Prelude to Premiere Pro audio sync?

I am editing my first feature length film in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. I would like to utilize Prelude, however I am a bit confused as to when and how to sync my external audio with my video. Should I first use Prelude, make subclips, make a rough cut and then ingest into premiere and sync. But how will my audio be able to sync subclips without my clapper board input? Any suggestions?

Hi Jenny,
Firstly, I have really enjoyed using Adobe CC this year, very happy with my choice to migrate from Avid to CC.
Just a bit of constructive criticism for the prelude team on this point-
The way I have interpreted it, Prelude is a tool to ingest, log and prepare footage for Premiere, and there is a bit of a gap when it comes to synching seperate audio and working with multicam clips.
For singlecam clips, the program works fine for the most part- but on most professional level productions, there will be either; a) External audio recorded, or b) Multiple synched camera angles.
If the suggested workflow for working with seperate audio is to go to premiere first and then export to prelude, I think that is a bit of a backwards step if prelude is supposed to be the 'prepping' program.
And as for multicam workflow, I don't think Prelude is capable of working there either.
I have a multicam interview, 30 mins long, and I want to log all the key dialouge in prelude- I can do one of the angles, sure, but is it posible for me to then transfer that metadata to a multicam sequence in Premiere?

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