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Chapter 8 Administration
ClipSync
The Rack shortcut menu contains the ClipSync option that allows you to synchronize clips according to
several criteria, such as a mark-in or Markers individually set as synchronous points.
Which objects can be synchronized? page 306
How to synchronize clips page 307
Which Objects Can Be Synchronized?
Yo u c a n s y n c h r o n i z e
 a video clip with one or more audio clips,
 an audio clip with one or more video clips or
 audio clips with one or more audio clips,
(depending on the synchronous point selected). The result is a new clip: VA1..A4 or A1..A4
In all cases, note the following:
 A video clip cannot be synchronized with audio clips from different Reels, i.e.:
V
reel#1
+ A1
reel#2
+ A2
reel#3
cannot be synchronized.
 Nor can a video clip be synchronized with audio clips from the same Source Track, i.e.:
V + A1 + A1 cannot be synchronized.
Rule: Same Source Track clips (V + V, A2 + A2) cannot be synched.
 ClipSync attempts to perform all technically feasible synchronizations. If, for example, you select
one video clip and three audio clips that can
be synchronized, the almost inevitable result will be
three synchronized clips.
 The names of synchronized clips have the suffix “.Sync”.
When you synchronize clips of different lengths, the clip produced is as long as the longest overlapping
area of all the participating clips:
ClipSync combines clips by aligning synchronous points and by clipping parts that exceed their joint
overlapping range
 The timecode format must be identical for all participating clips. E.g., PAL and NTSC TCs can-
not be mixed.
V
A1
A2
V
A2
A1
V
A2
A1