Syncing Sound using FCP

mrbimmer

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Ok here's the deal. I own this HHB Portadisc and I am going to be using it to record the sound durning my next film coming up. I have a couple of topics I would like discussed.

First off, I will be shooting in 24PA. Mind you that you need to remove the pulldown in post (FCP/Cinema Tools) making it a true 23.98 time line. This means that it is exactly the same as editting 16mm, 35mm film. Now with that said, when my audio is recorded in real time by my Portadisc and I go to sync in post will the audio be thrown off. i.e will the voices not match the mouth movements of the talent.

On a website concering film and the syncing of audio here is what someone said:

Sound syncing is just as simple on an AVID, but you may end up paying more for editing time on the machine syncing sound than it will cost in the lab. WARNING: if you plan to sync sound in this manner, you ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE THE AUDIO RESOLVED AT THE LAB. If you don't, you will have a horrible nightmare trying to match pix running at 30fps or 29.97fps to sound that was recorded in real time with pix at 24fps.

Second, Is recording sound to the Portadisc the way to go. It records using the ATRAC 4.5 compressor and the sound quality is supurb. It is very comparable to DAT. I have been told by many to do it this way. It seems the smart way to go.

I would love opinions on this subject.
 
Re: Syncing Sound using FCP

Kyle -- This really shouldn't be a problem... I mean, one second is one second... whether it's 30 frames with pull down or 24 without it shouldn't matter. That said... FCP has a REALLY cool feature that lets you do sub frame editing. You can zoom in and slip your audio around so any 100th of a frame can be moved to the head of a frame. I forget the keystrokes... my manuals are packed up. Though I never actually saw it in a manual, go to Borders and check out Jerry Hofmann's book and read the chapter on audio syncing... I saw it there.

Good luck,
CaptM
 
Re: Syncing Sound using FCP

CaptM thanks for the info seriously! I am going to go get that book.
 
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