Question about Audio Syncing in MC5??

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JolietJake

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I recently recorded audio using a Zoom H4n with a sennheiser g2 running into and a shotgun mic on a boom pole. I am trying to figure out how to syync the audio to the video in MC5. Or, is there some other program I need in order to sync the audio in avid. Also, I heard of a program, I believe it is pluraleye which works with mac that will sync audio automatically by matching up wave forms. In any case, I have never actually done this before in avid because I usually get sound in the camera...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated and extremely helpful
 
yes pluraleye is the 'gadget' option.
in Avid itself you can use Auto sync function. but that will be setting each clip one by one and not all of them in a bunch.
 
roei z said:
yes pluraleye is the 'gadget' option.
in Avid itself you can use Auto sync function. but that will be setting each clip one by one and not all of them in a bunch.
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So, Pluraleye is also available for PC? I thought it was a mac os Program. Syncing by way of auto sync function one by one can be very time consuming. Three days worth of takes and scenes.
 
yes Autosync is a little bit of work..
BUT:
i now have 10 days of feature shootings and i 'll tell you the problem with using pluraleye:
i have no use of creating big sequences with all the matching audio. a pain to handle afterwards.
you need to cut them back as subsequences for all the shots. don't you?? can you create new clips from all those subsequences? NO.
i need new separated subclips that could be played and loaded onto the clip monitor AS A REGULAR CLIP and not as a subsequence. a big difference for my workflow.
so using Autosync, i can pretty easily create those new subclips and have them ready with the matched audio.
a bit of work but not that much.
and don't forget pluraleye can sometimes fail or be un-accurate, causing you new problems.

hope you got me :)
 
If you have a sequence that only contains 1 event (no edits) and 1 video track with any number of audio tracks, you can highlight that sequence and do an AutoSync. It will become a subclip that you can load into the source monitor and will also display as out of sync in the timeline.

Michael
 
MichaelP said:
If you have a sequence that only contains 1 event (no edits) and 1 video track with any number of audio tracks, you can highlight that sequence and do an AutoSync. It will become a subclip that you can load into the source monitor and will also display as out of sync in the timeline.

Michael
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good to know.
however, most of these situations will require lots of events in one sequence.
so if it's one event, then it is the same as making IN marks and choosing the original clips for Autosyncing. no need for creating a sequence.
 
It doesn't take that long to sync in avid. A recent four-day shoot totaling over 120 shots took about 7 hours to sync. It also gives you a chance to watch your footage so you can start making notes and separating the good takes from the bad. A lot of people pimp these new "magic bullet" sync programs, but I have yet to encounter a project where all the footage was synced perfectly. I myself prefer the peace of mind knowing that everything is perfect.
 
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