Recording Video and Audio at Same time with simultaneous sync

I want to record a keyboard performance into garageband and at the same time record the playing of that performance with my video camera. Then I want to create a movie using the music from garageband and the video from the camera. I was thinking that if I can sync the video and audio when I'm recording the session, then that part is taken care of. Or, maybe this is easier than I think it is?

Is there a way to do this so that I can use the garageband record performance and have it synced to the video on the camera?

I don't want to use the audio from the video camera because the performance that is captured in Garageband will be much better and I can do editing of the individual notes in GB.

In the end, I just want to make a movie and/or podcast of the performance.

I'm a newbie regarding this, but I did search the forums and couldn't find anything specific. Mostly it was about importing video into GB3 and then syncing new audio. I'll basically have audio and video from the same performance in two separate locations and I want to bring them together perfectly in Garageband.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Powerbook G4 - DVI Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 15, 2007 10:22 AM

22 replies

isteveus

Level 5

4,340 points

Jul 19, 2007 9:13 AM in response to alabamer

I have done a few videos that I synced with Garageband song. I usually separate the audio from video and put it in garageband. I then add the instruments and use the audio track from the video for start and stop points this way when I mate the new audio track with the video they just line up.

Lust

Level 3

515 points

Jul 19, 2007 12:18 PM in response to alabamer

Also, if you sync the beginning of both tracks, is there a chance that they'll get out of sync toward the end? I expect the recording of both GB and Video to be about 10 minutes. That's why I was thinking I need to sync them somehow.

If the audio and video are using two different clocks independent of each other, yes they will drift.

Generally in FCP I work with video, audio and slate sync'd to a master clock running the same TC which line up easily. Especially helpful when working with multi-cams.

Time Code is nice but the main thing is everything is synchronous.

But you work with what you have and figure out how to make it work anyways.

Perhaps a good method you might consider is recording the audio performance first. Then video tape multiple takes and angles and roll the video to the audio.

You'll get a multicam look and find it easier to sync multiple short cuts to the audio.

Just a thought.

But your stuff looks and sounds fine for what you are doing anyways IMO.

I do get an error though trying to open the MySpace link.

Nice voice.

Jul 19, 2007 6:35 PM in response to alabamer

this is similar to a question I had a couple weeks ago.

I also upload videos to youtube. What I did, was sing and play the guitar part while recording video with my imac's isight camera, that was also recording 1 audio track on garage band /// the sang into a mic connected to my 2 channel accoustic guitar amp. But, the audio that was recorded is from the mic on the imac. Then, I went back and put to simple background vocal tracks over the main track. Finally, I synced the video w/the audio, exported to quicktime and loaded it to youtube.

came out ok for my first time and my first few days with the mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmjeK7bIIXA

alabamer Author

Level 1

20 points

Aug 6, 2007 12:05 PM in response to alabamer

Thanks for all the nice comments on the video... I wish the YouTube quality was better. I didn't realize my 'editing' was going to be wasted on YouTube... 😉 Still it was a fun little project.

I'm wanting to do another one soon, but my keyboard power supply is dead... Need to replace that before I do anything else, obviously.

I guess that's what I get for using a Kurzweil.

isteveus

Level 5

4,340 points

Jul 19, 2007 7:14 PM in response to bobostonepony

bobostonponey, I just subscribed to your youtube channel and linked your cool version of delilah to one of my blogs here.

Jul 19, 2007 8:44 PM in response to isteveus

hey man, thanks a lot

Lust

Level 3

515 points

Jul 20, 2007 7:52 AM in response to bobostonepony

Austin, what a great city full of talented musicians. Just got back from there, Marfa and Terlingua.

Very nice bobostonepony.

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