Multicam Audio Channel Selection Problem

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Multicam Audio Channel Selection Problem

Hi.

I'm editing a two camera shoot. One of the cameras has three tracks of audio on it. One form a lavelier mic, one is a feed from the house mixing desk and one in-camera scratch audio. I have synced the two cameras using PluralEyes and then imported the resulting multi-cam synced track into FCPX via XML.

Here's the problem. The one camera/channel that has the three audio tracks on it has all three waveforms appearing. The in camera mic is appearing on all three audio tracks. No matter which one I select, it is outputting the in camera audio. I can't select either of the two good audio channels.

Anyone???

Posted on May 5, 2016 1:39 AM

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Answer 1

May 5, 2016 3:04 AM in response to Alasdair Mc Broom

What exactly do you mean by "one camera has three tracks of audio"? Which camera is it? How did you ingest this audio? I am suspecting you may have already mixed them down. Please ellaborate on how you captured this.

FCP X has great syncing capabilities, and you may get excellent results by just bringing the audio and video clips in and creating a multicam without involving pluraleyes in your workflow.

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Answer 2

May 5, 2016 3:11 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I think you may be right in that they are already mixed down as a result of using PluralEyes as a round trip to FCPX. It's the only way that this can be happening. I had a look at PluralEyes and there is no way of selecting audio channels. One small point though - I can export the same thing from PE and into Premier Pro CC and all audio tracks come out fine. I do prefer editing in FCPX though

The original clips are fine in FCPX and I can select any of the three audio channels.

I'm halfway through an edit of three hours worth of conference footage and am trying to avoid having to re-edit. Hence my desire to try and find a solution to my current position. I looks like I may have to go back to square one and use FCPX to sync. DOH!

Lesson learned the hard way - as usual.

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