Sync external audio workflow

[Morten Eriksen]

Hi!

I'l be DIT'ing our RED on a filmset in a couple of weeks. The director don't want any cables running from the camera so sound is recorded externally to a Sound Devices 744T jam synced. The sound guy sends sound wireless to the RED for safe.
It will be cut in FCP using proxys and conformed etc using Scratch.

I am looking for ideas or examples of workflows on how to replace sound from RED with the sound from the 744T after edit. Ideas and thoughts would be very nice :-)

Thanks

Morten

[Shawn Booth]

I can suggest the old fashioned way - import the audio and sync it.
Then replace the camera audio in the timeline.

[Morten Eriksen]

Yes I guess there is no other way :umm:

My totally out there dream would be some kind of EDL convert tool so:

Soundman uses days for reel so day1 is reel 001 and since REDs naming convention prints the date you need a tools that can replace the RED clips with the sound clips. So:

1) after edit you export an EDL
2) Tool replaces all the clips with the soundfiles in the EDL an makes a new one
3) import the new converted EDL into FCP.

...does that sound crazy?? :bye2:

[Brian J.M. Rytel]

You can do something like that using the PD series field recorders from Fostex, the Nagra VI, and Aaton's Cantar, using the Avid EDL output. I don't know if FCP can load and accurately used these EDLs, however that would somewhat closely resemble your idea.

[Philip Hodgetts]

If your RED and audio have matching Timecode, you might want to contact me directly - philip@intelligentassistance.com. We're currently beta testing a tool that will, in part, replace camera audio in an edited sequence with the multichannel audio from a separate system.

Philip

[Jim Hoffman]

If your RED and audio have matching Timecode, you might want to contact me directly - philip@intelligentassistance.com. We're currently beta testing a tool that will, in part, replace camera audio in an edited sequence with the multichannel audio from a separate system.

Philip

That would be great.

[Benjamin Rowland]

If your RED and audio have matching Timecode, you might want to contact me directly - philip@intelligentassistance.com. We're currently beta testing a tool that will, in part, replace camera audio in an edited sequence with the multichannel audio from a separate system.

Philip

That'd be nice. Make sure it works with Sound Devices products.