Bruce Sharpe
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Not trying to hide anything, folks, the video just got replaced to make some minor corrections. The beta itself will be available in a day or two.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
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Use the sync option Replace audio. It will create merged master clips in the Browser.
The option Single output sequence will give just one synced sequence instead of zillions of them, and may be more convenient to work with.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
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Yes, that sounds right. If you run into any problems, I suggest you contact our support.
https://www.singularsoftware.com/submit.html
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
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There is no box to check, it’s just the way it works. FCP makes a new angle for each clip, not for each track. Making a movie for each track is not ideal as you point out, but it is the standard procedure.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
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What make and model number is your audio recorder? It could just be that its clock is not very accurate.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
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Hi Jim, you put the clips from each device (camera, audio recorder) onto their own track. No need to duplicate or trim anything. We you get a chance to send us the project file we should be able to make more specific suggestions.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
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The sync option Clips are Chronological is a big help for larger projects. But if that doesn’t solve the problem, send a message to support. We are always very interested in investigating cases where the results aren’t as expected.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
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To create merged clips after a sync, you can do it manually. For each pair of clips you want to merge, trim them in the timeline so that their in points match. Then drag them to the browser, select them and choose Modify > Merge clips. Synchronize based on in points.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
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There are two possibilities: 1. there is sync drift in the original recordings, and 2. the FCP settings are not right. If #2 is the problem, then the correction factor will be 100.1% which is larger than you are seeing, so it’s best to rule out #1 first.
With regard to #1, it will be hard to determine this inside FCP because of the subtleties of #2. Instead, pick a video clip that overlaps the audio recording by a fair amount and, using QuickTime Player or otherwise, export the audio from the video clip. Bring that audio and the external audio into a multitrack audio editor (Audacity, SoundTrack Pro, …) and line up the two audio clips by hand. Does the external audio stay in sync? If not, you need to do some time stretching to remove the error.
But if the sync looks good, you need to tackle #2. Note that you cannot adjust the NTSC tag value in XML and have it stick after importing into FCP. The only way to ensure that you get the right NTSC values is by following the procedure in the blog post you mentioned earlier.
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
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Hi Larry,
It’s best to send the project and log files to Singular Software support as described on the page below. There may be a glitch with that one recording that can be addressed.
https://www.singularsoftware.com/submit.html
Bruce
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Bruce Sharpe
Singular Software Inc.
http://www.singularsoftware.com