Audio from Garage Band Out of Sync

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Audio from Garage Band Out of Sync

I recently recorded a musician and took a feed from the board straight into Garage band. I exported using the Export to iTunes option. Dragged that aiff file into Final Cut Pro, and the audio from the camera and the audio from Garage Band is way out of sync. For a 30 minute set, the garage band audio is 4 seconds longer. I have tried changing the speed and making the clips the identical duration in length but that still does not work. Can anyone give me an advice on how to correct this. Thanks
Ben

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jun 23, 2008 2:12 PM

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Answer 1

Nick Holmes

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Jun 23, 2008 2:32 PM in response to Sagedrummer

I don't know if you have tried this but, what if you first mute the garage band audio and find a decisive sound on your camera footage - a drum beat at the end of a song, for example. Place a marker at that point (press M).

Mute your camera audio and switch the garage band audio on. Find that same sound and place another marker.

Go to "Mark" in the FCP menu bar and choose "Mark to Markers" - sorry I forget the shortcut, FCP is busy capturing so I can't look. This will show you how far apart the sounds are and you can slip the garage band track into position.

When you made your recordings, there was no direct relationship between the two, apart from being in the same building. So pressing record on the camera and starting garage bands record function did not happen at the exact same time, This probably accounts for the discrepancy.

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Studio X

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Jun 23, 2008 2:39 PM in response to Nick Holmes

If it is more than simply start point offsets, the issue is most likely is the result of recording the audio at 44.1khz while FCP wants to work with 48khz.

Try converting the material to 48khz and see what happens.

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Studio X

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Jun 23, 2008 2:41 PM in response to Nick Holmes

If it is more than simply start point offsets, the issue is most likely is the result of recording the audio at 44.1khz while FCP wants to work with 48khz.

Try converting the material to 48khz and see what happens.

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Studio X

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Jun 23, 2008 2:42 PM in response to Nick Holmes

If it is more than simply start point offsets, the issue is most likely is the result of recording the audio at 44.1khz while FCP wants to work with 48khz.

Try converting the material to 48khz and see what happens.

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Sagedrummer Author

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Jun 23, 2008 4:57 PM in response to Studio X

Thanks, I will try converting the audio to 48 and see what happens, I hope thats it.

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Sagedrummer Author

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Jun 23, 2008 5:03 PM in response to Studio X

Could you recommend a program that I could change the audio to 48KHZ? Thanks

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Studio X

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Jun 23, 2008 5:07 PM in response to Sagedrummer

Quicktime Pro, Soundtrack, iTunes, Peak, or any other audio program will do this. You own the first 3.

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Nick Holmes

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Jun 23, 2008 5:08 PM in response to Sagedrummer

Could you recommend a program that I could change the audio to 48KHZ?

Errr. how 'bout garage band?

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Studio X

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Jun 23, 2008 5:10 PM in response to Nick Holmes

OOOOoooo go with the obvious answer ...

No challenge there.

cheers,

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Sagedrummer Author

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Jun 23, 2008 6:35 PM in response to Studio X

I am using Garageband 3.0.4 and I don't see anywhere where it lets me adjust those settings, do I need to upgrade? I used Quicktime pro to switch the audio to 48 and it did not make any difference in my timeline. The audio was still way off. I am in a timeline for 30P, I don't know if that would make any difference.
Ben

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Answer 11

Jun 23, 2008 7:26 PM in response to Sagedrummer

Why not use FCP's "Export as AIFF"?

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