Audio - lining up new audio

Rockaday wrote on 12/7/2014, 5:11 PM

I want to replace the audio that my camera recorded with audio from my Zoom recorder. I can't get the new audio to line up properly with the video, when I drag it, it always overshoots. How can I "nudge" the audio into place?
Thanks!

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Chienworks wrote on 12/7/2014, 7:40 PM

Zooming in on the timeline helps a lot and will let you adjust the audio in 1-frame increments when you've zoomed in far enough. If you need to adjust in smaller amounts than 1 frame then under Options turn off "quantize to frames", and you'll be able to slide it in arbitrarily small increments.

Make sure you turn "quantize to frames" back on afterward! This is important for properly positioning and trimming video.

richard-amirault wrote on 12/11/2014, 11:27 AM

Yes, zoom in (expand left to right) the timeline.

However, my experience is that you can zoom in too far. After a certain point it gets harder to match the audio (I assume you still have the audio from the camcorder, but it is muted) I find it fairly easy to match the waveform peaks rather than look at peoples mouths when syncing an external track.

NOTE: depending on how long your clip is .. the audio from the Zoom may "drift" compared with the audio of the camcorder. This has happened to me. I was able to cut the longer clip and overlap to shorten it so it matches up once again. Do this during a pause in the sound if possible. If done soon enough it will not be as obvious as when done later (a smaller 'jump')

D7K wrote on 12/12/2014, 12:24 PM

If you do a lot of this you might want to consider Plural Eyes (expensive, but does the job).