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Originally Posted by jmattchan  thanks philper. it hasn't been shot yet. my instinct is that they will be syncing the audio from the discs in the edit system after telecine. i suppose the timecode could be logged there? or if they cut all 4 tracks, i could edit from the OMF? |
If it's a low budg indie, then YES! have them transfer all 4 tracks and sync them when they are first digitized. The editors will have access to all the sound (and know what is possible w/ all the shots) and then it call can be passed along in the eventual OMF without any screwing around with conforming later. Make sure the edit system is set to 24 bit audio and that the editors give you the original track in addition to anything they render. I just did a similar project, shot on video, where they did NOT sync the soundie's 4 track recordings and just cut w/ the 2 track camera audio. They had to spend 4 very boring days manually resyncing the 4 track to the cut after they locked picture--very worth it sound quality and sound fixing-wise, but very tedious too. If they can carry all 4 tracks thru the cut it will be easier for everyone when audio post comes around.
Philip Perkins