There are other ways to keep your audio and video in sync, such as using genlock to match the timecode between recorder and camera. And you wouldn’t want to limit your shot list to 6 inches from your talent, would you? Ninety percent of success in recording dialog depends on getting the mic close. Many beginning filmmakers think they can cheat and just stick a shotgun mic on top of their camera, and call it good.
Someone whose job it is to make your production sound awesome. This is sound recorded the right way: by a sound recordist.
With PluralEyes, an application included in Red Giant’s Shooter Suite, all you have to do is record reference audio on your camera, and let software do the rest.īut before I get too far along, let me be clear that what I’m talking about here is dual-system sound. There may still be good reasons for slating your takes, but syncing footage is no longer one of them. Then, editors had to meticulously nudge the two together before they could go to work on more creative tasks. Once it's outside Reaper though, I don't know.Back in the old days, filmmakers had to clap wooden sticks together to match sound and picture. And definitely, you don't need to resample anything that goes inside Reaper, as Reaper is smart enough to play mismatched audio files and render them perfectly (eg: play a 96k file inside a 48k project, and then render to 44.1k without problems). but I think most should be smart enough by now. In the distant past, I've had editors use the wrong playrate for audio files when there was a mismatch (48k and 44.1k usually). Then you can go into your editor and see if your editor correctly guessed it or not. You'll be able to see the real framerate there. You can probably load up one of your source files into VLC media player - then click Tools -> Codec information. I don't know how smart other editors are though. I use Adobe Premiere and I can pretty much put any source file into any timeline, regardless of framerate, and it just works.
I still half-suspect that your video editor may or may not actually have a problem with odd framerates. They're kind of meaningless if you just manually select dimensions/pixelshape/framerate anyway. NTSC/PAL are just different standards (dimensions and such). I really just want my REAPER audio and GoPro video to be in sync without having to do any math or guessing etc.
And do I simply go to each individual track and render each to a new track (to increase them to 48k)?Īnd I use Sony Vegas Pro 12, should I be choosing the actual 30/60 fps or the 29.97 or 59.94 NTSC thing? I have no idea what NTSC is and why is has to be some damn decimal point number to confuse everyone.
Second, GRAYTER1, in your professional opinion would you recommend 30fps or 60 fps for a drum video? I am pretty much useless when it comes to trouble-shooting anything in video-editing. Hell, my iPhone 6 does fantastic 120fps, and I use FCP X to play it on a 24 or 30 fps timeline.įirst of all, thank you guys so much for your help!!! I sincerely appreciate it. We use 60fps for sports and news, but even then, it's rare for us to work at 60, unless we're over-cranking by shooting at 120 or 240, then putting that video on a 24 fps timeline in Premiere.
Uses less media, and gives a more "filmic" look that everyone wants these days. We run our GoPro's at 24 or 30fps on average. As a matter of workflow, all projects are given a frame rate during pre-production, and all gear is set to that, and not changed for the duration of the project. I work in video (editor & field sound), and as stated above, we work exclusively at 48K 24bit for audio, and when using a higher-end sound recorder like a Sound Devices 744t or 788t, we always match the frame rate to the camera we're using.
Pro Tools and Logic will do this for you when importing the audio. Just have Reaper re-render the audio files to 48K, and you should be fine. I'm not sure if Reaper will do it on the fly (during playback), or you may have to do it manually. Do I have to do anything to my audio that was previously recorded guitar tracks that were recorded at 44.1k or will they be fine? Ok, I just changed my Reaper settings to 48k, 60fps,and I'll keep my Gopro at 60fps (which in the GoPro reviews, it says that it's really 59.940).