Adobe Premiere Timeline/AUDIO timing

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:54 am

In Premiere you can hit the asterisk key when the audio is playing to create unlabeled markers. I like to do the rough timing of my videos that way.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 3:36 am

Janzki wrote:In Premiere you can hit the asterisk key when the audio is playing to create unlabeled markers. I like to do the rough timing of my videos that way.

*writes down*

That's pretty sweet sounding :}

Coderjo · Post by **Coderjo** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:09 am

you could run your audio through a bandpass filter (highpass, lowpass, or a configurable band) to get the waveform to show the beat better, and then just put your original audio back when done. (or even use two audio tracks and switch which one is muted and which one isn't, or even leave the beat display one muted and use it for a visual reference only.)

kearlywi · Post by **kearlywi** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:23 pm

I came up with a really nice method. 8)

I make a copy of my song on another audio line of my timeline, then I zoom in as far as I can. I manually move the timeline's placement triangle (its the triangle that shows your monitor location on the timeline) at about 1/2 playing speed, just fast enough so I can barely make out the song. Once I detect a transition point (where the song is divided by a beat), I use the RAZOR tool at that exact point (As exact as possible, hence the full zoom). This cuts my song file into 2 peices, but when you play the song on your monitor, you will hear no chipping or transition noises.

Repeat this process for the whole song (so in the end, your 2nd song file should be cut into dozens or even hundreds of peices). Make sure that the 2 songs dont cause an echo, if it does then there was a mistake somewhere. Having 2 identical songs on 2 timelines should only make your audio louder (which can be fixed by deleting the original sound file from your timeline or simply adjusting the volume).

The advantage of this process is not only that you can easily see the beat of the song visually, but now you can actually snap and extend your video files to fit precise sections without guessing. Just a few frames of additional sync accuracy go along way for viewers that understand AMV's. This process takes some work; maybe an hour if you are very painstakingly accurate, but it pays off. The human eye can only distinguish 12 individual frames per second, but the ear is much stronger. Ever notice how people tend to react quicker to sounds than to sights? At least thats what I learned as a former College Football player.