Merging clips with diff Aud Vid sources

Does anyone know a way to successfully merge Audio & Video from separate sources with diff TC to make an independent clip but keep the same TC from the Video? I have video from DV CAM tapes, but the audio was recorded on DATs. The TC on the DATs is screwed up. I lined up the vid/aud according to the slates and made sequences, then made subclips from the sequences. I'm unable to make clips from these sequences, and having problems with match frame when I cut in the sequences as clips. I know this is confusing, if anyone has any advice, please let me know! Thanks!!!

I lined up the vid/aud according to the slates and made sequences, then made subclips from the sequences.
If you can go back to this point in your workflow - that is, if you still have the sequences available - try this...
Select a video clip and the audio clips that you've lined up with that video clip in the Timeline and press Command-L to link them
(The clip names in the Timeline should now be underlined)
Drag the newly-linked clips back to the Browser. If you linked correctly, they should show up as a single video clip (with audio)
(I'd highly recommend both renaming this clip - which will have the name of your original video clip - to reflect the fact that it has audio from the DAT, as well as moving this clip into a separate bin from your capture files. When you use this clip to edit, you should not have issues with Match Frame, since FCP sees this as a clip)
Rinse and repeat for all your files/clips
Or have you tried that and had no luck?

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