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Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Magic of Conform in Soundtrack Pro 2

Kevin P. McAuliffe | 08/23- 05:39 PM

This feature allows editors to make as many changes as they want, with little or no impact on the mix.

One problem that audio engineers run into all the time is sneaky editors who make changes to their “locked” offline while the engineer is doing their mix. Then, a major “patch” job ends up happening where the mix that is currently being working on, needs to be married with the new, revised audio that the editor has just output. Needless to say, it’s a major headache. Well, not anymore. With the awsome new Conform feature in Soundtrack Pro 2, editors can make as many changes to their edit as they want, with little or no impact on the mix that is being done in Soundtrack Pro. Let’s take a look at how this works.

As you can see, Conform is a an excellent tool that is not only simple to use, but makes the process of updating mixes very, very easy. If you have any comments or questions about this article, don’t hesitate to e-mail me.

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Thanks for this article. I have to admit STP has had me baffled for quite awhile and I’ve never taken the time to dig into it.

For the editor that both cuts the video and the audio I’d love to know your workflow. I’ve often cut a two camera shoot with separate sound or four wired mics; two to each camera. (The four mic shoots were done that way because we didn’t have a boom operator. I’d sort through the four tracks to find the best dialog on one of the tracks and use that.)

I’d love to hear your suggested post workflow in this kind of project. How much audio would you do in FCP and how much in STP? Do you sync the separate audio in FCP or STP?

Also, when do you use the two track mode in STP? I understand the multi-track projects but just don’t get the other mode. Do you ever use the destructive editing capability in STP?

I guess I’m asking a lot. The books and tutorials talk about the various features but are mostly silent on when to use which and why.

Perhaps another post is in order or point me to some other resource you think might help.

Thanks much,

Rob:-]

Posted by Rob  on  09/04  at  07:37 PM

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