Plural Eyes and Avid (MC 5.5)

Will Clegg

Will Clegg

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Hi everyone,

I'm new to Avid, having made the switch from FCP recently for obvious reasons. Really enjoying working in MC so far, but one workflow issue that has cropped up is syncing my video to externally recorded audio using Plural Eyes, and then creating new clips with the synced footage. Plural Eyes works great, I can import the synced sequence and everything looks good.

In FCP, I would then trim off the edges so that I have matching lengths, delete the camera audio, move the external audio to A1 and A2, and then link the clips (lock the sync). Then drag to a bin to create a new subclip, from which I would edit.

There doesn't seem to me to be a very good correlation for this workflow in MC. I understand that I can load the new sequence into the Source window and then make subclips there, but I want to delete the camera audio, move the external audio up to A1 and A2 (from A3 and A4, while maintaining sync), and THENcreate my new subclips. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
 
Ok, just following up here for anybody who cares...

The workflow I have figured out is this (yes, it's complicated and slightly annoying, but it works and I don't see any other way given the way Avid MC 5.5 is built):

1) Sync clips using Plural Eyes and whatever other method you like.
2) Set an in and out point in the synced sequence for the clip you want to make into a subclip.
3) Go to the bin and duplicate your sequence. Rename it with the name you want for your new synced subclip. Make sure you duplicate here because otherwise you could lose your entire synced sequence!!
4) Drag that newly renamed sequence into the edit window. It should load the entire sequence but show the in/out points you selected. This step is not necessary but is good to check that you have your sequence prepped properly.
5) Select the new sequence in your bin, then go to the "Bin" menu and select "Autosync."

The new sequence now becomes a subclip, and you can treat it just like any other clip. Your sync lock should work now so you will see if it falls out of sync (if you have that turned on in settings, natch).
 
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