Audio editing in general

AudioFH wrote on 12/14/2002, 7:04 PM
Hi, I am just getting started on a whole new 'track' for myself and I have a few things to figure out.
Let me first explain the idea. It is more about audio editing than about video. The idea is audio editing with video images. It is more specifically the editing of music to film. Let's say we have a film and we want music with that and that we may need multiple (music) clips to go with that single video. The video hardly needs any editing, it is more that you need to see the film for the adding and editing of the music. Imagine someone dancing without music and that you want the music (you choose) to fit the dance. First we have film and then we choose the music.
My main question is whether Vegas Video 3 will do this job for me. I was wondering if VV may be too much a video editor for this. Maybe I would be wiser to choose another program for this. The problem is that it is necessary to have the film on screen during the audio editing, just to keep track.

I would be grateful if someone could help me sort this out. Many thanks in advance and please excuse me if I am not very clear, I am not English spoken. :).

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Chienworks wrote on 12/14/2002, 7:40 PM
AudioFH: Vegas will handle this very well. It has nearly real-time preview. On a 700MHz or better machine with a single DV track, you should be able to get flawless 29.97fps playback in the preview window. You can drop as many audio clips as you wish into as many audio tracks as you need and easily slide them around to line them up with the video. You can slice & dice them to fit, and even speed them up or slow them down if necessary. Download the demo and try it out. There's not much audio-wise you can't do with Vegas.
AudioFH wrote on 12/15/2002, 5:36 PM
Thank you, it really sounds good and it will probably be worth the 500 euro's.
My next question would be the kind of soundcard I would need. In the next couple of weeks I will have to decide which soundcard will go into my new machine and since I am not a wizard on this, tips are welcome :).
And then I hope that I can show my first project real soon.
Nat wrote on 12/15/2002, 8:36 PM
The ESI/egosys cards looks pretty nice, they support multiple drivers and has interesting features. www.egosys.net

As a side note on audio, I personaly use Vegas to record/mix/master all my music, which includes recording live instruments, synths etc. So it's very suited for audio work.
Note that you can set the timeline in notes/quarter notes etc.
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