Multicamera Audio Question

MikeLV wrote on 1/12/2026, 3:26 PM

In the online manual:
https://help.magix-hub.com/video/vegas/22/en/content/topics/7-edit/synchronizing_video_in_multicamera_projects.htm

Under the section titled: "Synchronizing Multicamera Audio"

It says:

new since VEGAS Pro 22
"Synchronizing multicam events based on the audio from the clips the events hold has been completely reworked. You can now select multiple events and quickly synchronize them with options optimized for the type of audio contained in the clips.

To synchronize files based on the audio (and they can be audio-only files, video files with audio, or a mix) first add each file to separate tracks so each now sits on a different track than each of the others. Of course, for synchronization to work, the files must have been recorded simultaneously so that they contain exactly the same source audio. It’s best if none of the files starts at the very beginning of the timeline.

The synchronization process will move timeline clip events as necessary to line the audio of each file and any of the events may need to move earlier or later on the timeline. If one of your events needs to move toward the start of the timeline, but it’s already sitting at the very beginning, the synchronization will fail since the event can’t move any further to the left. Give yourself some space between the start of the project and the start of the events on your timeline.

Click the audio event that you consider to be the “target” event, that is, the event you want to match the others to. This event will not move, and each of the other events will move to accomplish the synchronization. Now, hold the Ctrl key while you click on each other audio event that you want to synchronize. As you see in the image above, each of the audio events has been selected (indicated by the yellow highlight) while their grouped video events have not been (indicated by the blue highlight).

Now choose Tools | Multicamera. Depending upon the audio material in your files, select the most appropriate of the synchronization options at the top of the cascading menu. For instance, my file contains both speaking and music, so I choose the Synchronize Mixed Audio to Align Events. VEGAS Pro analyzes your audio files and moves repositions the events as needed to synchronize them. If the first synchronization type you use doesn’t give you results that you’re happy with, undo the edit and try a different type."

I'm using v22, and coincidentally, the same type of footage as given in the manual's example (music and voice). I don't see the "Synchronize Mixed Audio to Align Events" anywhere (is the manual wrong?) I only see Synchronize Audio to Align Events. Also, when I try this feature, 1) it takes forever on a 25 minute clip, and 2) the audio didn't align correctly after it was finally finished. What am I missing here?

My main camera with the good audio is a stereo track, and the second camera is the reference audio for syncing, also stereo, but same audio on both channels.

Comments

fr0sty wrote on 1/12/2026, 7:08 PM

It doesn't perfectly align every time in every case, but you can speed things up by cutting out a section of your audio and only aligning it, you don't have to tell it to process the entire waveforms. after it aligns, you can drag the parts of the waveform you split back into place.

There's also other tools happy otter scripts has one that does good.

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Windows 10

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MikeLV wrote on 1/12/2026, 7:14 PM

I actually have HOS, didn't know it had such a feature, thanks for the tip about the way you said I can do The audio sync. I started playing around with Kdenlive. I was impressed that it aligned the audio properly on the first try and it happened quickly too! I was also impressed with how stable that program felt, it ran a lot faster than Vegas does on my older machine. In Windows. But other than that, I just can't get used to working in that software as I'm so comfortable with Vegas.