Multicam clip error

I am cutting a music video and after I pick the Audio and then the video clips that was shot to the audio, the video clips spread over an hour, even though the song is only 3 minutes.
Why isn't it syncing? I never had this issue before, but it's done it the last few videos which means I have to manually move each video clip inside the ediotr to the proper place, which takes forever.

Hi Tom,
I have done a ton of these before and never had to assign camera angels. yes it was from one camera different takes. You mean I have to rename the clips? Or what way do I assign camera angles?
Doesn't audio just sync it up? It was always like that for me. Unless it has changed.

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There's no automatic way to do this. You'll have to Match Frame the clips into the Source Monitor, find the In/Out timecodes, then load the new clip with audio and go to those same timecodes to set In/Out points. and add just the audio to the sequence.

One set of clips won't sync when trying to create a Multicam clip

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WHERE (Abstract_ID IN (#url.abslist#))
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First post. I have footage from a Canon XHA1 @ 1920 x 1080 and a Canon XA10 @ 1440 x 1080. If I multi-select these clips in the event viewer, I cannot get the "Create Multicam Clip" menu to enable. I thought I woudn't have to do any conversions to make this happen in X. I'm using the free trial right now.
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Pilot error, I think. I haven't verified this yet, but it looks like the clips MUST be part of the same event. Sort of makes sense.

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Problem FCP6. It is impossible to create multicamera clip with DV and HDV. I wish to create the multicamera clip from files dv and hdv. But the program informs that it is impossible because the different size frame. Video dv and hdv in the multicamera are incompatible? (Excuse for possible errors in the text)

Ken Summerall, Jr. wrote:
Do I need to export this as a movie before I can use it to be allowed to Multiclip with the DV footage?
How else are you going to use it?
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I cannot figure this out. Working in Premiere I'm prepping for a 2 camera show, with typically 4 to 6 track dual-system audio recorded by the sound guy. I can sync, and make multicam clips any number of ways–whether sync by timecode, sync by audio, or eyeballing–but whenever I edit using the MC clip, Premiere mixes down all the audio channels into a stereo single track, and I cannot pick and choose which audio track from the original to use. With 2-5 people mic'd on lavs, I need to be able to choose which audio is either cut in or heard at any given shot.
Is there any way to have control in multicam clips over which track of audio gets edited into the timeline, or even: that all tracks of audio get cut in? It's very important for the editors to be able to see waveform (which also disappears for some reason in the mixdown) and pick and choose which audio is heard?
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True, but what I need to be able to do is have my multicam sequence in the source monitor, and cut into my working sequence with either just the audio I need from the sound guy's multi-channel WAV, OR cut in all the sound and from then I can just enable or disable what I need or don't need. But also be able to match back to the Multicam source from my working sequence.
I don't want to have to open the synced sequence, and razor blade the things I need and have to copy and paste into my working sequence in order to have the full spectrum of my multi-channel mono lav WAV files...with their waveforms visible.
Essentially, I want my Multicam clips to load in the source monitor, and the ability to cut them into the working sequence without it mixing down the audio into a single track with no visible waveform–which is what it is doing currently. Can I choose to edit in either ALL of the tracks of the WAV file along with the camera shot I want, or control which audio gets cut in?

Fcx-creating multicam clip with two different frame rate

I have created a multicam clip with 2 clips, one shot with iphone 3gs, 15 fps, and the otherone with a dslr
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how final cut process the clips when tries to sync them ?
thams

I have created a multicam clip with 2 clips, one shot with iphone 3gs, 15 fps, and the otherone with a dslr
i remember that with fc7 the main task to accomplish this was to shot with same setting but now it seems to work althought they are not same.
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thams

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I have a three cameras, and an additional audio source. Making the multicam clip with of the four elements was easy, however I would like to use both the audio from two different sources at the same time. Is this possible? I know about switching the audio from one source to the other, but in some cases, I have talent on stage left and on stage right, and I need the audio pick up from both regardless of the video angle.

You can do it this way.
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I'm having to replace some audio in an already edited multicam clip. (there are mulitple audio parts I'm replacing by the way)
How can I mute ALL of the audio in one go, as I have about 400 cuts and am currently having to mute one by one per cut.
thanks

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I am having an issue with a project drifting out of sync in FCPX 10.0.9. In the time line everything is in sync, however when I export a master .mov file the video drifts out of sync. I believe this is because my main audio is an mp3 file.
MY plan is to convert my mp3 audio to an AIFF file and replace it with the mp3 in my project. The only problem is that this audio file was imported as part of an hour long musical performance and I took the part I needed and made it a sub clip. I then took the sub clip and made that part of a multicam clip.
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jfriedman93n3h wrote:
… I took the part I needed and made it a sub clip. I then took the sub clip and made that part of a multicam clip.
never good practice to 'bundle' clips, sticking compounds into compounds... and in very rare cases needed/could be done 'better' using the tools 'n features FCPX offer....
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http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/?lang=en#verc1fabc30
When done, erase the track in your MC ...

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press cmd-B to blade the clip
turn on image stabilization.
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I want the next clip along to that I've trimmed to automatically move along the timeline albeit shortening the total project duration.
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As far as I understand it, you cannot switch a "container" clip like the multicam to dual mono since it contains a clip which is stereo inside it. This makes sense, as per se it is not the multicam that is stereo or not.
You should make the change from stereo to dual mono in the actual AUDIO clip - either before creating the multicam, or after - in this case, after :-)
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Why can't I create a new multicam clip?

Just getting started with FCP X (10.0.5). I have imported from 3 cameras shot at the same time, but the clocks were not necessarily synchronized.
I select multiple clips, and "Create new multicam clip" menu item is grayed out. The only time it is available is if I select multiple clips from the same camera which were recorded one right after the other. I have set camera angle on each clip, and set the "content created" field to approximately the same time. According to the help, they can be different frame rates, resolutions, etc and still be combined to multicam clip.

OK I knew it was something simple. The clips have to be in the same event. Thought I had tried that but apparently not. Found the answer in another discussion. I couldn't find anywhere in the documentation that they had to be in the same event, and being new to FCP X wasn't sure the best way to organize multiple cameras.

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Create your multicam clip including the PIP angle.
Edit the multicam clip into the timeline.
Select the PIP angle as the active angle. Go forward in the project a bit and cut to a different angle.
Select the PIP angle in the timeline and use Opt-Cmd-Up arrow to lift it from the timeline.
Stretch it out for the length of your video so it covers up everything else.
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Should look something like this. Hope you see the images

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