[Greg Janza]

Hey Nick-

That Frame.io blog post is good. It has a lot of relevant info on best practices with audio syncing. The main reason folks have avoided using merge clips is that it’s a destructive effect. So if I merge a video clip with a secondary audio file the resulting merged file is a newly created file that no longer has any connection to the originating secondary audio file. And therefore, I can’t match frame back to the original audio file from the merged clip.

This isn’t true with multi cam source sequences. I think people get hung up on the naming convention. But in reality a multi cam source sequence is just a modified source clip. You can use it just like you would a normal source clip. You also retain all connections back to the originating media in case you need to go back and use it. In your timeline you can toggle how it gets edited in -either as a multi cam clip or as the source media file.

You’ll see posts about how the sync function in Premiere doesn’t work or doesn’t work well enough. Those types of posts can be chalked up to operator error most of the time. If you have usable audio on your video files and you marry those files to secondary audio tracks, the” create multi cam source sequence” feature should work 99.9% of the time.

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[Greg Janza]

go for it.

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[Greg Janza]

You’ve created a great custom built machine that will be a power horse for awhile.

Now transcode your H264 media into a codec that Premiere can easily work with and you’ll be living on easy street. Without a doubt the single most misleading idea in the modern NLE world is that you can efficiently edit with H264 media. You can’t. H264 media is very CPU intensive and therefore it hogs precious resources.

Transcode H264 to DNx, Pro Res or Cineform and you’ll see a dramatic improvement in overall performance.

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[Greg Janza]

absolutely yes but I would recommend that you calibrate the laptop monitor with a real calibration tool like a spyder or x1 pro.

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[Greg Janza]

In a word, no.

If you have a color critical work flow then you need a real calibrated monitor. I wouldn’t rely on a laptop monitor for any serious color work. And since the XPS15 has HDMI, you can easily connect a reference monitor to it for real color monitoring.

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[Greg Janza]

Get the 6 core 8th gen i7 and then upgrade the RAM in the future.

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[Greg Janza]

RAM:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156182

tutorial:
https://youtu.be/uXxXa_beXc4

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[Greg Janza]

Any computer repair shop can do it but I’d recommend that you attempt it yourself. Use a video tutorial and a laptop tools kit. The process is very simple.

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[Greg Janza]

Get the 6 core 8th gen i7 and then upgrade the RAM in the future.

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[Greg Janza]

I have the XPS15 9570 for portable work and it works very well.

A few recommendations, increase your RAM TO 32 gigs, swap out your wifi card and then underclock and repaste the CPU to counterbalance CPU throttling.

And yes, there’s no need for a 4k laptop screen. Get the HD model and you can attach a 4k monitor through HDMI.

link to wifi card:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABG38GG5845

link to youtube tutorial to underclock and repaste:
https://youtu.be/ZnFdNGUETSI

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