X-Dan_Holden
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Nov 15, 2002, 6:35 PM
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I'm stumped. When it comes to recording audio in multitrack studios, from 2" reel-to-reel to Hard Disc recording, I've done my fair share... about 11 years worth... And with video, I've been dabbling for 6 years, and been pro for 2, so I feel like I've encountered and solved many a problem. Here's the deal...
Anytime in the past, when I've had to sync up MiniDisc audio with the video I captured, it's synced up perfectly. A few weeks ago the band I'm in did a 4 cam shoot. All cams with MiniDV, and they all sync up fine. The audio was recorded live to Hard Disc in a program called Cakewalk. (Now, Cakewalk is the program I always import my MiniDisc audio into for vows and reception audio for weddings, so I am extremely familiar with it. Also I've been using Cakewalk to record and mix music for bands for a couple years as well.) Everything has always synced up. Until now. I've seen in posts here before people manually dropping frames to compensate, but I'd have to do that for over an hour's worth of footage, and it goes out of sync within a minute, so that'd be a lot of work!!! Also, it seems like I'd have to add frames, not drop them, because the audio goes longer than the video. Is this a 48000Hz or 44100Hz vs 32000Hz problem, or a dropframe vs non-drop problem, or what? I've never seen this before with digital gear, everything's worked before. I'm wondering, and have yet to double-check, if the Cakewalk settings were wrong when we recorded everything. By the way, I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the recording process, but it was a multitracked live show, not just a stereo recording of the board outputs... We had mics on everything being recorded onto individual channels, so we're able to mix the show after for better sound quality than just a board mix. I'm stuck. I've tried seeing if maybe some songs worked and others didn't, but no, it's all not syncing up. Hopefully the fix is obvious and I'm an idiot. If not, D'OH!!
Thanks, Dan
(the link to my band's site for any interested... www.mysisterocean.com **warning, it's radio friendly Alternative Rock! I wouldn't try it on any wedding videos, but who knows! See if "Pictures" works for ya. It's a nice acoustic diddy)
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