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merge clip audio issues

Dec 9, 2011 4:14 PM

Tags: #audio #premiere #cs5.5 #merge #clip #r3d #wav

I am editing a feature film using r3d picture (Red Epic) and 1-3 track wav files for audio on PPR 5.5  Meaning some of the wav files are mono, some dual mono, a few 3 tracks of mono.

 

Made merge clips for all my takes.  Premiere automatically turned any 2 or 3 track wav audio files into multiple mono tracks of audio.  Great.    I have been editing, everything works fine.  But then there was a crash.  All the merge clips that had 1 or 2 tracks of audio still work.  But all the merge clips with 3 tracks of audio had a problem:   track 1 had sound information, but now tracks 2 & 3 are blank,no waveform or sound in either the sequence or the original merged clip,  which means that I have to go back and sync up the track 2 and 3 of those clips from the original wav files.

 

Any ideas?

 
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    Dec 16, 2011 7:09 AM   in reply to Stephen Eckelberry

    I'm just starting with Epic files in 5.5 and I can't get ANY audio out of any of my tracks (audio shows up in Cinex-Pro, though, so I know it's there). Unfortunately I can't help with your particular problem yet, but I'm wondering if you might have any suggestions for me on getting the audio to show up in Premiere??

     
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    Dec 16, 2011 7:22 AM   in reply to davidbeisner2010

    Well, I just answered my question, and it may have some bearing on yours as well... according to this thread over on the RedUser forum, Adobe doesn't support the audio stream in the RED Epic (or scarlet) files yet... That really sucks.

     
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    Mar 14, 2012 12:42 PM   in reply to Stephen Eckelberry

    Found this thread after trying to figure out my own problems with merged clips and dual system audio with 4 tracks...

     

    http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/915702#922273

     

    Adobe needs to fix this.

     
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    Mar 20, 2012 8:34 PM   in reply to Stephen Eckelberry

    Yeah, this isn't an issue with RED audio, it's some kind of bug with how Premiere handles multi-track audio files in merged clips. I'm having the same problem with multi-track mono wav files generated by Sound Devices recorders. Filed a bug report, but it's deeply troubling that this has been a known issue for more than 6 months and it still hasn't been addressed.

     
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    Mar 20, 2012 11:41 PM   in reply to Stephen Eckelberry

    Maybe as a temporary workaround instead of merging clips just create a new sequence for the clip and audio and then just nest it and use the nested file as if it was merged.

     

    Not ideal but might work till they get it fixed.

     

     

    GLenn

     
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    Apr 7, 2012 4:13 PM   in reply to Stephen Eckelberry

    Were only a week away from NAB.

     

    Im wondering if CS6 has some fixes for this.

     

    At least you have a workaround for now.

     

    Faster computers are always better.

     

    Thanks for the update.

     

     

    GLenn

     
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    Apr 7, 2012 5:11 PM   in reply to Powered by Design

    I dont edit Epic files, but I thought this stuff from Adobe labs might help...

     

    http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/redepic_importer/

     
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