Multicam clips appearing as seperate tracks on sequence.

Normally when I drag a multicam clip into a sequence, it comes in as one video and one audio clip from which I can select angles using the normal multicam workflow.
However, as of yesterday whenever I try to drag a multicam clip into a sequence, it appears as seperate clips on different tracks (as shown here - imgur)
I know I can get around this by creating a nest for each import and then removing the undesired audio, but I have a lot of clips to get through and I'm hoping to restore my previous workflow. Anyone have any idea why this may have changed, and how I can change it back?
Thanks,
G

Is this anything to do with the 'Insert and overwrite sequence as nests or individual clips' button, top left of the sequence pane?

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Hi,
If I wanted to use a multicam clip to cut between the video, but instead of a single audio track I wanted two audio tracks to be audible all the way through (say from 2 mics) with the ability to mix them, how could I accomplish this? Would I need to handle the audio seperately in the timeline and sync manually?
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Thanks - the podcasts were very helpful, but I am still not sure about my specific question.
With a multiclip, you can cut audio only, but within an angle I can only have one clip right? Perhaps I need to first make a synchronized clip with all the audio that I want to mix for the whole multiclip, and add that compound clip to an angle. I then keep the audio on that angle all the way through, cut video only between whatever angles I want, but then open the compound clip containing the audio to do the mixing.
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Timeline Help (clips dropping to lower track)

I've recently switched from FCP 7 to 10. My normal workflow for 7 was to get a few multicam tracks (these tracks have already been synced with Plural Eyes and the multicam clip has been inserted into the Main Sequence) on several different tracks. Track 1 would be one style of shooting (i.e., hard light), Track 2 would be another style (i.e., soft light) and Track 3 would be a different style. This way, I could quickly look at the 3 different tracks and know which style I was dealing with. I would use the blade tool and make edit points and click and drag the edges of the multicam clip to match the track below or above (see image):
I can't seem to do this in FCP X. In FCP X, I select the clips that pertain to the style of shooting, syncronize them, then place them in the timeline. I do this with all three styles of shooting. Using my blade, I can't drag the edges of the clip and create gaps. The only way I can create gaps is if I "LIFT FROM STORYLINE", but then if a gap is created, it falls to the track below it.
Clearly I'm doing something wrong.
I made a video to show you my thought process and it might help explain what I'm doing and what I may be doing wrong.
Password: video
https://vimeo.com/39541378

As Tom suggested, Multicam is the way for you to do this. You can position your clips just where you want them and tweaking as you do in your video is dead simple.
I strongly recommend you watch the Ripple Training Multicam Turorial.
There is a small fee, but it's more than worth it.
Andy

How can I use all tracks from multi-channel source audio with Multicam clips?

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?
I'm sure this might be a simple fix, but I cannot get my head around it for workflow purposes for my assistant editors. We need to use multicam, but this audio thing is driving all of us crazy. None of us can figure out how to have a multicam clip and use it with control over what audio is cut in.

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?

Here is How to Edit clips of the same loop, which were recorded on seperate tracks, in the same way

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Hopefully this helps someone because I was banging my head against the wall trying to figure this out.
This is for people who want to precisely loop (or edit in other ways) multiple clips in the exact same way, but that are on seperate tracks playing concurrently in Multi-track view, so for instance looping 3 different tracks recorded simultaneously from a drum machine and keeping the same exact placement of each track relative to each other when trying to get the loop right (or any other type of edit)
It's all about how you switch between Edit view and Multi-track view, and you CAN'T group your clips before going to edit view, although this is counter-intuitive.
The basic jist is simple, "Selections" in the timeline, transfer from Multi-Track to Edit View and Back to Multi-Track...but you most follow a certain procedure, here is the procedure:
WARNING: THIS WILL ONLY WORK IF THE SELECTION IS OF ONE CLIP PER TRACK!!! YOU CANNOT MAKE A TIMELINE SELECTION OF MULTIPLE CLIPS ON A TRACK AND HAVE THAT TIMELINE SELECTION TRANSFER TO EDIT VIEW, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
In Multi-Track view:
1) Switch the timeline to "Samples"
2) Make a "Selection" of the part you want to Loop and zoom all the way in to the start and end points to get the loop as precise as possible, if it's not perfect don't worry just get it as good as possible in Multi-track View, then in Edit View you can find the Zero-Crossing points.
3) Make sure the clips you want to edit are NOT GROUPED AT THIS POINT
Here is the part that got me - AFTER making your Selection in Multi-Track view - you have to go to Edit view in a certain way, so that you don't de-select your selection:
WARNING: Do NOT Double-Click the clip/file you want to Edit!!! Do not double left-click anywhere in MultiTrack View or you will de-select your selection.
note: You have to edit the files one at a time in Edit View, but if you go there using the correct procedure, you can transfer your selection you made in Multi-Track view.
4) Decide which clip is the hardest to one to loop (usually it's an instrument sample rather then a drum loop but you never know)
5) Instead of double-clicking a clip to Edit it, HOLD CONTROL AND LEFT CLICK THE CLIP YOU WANT TO EDIT ONE TIME, this will select the clip without de-selecting your TIMELINE SELECTION.
6) Now that the clip you want to edit is selected, You want to go to Edit View USING ONE ROUTE ONLY --> Simply click "Edit View"
^Make sure you Timeline selection is still in place and hasn't moved do to user error (e.g. accidentally clicking the timeline or shift-clicking and moving the selection by accident <--- which I do by accident when attempting to control+click)
7) If you followed the instructions exactly, You are now in Edit View with the selected clip along with the timeline selection you selected in Multi-Track view, showing it's exact timeline location at the bottom which is relative to the Multi-Track view
IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO DE-SELECT THE TIMELINE SELECTION, AS THAT WILL DE-SELECT THE TIMELINE SELECTION IN BOTH VIEWS.
8) If you are having trouble looping without artifacts, To find the zero crossing points either go to edit > zero crossings or use shift+h or j for left edge, shift+K or L for right edge of the loop.
9) if you must adjust it manually to fine tune then make sure you shift click the file as not to de-select the entire timeline selection.
10) Once you have a perfect loop, zoom all the way in to the start and end points, and take note of exactly where the start and end points of the loop are located within the timeline.
11) Go back to Multi-track view
12 To trim the clips to to the exact timeline selection: Hold control+left_click each clip that needs adjusting one-time, then right click > group clips
13) BEING CAREFUL NOT TO DESELECT YOUR TIMELINE SELECTION, select your grouped clips by HOLDING CONTROL and clicking on any of the clips
14) Point to the start or end one of the clips, when you see the icon showing arrows going either way, right click and drag your clips to roughly match up with the timeline selection, then zoom in further and adjust the clip start and end points to match up exactly with the timeline selection start and endpoints.
WARNING: IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY CLICK WHEN THE DOUBLE ARROW ICON IS NOT SHOWING, YOU WILL DE-SELECT YOUR TIMELINE SELECTION AND YOU WILL HAVE TO START THIS ENTIRE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
15) Verify that your loop is looping correctly, in some tricky instances you may have to find different zero crossing points on the initial file you edited in edit view by repeating the above procedure, but this is unusual, although it just happened to me.
16) If everything went correctly, now all your clips on seperate tracks are looped in the exact same way, if you want to destructively edit each file down to it's loop size, you can keep your timeline selection and control+click a file then click "Edit" (the one in the toolbar of course), one by one destructively editing each file.
17) to extend the loop either set as a loop under "loop properties" and then just drag each file the number of times you want it to loop, or do it my way and right click the clip > duplicate and set the number of times to duplicate and whether to have them back to back or spaced, this is the quickest method for me.
Addendum: IF you have 2 files selected and click "Edit" to go to Edit view, it will give you the file of the clip you selected first, not 2nd. You must then go back to MT view, de-select the clip you selected first, then de-select the clip you want to edit, then RE-select the clip you want to edit.
-Also, you don't HAVE to group the files as I did in step 12, you can drag the edges of the clips to the timeline selection one by one, I just find it easier to group them after you have set the loop on one of the files in Edit View.
-Remember, you can't select the files one by one and have the timeline selection transfer to Edit View IF you group the files prior to going into Edit View.
GOT ALL THAT? I sure as hell don't know if I do ...
All this could be easily avoided if Audition would simply let you edit multiple files simultaneously in Edit View relative to their position on the Multi-Track timeline.
I'd also like to know why when you do a full zoom in, neither the selection or the clips will snap to the ruler points, only to just before and after the ruler points on the timeline.
And also (and this may be my fault) I don't understand why when the tempo of my session is 89.8bpm, the timeline under the tracks says "90bpm" why does it round it off..?
Isn't that inexact and couldn't that present problems with syncing loops? idk I could be wrong I can't get my head around these issues because of lack of knowledge on the subject, if someone could shed some light that would be great.

correction needs to be made to step #14, I typed:
14) Point to the start or end one of the clips, when you see the icon showing arrows going either way, right click and drag your clips to roughly match up with the timeline selection, then zoom in further and adjust the clip start and end points to match up exactly with the timeline selection start and endpoints.
Here is the correction, THE CORRECTED PARTS ARE CAPITALIZED:
14) Point to the start or end OF one of the clips, when you see the icon showing arrows going either way, LEFT-CLICK and drag your clips to roughly match up with the timeline selection, then zoom in further and adjust the clip start and end points to match up exactly with the timeline selection's start and end points.
Another Correction:
Originally read:
Addendum: IF you have 2 files selected and click "Edit" to go to Edit view, it will give you the file of the clip you selected first, not 2nd. You must then go back to MT view, de-select the clip you selected first, then de-select the clip you want to edit, then RE-select the clip you want to edit.
Here is the the correction, CORRECTED PARTS ARE CAPITALIZED:
Addendum: IF you have 2 files selected and click "Edit" to go to Edit view, it will give you the file of the clip you selected first, not 2nd. IF YOU WANT TO EDIT THE 2ND FILE YOU SELECTED IN MULTI-TRACK VIEW, You must go back to Multi-track view, de-select the clip you selected first, then de-select the clip you want to edit, then RE-select the clip you want to edit, THEN CLICK "EDIT" TO GO TO EDIT VIEW.

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I've created my multicam clips with all cameras I need. They are in sync and they work in Viewer. I went to start my edit and I can't drag my selection to the Sequence. It won't do it. I've selected different angles and it won't budge. There's no error or anything it just won't let me drag it down. Thanks for any help.
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Use Option + drag from the viewer.

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I know this has to have come up before, and my memory has the tingle that I thought I'd done this in the past, but I really can't seem to remember or find it now.
Basicly, Inserting multiple clips from project window into the timeline and stacking on different tracks (vertically) instead of Head to tail.

Ok so gonna end up answering my own question , after some playing around I found this way of doing it.
Select all files you want to insert
right click and select create multicam
sync via start unless you want to try and audio sync them (I use plural eyes 3)
create sequence from multicam
Ctrl double click the multicam
This gives you a sequence with all files on seperate tracks, if I don't really want/need a multicam for that particular project I cut and past into a new sequence then use plural to sync vid audio, otherwise i just sync in the multicam and im ready to go.
Although this works, there really should be an easier way, a shift + Ctrl while dropping on the timeline ... feature request !
ps. I read someone state that this was not a regularly needed funciton in premier .. I really dont know what work they are doing but i need this every single day !

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In the Project window there is a list of clips I have loaded, but often I lose track of which clips are currently used in the sequence. In Premiere Elements there was a green check next to clips you have used in the timeline, but I don't see any indication of which clips are currently used in the sequence/timeline I am editing.
Is there some way to sort the loaded clips so that the ones in use all appear first followed by those clips not currently being used in the timeline/sequence. Is there some indication I am missing showing me whether or not a clip I have loaded is currently being used or not?
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This isn't really a sorting mechanism, but you can see how many times a clip is used, where it's used, and then navigate to it using the following non-descript button:
You need to have a clip selected in the Project Panel to see this information, of course. Once you click the disclosure triangle, you'll see the list of sequences and the times where the clip is used; if you select one of those references, the sequence will come to the front in the Timeline panel, and the CTI will park at its in point.
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Multicam clips de-synch - Ready to kill

Okay. I have done this work 3 times now. Synched 2 cameras in a multicam clip.
However I have 2 problems.
1: When I select and move 2 angles the synch is not retained.
2: When I embed the multicam clip in a project or make a compound clip out of the mc clip, some sequences have no sound even though I have selected the proper audio track and ensured that that track is on inside the multicam clip.
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Mark,
Then you could set MPEG Streamclip to take it to 1920 x 1080 Pro Res, and test with that in FCPX. The 1440 x 1080 is a convenience for file size, and in realty is meant to provide 1920 x 1080. See:
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1122392
I can only guess that the multiclip routines might not be liking the 1440 x 1080, even though FCPX will play it. I believe that if you were capturing direct, FCPX would change to the full raster 1920 x 1080, but cannot do that with the file you have provided it. Just a guess.
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Only one angle visible and no audio audible in multicam clip

Two source media clips are ProRes and one is AVCHD. Creating the multiclip seems to work in so far as making a clip with 3 camera angles in it. But only one camera angle's picture is actually visible; the other two are black frames. No audio is heard at all. All 3 source media clips have audio and that's how I synched them. I can't see any audio waveforms in the multicam clip in the sequence. With the multicam button activated, I can make the yellow rectangle move around as though something were there, but no picture. In the multicam creation dialogue, I chose track 1 audio for synch and camera 1 to be my audio source. I am using the latest version of PP CC.
I saw a long thread from June/July 2013 discussing a similar problem, but that supposedly has been fixed. What is happening here? I exported a Final Cut Pro 7 project with 2-angle multi-clips in it, imported that XML file into Premiere and the multiclips worked fine. This is a different project, but I have no idea why this is not working. The answer is not in the instructions.

I do wish the PDF would include the original, manual method of multicam sequence creation, preferably as the first option, as that method still works just fine and often works better than the 'auto' methods now hyped.
For interested readers, here's the process:
1. Create a sequence.
2. Add your clips.
3. Sync them up.
4. Create a second sequence.
5. Nest the first sequence into the second.
6. Right click that nested sequence and select Multi-Camera>Enable.
A very simple process that works every time.

How to replace a clip that is part of a multicam clip in FCPX 10.0.9

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.
Is there anyway to replace this MP3 sub clip with my new AIFF file in the 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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I get "Modified File" message with AVCHD clips after making Multicam clip?

First off, this is only happening to some of the AVCHD clips, and typically not the same ones each time. I've tried trashing the files and re-importing because some clips imported as camera files. There is no DCIM folder in the footage folder. I've re-linked, restared, thrown out ALL the footage, the events, the projects and stared from scratch. The fresh import seemed a-ok this morning until I made the multicam clip.
I selected "create optimized media" and "create proxy media" when I imported. I'm currently transcoding today's offensive clip again, as fcpx seems to think that is possible. Perhaps that will fix it this time, but I've been stuck in a continual cycle of the clips working and then disappearing and being replaced by various red error mesages for the last few days so I'd like to figure out what is wrong with my workflow.
I tried archiving the AVCHD files before importing to the event, but fcpx can't see the files on the computer, so I have to use the version on my external drive. I'm also bringing in AVCHD files from an SD card, but so far today those ones have been fine. The multicam contains a sound file and footage from four cameras: a canon DSLR, a Panasonic GH2, and two Sonycams that create AVCHD files.

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.

Multicam Clip Audio Channel config greyed out

I shot an interview with two cameras. One of those cameras had the audio (lav on left, boom on right). That audio was imported as a stereo track on import, the angles where multicamed, and the edit happened.
Now I have a timeline with all my audio playing in stereo (lav on left boom on right). I want to change from stereo to dual mono so I can audio mix properly, but when I select the multicam clip in the timeline, the channel configuation in the inspector lists it as stereo and the dual mono option is greyed out. (don't know why they won't let me change here)
I can go back to the event and select the multicam clip there and change it to dual mono and it will also change in the timeline. So that seems like a work around, but I can't select MULTIPLE multicam clips in the event and batch change the channel config to dual mono. Says "selected clips are from different multicam clips."
Am I going to have to select every single multicam clip individually in the event browswer and change the channel configuration on each one?

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 :-)
Open the multicam clip in Angle Editor (control-click the clip in the timeline and choose "Open in Angle Editor").
Now select the clip that contains the audio and make the change. Note that this WILL affect the relevant clip even outside the multicam.

How do you create a PIP in a multicam clip?

I know how to create a picture-in-pictre where I would overlay the PIP clip over the primary clip in my timeline, and reduce the size of the PIP window.
But I would like to use PIP in a multicam clip. I usually fully switch from one angle to the other. But how do I keep my master clip rolling and make my other angle appear in the PIP?
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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.
Select the PIP layer and press Shift-T for the transform function and shape the PIP and position it as you like.
Should look something like this. Hope you see the images

Multicam clips appearing as seperate tracks on sequence.

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