separating and deleting audio from a video event

ltprods wrote on 11/16/2007, 10:09 AM
A little help please! I am a new user of Vegas Movie Studio (Platinum Edition)...and I want to edit three different cameras together...but use the audio from only one. I have hunted and pecked in the manual and the program to find how to do this and can't seem to make it work. Can anyone give me a helping hand? Thanks!

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Eugenia wrote on 11/16/2007, 10:22 AM
Vegas Pro has support for multi-camera, not Vegas Platinum. For Platinum the VASST plugin might work, google it. If it doesn't work either, then you will have to do the sync by hand.
Paul Mead wrote on 11/16/2007, 12:16 PM
You have a few of options:

You can insert a volume envelope on each audio track and manually drop the volume to -inf for the tracks you don't want. Look in the help for volume envelopes.

You can ungroup the audio from the video on the tracks with the audio that you don't want and simply delete the audio portion of the event. Look at the "ungroup" (the "U" key) function in help for more info.

You can simply slide the volume for particular events down to -inf. That is, put your mouse pointer over the top middle of the audio portion of the event, click and drag the volume level down. That may not be a totally clear explanation, but I think you will figure it out once you try it.
Chienworks wrote on 11/16/2007, 2:04 PM
Even simpler and cleaner yet is to click on the track header of the audio tracks you don't want and press the Delete key. Whole track and all it's audio gone. Of course, you'll want to wait until after the sync is correct before doing this.
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/16/2007, 2:05 PM
Use one camera as A-roll and drag it to track one. Use the other two camera's as B-roll, but drag the whole event to the trimmer instead, where you do the cutting. Respect the timing. Set trimmer option to video only. Then drag your video only event from the trigger to the second/third video track, again respecting the timing.
ltprods wrote on 11/17/2007, 10:03 AM
First of all, thanks for the tip on deleting the audio event from a video event in the timeline. Before I bought my new Sony cameras...I used Adobe Premier Elements as an editting tool...and never had a problem. It was easy and very user friendly. I find this Sony program much less so...and the manual is really bad compared to the other. If you wouldn't mind helping me again, perhaps you could tell me why the preview monitor is so choppy as I am playing the timeline. My old program was seamless and easy to tell...this one jumps and you can't tell what's lining up where. I would really appreciate anything you can tell me.
Paul Mead wrote on 11/18/2007, 6:23 AM
If you have a new question you really should start a new thread.

Do a search of the forums for preview and you should find threads on that topic. If that doesn't solve the issue for you then start a new thread or submit a query to Sony using the Support link at the top of the page.

Btw, while I can understand your frustrations with a new product, dissing it doesn't invite assistance from the loyal fans that follow this forum. You may want to keep your gripes separate from your requests for help.
mickbadal wrote on 11/20/2007, 1:32 PM
I would encourage the original questioner to keep using VMS, I think they'll find it will prove itself to be a very cool program over time, and worth the switch.

I too moved from Adobe Premiere to Sony VMS, and at first had "woes" over the change (let's face it - any change produces disappointments at first, as you leave what is comfortable and have to give up certain known things for what is unknown). And while I've found that Premiere did have a couple items that I feel one-up VMS from a usability perspective (which I've named in another thread), on the whole I find VMS to be a *much* more powerful and easier program to use. Stick with it, I don't think you'll be disappointed in the long run.