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adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby sadddletree » Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:01 pm

I'm doing a project that I recorded the audio on a separate digital recorder so I could cut out wind noise and just have better audio than the camera provides. Is there an "easy" way to sync the audio with the video?
I currently use the clip editor to trim the audio and then put it on the timeline with the video and see how it sounds with the sound from the video camera and go back and forth until they are synced. I expand the clip monitor as much as I can to give me the best control of the trimming. Sometimes it goes quick, and other times it can take quite a while to get it right.
Is this the best way to do this or is there a better (faster) way?
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Re: adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby Steve Grisetti » Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:00 pm

The best way is the way Hollywood professionals do it: Use a clapper or some device that makes a movement and sound so that you can line the two up.

You can also use an artificial "clapper" by looking for something in your video that includes a matching audio and video moment. A cough, for instance. Or a door closing. Then zoom in on the clip so that you can see the individual frame where it happens as well as the peak on the audio waveform that indicates the sound. Line them up and you should be all set!

The only other way is if your video has the same sound as your audio recording. Then you can literally line up the two audio waveforms and either mute or delete the one you don't want to use.
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Re: adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby Chris B » Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:52 am

The best way is the way Hollywood professionals do it: Use a clapper or some device that makes a movement and sound so that you can line the two up.


You - or someone in the scene - can also use the low tech method and do a single hand clap at the start of each scene. It's especially useful if your camera is a distance away from the subject and the microphone is a lot closer when the speed of sound vs light becomes significant.
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Re: adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby MrGrunthunter » Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:10 am

The hand clap is probably the simplest and easiest. There are also Apps you can download for smartphones that simulate the old movie clapboards. I recently posted a short YouTube video that gives a little demonstration on how the one I downloaded works. https://youtu.be/tLqGU24J0Ew As I mention in the video it's only as loud as what your cell phone can make.
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Re: adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby sidd finch » Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:07 pm

You also want to make sure that you do not have a glitch in the video or the audio. If you do you will need to do multiple cuts to line up the audio. Once you get the hang of it it is pretty quick to get the audio lined up. Hope it works for you

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Re: adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby Steve Grisetti » Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:32 am

BTW, if you're going to regularly edit video and audio from separate sources, you may want to check out CyberLink PowerDirector Ultimate. The program has a multi-cam editor that does an amazing job of AUTOMATICALLY syncing video and audio from several sources.

And, once the clips are sync, you can then select which audio source to use in your final AND you can set up cuts between several video simultaneous video sources.

These are pretty advanced tools for a hundred dollar program!
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Re: adding audio from a separate digital recorder

Postby sadddletree » Fri Mar 04, 2016 3:00 pm

Thank you. These are all very helpful. Too bad most of the filming is finished already...
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