BPM editing

Gotta do this by ear.

That is, play the sequence and press Control-V to the beat. That will place red markers on your timeline as the sequence is playing, but once you stop, those markers become cuts. Be sure to have your AutoSelect buttons correct (that is, if you don't want cuts in master your audio, disable the AutoSelect buttons for those tracks).

One way to do this with a slug placed over your music piece on V1, then do the Control-V thing, then use Replace edits (F11) to drop in your new clips.

No more automated way than that - unless some 3rd party plug-in exists.

if i'm cutting to music, and want to have some form of cut/music sync going on, i use normal markers on the timeline... that is, play the music on the timeline, tap out a beat on the M key (not just a 4/4 beat, but pick out 16ths, or little rhythm changes) and then use those markers as a guide, skipping from one to another using shift+up/down arrows, and quickly adding a cut.

then, as Jim pointed out, you have the room on the timeline to extend shots over longer time etc, but always have a good beat/rhythm-guide using the markers.

you also start with an empty timeline and construct your video to a marked rhythm, rather than starting with a full timeline and de-constructing to the rhythm... if that makes sense.

Message was edited by: James M.

Mang,

Awesome post man, I have been looking for a keyboard command for "razor cut" and it was not in the manual (that I saw anyway) or the quick list for the keystrokes. I try to use the mouse as little as possible and the darn cut thing has had me stuck using the mouse. Thanks for the tip.

Matt

I've gotta say that overly mechanical cutting can get stale pretty fast. you'll (hopefully!) find yourself extending shots over several beats, finding the action counterpoint to the music and working with some of that.

The method outlined above is great for a roughcut, but really, you'll hate it if you stop there and don't take it to the next level.

With full agreement to the artistic recomendations of Jim and James the true value to Hanumang's Control-V method is the ability to move your cursor down the timeline and use the replace edit function. this creates a great rough cut really quickly. And that gives you more time to spend on your creative talents.

Happy to share, Matt. 🙂