay, I knew the SLATES you mean, but i didn’t reached this point of editing to have this work, I mean i can’t sync the visual with audio in other hand, I can use the FCP pretty good but i feel sometimes i don’t have that sense that every editor have, Please any suggestions ?

[Shane Ross]

Specifically…

https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=29%26section=2%26tasks=true

Shane

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[Mahmoud Morsi]

Thanks Shane, but you didn’t understand me, I need to learn the art of sync, im looking for links that can help me in this matter, I want to read to reach it i want to learn.

[Shane Ross]

What “art?” This is a technical task handled by assistant editors. You find the visible slate hit (when it closes), and mark IN on your VIDEO track. You scrub through the audio until you hear the slate clap…go frame by frame until you hear the first *tick* of the hit, and then mark IN. Then you highlight both clips, and use the MERGE CLIPS option, and use IN points.

It’s that simple.

Shane

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[Mahmoud Morsi]

Please check these video and you will understand me, I’m sorry
https://vimeo.com/12583356

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[Shane Ross]

AHA! You mean cut video to the beat! Montage stuff, but to the beat of the music.

Dunno if there is any online reference or tutorial on that. You just mark IN on a beat, then OUT on a beat, and add the clip. Turn SCRUBBING on (Shift-S), and go frame by frame if you want. Make sure your audio waveforms are on if you want to see the music visibly.

Shane

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[David Roth weiss]

Just as some people are born dancers and others can’t dance if their life depends on it, some editors are born with rhythm, some have to learn it, and others just don’t have the beat and never will. Which one are you?

David Roth Weiss
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[Scott Sheriff]

Part of the ‘art’ is to not always cut on the beat. Cutting on the beat gets old fast. Good drummers use ‘ghost notes’, rests, and fills to break the monotony, while maintaining a rhythm. As an editor you can do the same. One example, you can cut on the ‘beat’, like on the snare a few times, then not cut the next time it comes around, then make the next cut on the kick drum, or making a bunch of quick cuts on the Hi-Hat. Avoid being predictable, to help keep it fresh.
Also what you do has to make ‘sense’ with the rest of the music. Don’t ignore the flow or emotion of a song, just to cut on a beat.

Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
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[Mahmoud Morsi]

actually I’m not an Editor but I’m using FCP at my work, I can’t dance :D, Thanks for your response David.