[Kent Esmeier]

David,

I am having a similar issue on the night before my project is due. Imagine that.

Here is my set-up. I’m trying to layback in FCP 6.0.6 audio from pro-tools. My FCP project has always been 23.976 (aka 23.98)
I sent my audio guy omf files weeks ago, I got them back today laid them in my on-line sequence at the same frame rate and the sync drift is occurring. Here are some interesting facts.

I made aiff reference mixdown files from my off-line audio mix and re-imported them into my on-line seq and everything syncs fine. No Pro-tools round trip.

My reference quicktime with timecode that I sent to Pro-tools syncs with everything perfectly in my audio guys system.

The problem is deffinetly in how FCP is reading the 23.976 (aka 23.98) wav or aiff (tried them both.)
I have been reading many posts tonight on all different forums with no good solution offered. Some say FCP is trying to re-time the file by adding frames (or pulldown) because it doesn’t know what fps it actually is. It would be great if anyone at apple would be willing to try and recreate this problem.

My last resort has been to digitize my project (90min) from FCP via Kona 3 HDSDI to my Avid Symphony at 1080 23.98psf and then layback the audio files in Avid. It syncs up perfectly. I realize not everyone has that option but It has worked for me. I love FCP and Apple, but I believe this looks and feels like a big bug.

Does anyone know if this problem is still happening in FCP 7.0?

Kent Esmeier

Senior Editor / Colorist
grootersproductions.com