FCP Syncing w/ and w/o Pluraleyes

[Scott Lovejoy]

In the past I have used FCP with cameras that had their audio pre-synced (XL2, HMC-150). Now I've moved onto the 7d and things are a little different.

In Avid my workflow used subclips to create synced takes, but now that I'm in FCP I don't exactly know what to do to sync.

I've been using Pluraleyes, which is fantastic at syncing, but the post syncing workflow leaves a little to be desired. I've been using Philip Bloom's workflow (Sync with Pluraleyes, cut off the heads/tails, delete camera audio, create reference files for the synced clips). This isn't awful, but when you have 150-300 clips it can make it seem like Pluraleyes was doing very little work, by comparison.

Does anyone use a similar workflow on narrative film, and have they found a way to speed up the process?

 

[NoahK]

Not really- that's about as automated as you can go with that workflow without changing up your audio and camera hardware for something with real timecode- i.e. a lot more expensive. Shoot RED with a Denecke timecode slate and a DEVA hard drive recorder for example- and this all syncs automatically in post. Shoot with a 5D or 7D and this is pretty much it. It's just one of those trade-offs you take on for the lower price of the gear.

Noah