Audio scrubbing problem

I have somehow lost the ability to hear the audio being scrubbed as I am editing. It used to work and I don't know how to get it back!!

There is a button that toggles this on and off. I don't have iMovie 08 anymore so I cant remember exactly where it is, but if you don't see it right away, you can find it in HELP.

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Audio scrubbing problem in Soundtrack Pro

Hi, new to this forum but not new to pro audio! I've been all round the houses trying to fix this one; hope somebody knows the answer.
The problem is that although FCP's audio works as expected through the AJA, Soundtrack Pro only outputs playback audio through it. Scrubbed audio outputs through the Mac's audio out and there doesn't seem to be anywhere to change it. With the way the edit suite's set up this means switching the monitoring selector just to hear scrubbing - not the best workflow arrangement!
The AJA device only seems to be recognised by Soundtrack Pro for video, not audio.
I'm using a Mac Pro 2 x 3 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon with an AJA Io audio/video interface; OS is 10.5.8. I'm also using Final Cut Pro 7.01 and Soundtrack Pro 3.0.1
Anybody got any ideas?
Thanks, Doug.

I'm using a Kona 3 in a quad core and it works in all aspects of I/o.
16 tracks in and out and mixing and monitoring in stereo and surround. And yes, I have a proper surround monitoring setup.
I suspect it's the I/o box itself. Maybe, because its outboard it isn't setup to handle that kind of monitoring. Did you ask AJA?

Is STP audio 'scrub stutter' a known issue?

Greetings...I just installed Soundtrack Pro 1.03 on a Dual 1.25 G4. I get the audio stuttering problem some have reported when using HD video, but I'm not using video at all. It happens with my RME card or Apple System Audio, both in Waveform & Multitrack mode. It does not happen in Digital Performer or any other music app I use with all the same settings.
Anyone else having this STP audio scrubbing problem in 10.4.4?
Apple, is this a known issue with a fix on the way? (A reply would be appreciated).
Description:
a.Scrub audio by dragging the SPL, or hitting Control after Play, and audio constantly rapid fires fast repeats. If I hold the mouse still, audio constantly repeats while the audio track is stationary, until I click away.
Also the SPL won't move when dragging the green triangle in the Waveform Editor. It does drag on my Panther partition, but the audio stutters there also when trying to scrub.
Thanks in advance for any replies or communicating a known fix.

Thanks for your reply - I've been editing audio since those dinosaurs where around, and still find scrubbing useful when I'm cleaning up guitar parts or vocal tracks. So it's disappointing to not have a clean sound when scrubbing in STP.
So does my description match what you hear on your system if you scrub? Do you hear the 'rapid fire' playback when your audio is 'looping' when you scrub?
If yes, then I'd call that a known issue. It would be nice to hear a confimation from Apple if that's the case. If anyone there is monitoring this, please reply.
(To update my original post, I've reinstalled 10.4.4 on a fresh partition and I can now drag the green playback rectangle in the ruler area. STP still stutters, however, when scrubbing audio, and that's using Apple system audio, no 3rd party drivers.)
RD

Audio sync problem after scrubbing

I'm trying to piece together some clips from a TV series called Legend of the Seeker. I'm using Premiere CS4 4.0.1, Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
Placing the hour-long video in the Source Editor allows me to play the video fine from beginning to end, but if I start scrubbing through the file, the audio unsyncs itself immediately.
Here's a screenshot of the video in GSpot:
http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=premieresync.jpg
Setting IN and OUT points and then dragging a very small clip into the timeline has the same result.
Any ideas would be very appreciated.

You are actually pretty lucky to just have Audio sync problems, though I do not know why scrubbing would make any difference. With both Xvid and DivX one more often gets no Audio, or no Video.
Agree 100% on the 3rd party conversion, prior to Import into PrPro.
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Audio scrubbing just moves audio clip

Hello; I'm a new iMovie user and I'm just finding my way around in the program. I have an old G4 with iMovie 4.01 and I can't seem to get the audio scrubbing to work. According to the Pogue book on iLife 04, "In iMovie 04, for the first time, you can scrub by Option-dragging your mouse back and forth across an audio clip. iMovie plays the sound under your cursor." [p. 361]
So far everything I've tried has just ended up moving the audio clip from side to side, Option key or not. What am I not doing right here?
Thanks.

Bit unstable ..but Apple warns that it still is; "use at own risk", etc.
I wanted to see if current (version 6.0.3) iMovie HD, etc, works OK with the new system. So far, no problems.
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Canvas scrub problem!!

Hi I seem to be having a problem with my canvas scrub.. When I move the jog wheel forward I can hear the audio scrubbing but the video is still.. This also happens when I move the timeline in the sequence... Was fine yesterday.. Wonder if I hit something to make this happen? There is also a big black x in a white circle when I use the jog wheel!!
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RD

Help if you told us what your clip and sequence settings are but that's most likely where your problem lies; they are not precisely matched. Or you have imported a format your machine simply cannot handle without transcoding it first.
bogiesan

AUDIO SYNCH PROBLEMS

I have never had an audio synch problem 'til now. I am running 10.5.7 on a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB ram, 24" imac.
iMovie 6.0.4
I have a 50 minute heavily edited project with many transitions, etc.. I have no problem with the footage downloaded from my Sony HD camcorder. I even saved many individual frames as pictures and changed them to the beat of the music in the timeline and all worked perfectly. BUT, my problem is with the "video trailers" I slipped into the timeline. The audio slips when I play back in the timeline AND when burned to DVD. BUT, it does not slip in the same place every time I preview it. If I scrub the playhead back over some of the bad scenes and play them again, they are in synch. IT KEEPS CHANGING..... When I export to a desktop movie to review - the synch problem is there and some of the audio is missing. This only happens on "movie trailers" I have downloaded.
I can't figure out why it keeps changing in the timeline and then correcting itself when I back up and play it over again. I AM GOING CRAZY........
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Wally

Thanks for the reply but my problem is not with iDVD - it is with iMovie - when I add "trailers" to it they go in and out of synch at different places everytime I review it before moving on. When I scrub back over the problem area and then play again, they are perfect for one time and then I try again and they are not synched. The problem is in iMovie.
Thanks,
Wally

FCP: AUDIO SYNC PROBLEM

i have audio sync problem -- of the finished product which didn't have that problem before. does anyone know how this could have happened? in my earlier posting, there was a warning window which i played around w/ and now i have an audio sync problem in my prior projects.
please help me.

The Reels, are indeed the 5 surround channels. I have a feature that is broken up into 8-10 minute sections. I did this because the composer was using a G3 at the time and couldn't handle the whole movie at once. They are 16bit 48khz aif files exported from ProTools. The biggest thing here, is that at one point everything was in sync. I am trashing the preference files now to see how that works.
It's not a playback issue as well. When i scrub one frame at a time, the sync has drifted off later in the clip. It's very strange.
In my previous post I said the one of the Reels was in sync. That was because I recreated it, by making a new project and copying the video from the timeline, and re-importing the 5 audio streams. It didn't work for any other reels though. it is still out of sync in the main project.
Trashing prefs did not work.
Also, I tried a lot of the things in that technical doc, but non of them worked including trashing prefs.
The real weird part is that the Audio file SAYS it is the same length of the video, but the audio ends later. It's in sync in the beginning but not at the end.

Missing audio scrubbing with CC2014 & BM Decklink Extreme

After the upgrading to CC2014 I cannot hear anything during audio scrubbing.
It works if I use the internal speaker of the MacPro but not with BM.
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Piero

Thanks for your quick reply, Rob.
Under that same suspicion, I had also checked BlackMagic's website and discovered that it is, in fact, supported by Core Audio, as you can see here on the right:
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/hd/workflow/
Further, the card works perfectly when running Soundtrack Pro, which is why I'm curious what is happening within Logic that creates this problem..

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How to stop the spinning ball/pizza that is stalling repairs to project on imovie 09? on macosx10.5.8 using iomega and superspeed ext h.d. as storage for the events and projects archive of a wedding video that has had audio sync problems on all share form

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CS4 Audio Export Problem

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I'm fairly new to CS4 and have picked up an audio export problem, more than likely with a setting of sorts. For some reason when I export to MPEG2 -DVD via the Media Encoder, the video portion is fine as well as any audio that has been placed and edited on tracks audio 1 and 2 in PP. However, if there is additional audio placed on tracks 3 or 4 for example (say a music MP3 overlay) then this does not come out ... only audio placed on tracks 1 and 2 in PP come out. I have checked the obvious like making sure the tracks aren't muted etc but to no avail. Also tried changing from PCM audio to MPEG ... Stereo to 5.1 mixdown ... nothing doing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Videoman 1
SA

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Audio sync problem with videos imported from iPod Touch

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As a workaround, I can import the video into iPhoto instead. When I play the video in iPhoto, there are no audio sync problems and both channels of audio can be heard. I have imported other iPod Touch videos successfully into iMovie '11 in the past few months, but this has been the first time these problems have occurred. Any help would be appreciated.

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Experiencing issues with audio scrubbing in Premiere cc 2014

Since upgrading I've been having issues with audio scrubbing in Premiere CC 2014.
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Intensity pro wrote:
...Adobe are you listening?
Yes, but it's Saturday. And I'm on vacation. You know??
Sorry that we do not have 24-7 support. The best time to catch us is 7AM-7PM PST, Monday to Friday.
Intensity pro wrote:
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When I delete com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist my audio/sound problems are solved. However when the file is replaced with another file, the sound is crappy and the quality is reduced. Can you please help me?

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