Organizing dalies audio

I am currently organizing dalies on a movie, and I would like to know if there is a solution to the problem of too many audio tracks. For instance, I have dalies with 3 audio tracks, all of which have sound that I need, but I only want to work with one track for editing. Is there a way to change the clip in order to store all of the audio on one track?

> For instance, I have dalies with 3 audio tracks, all of which have sound that I need, but I only
> want to work with one track for editing. Is there a way to change the clip in order to store all of
> the audio on one track?

If all the tracks are useful, then I'd be careful about modifying the files. I would just turn off the Source/Destination buttons of all the tracks I don't need so that they don't get edited into the timeline. That way you can just use Match Frame to retrieve the other tracks if you need them again.


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"Is there a way to change the clip in order to store all of the audio on one track?"

the sound recordist needs to create another track which is a mixdown,
usually tk1.


nick

I thought Sound Devices Wave Agent could do this as a post record process but I was wrong. It would be a good feature to add on any BWF recorder.

Of course whenever someone mentions BWF I think of Andreas and his nack for creating useful utilities. Try saying his name 3 times into a mirror and see what happens.

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Be afraid.
On CC i've seen a couple of posts now from people who have edited with just a few tracks and suddenly want more.
I always work with all tracks that could possibly be needed. If i don't want to listen to it for whatever reason, i set volume to 0.
If i'm the one that does the final mix, it's easy. But if it goes to audio post, i just hand them all the tracks, so no-one can complain about something missing. If they also decide a track is not needed, they can trash it or just leave volume at 0

There is no performance hit at all, so why make things complicated?

Bouke
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> There is no performance hit at all, so why make things complicated?

I disagree with Bouke.
There is a performance hit in the sense that it slows down editing, forces you to deal with a lot more elements than are necessary/desireable in the timeline.

If you want the "missing" tracks back, you can just Match Frame them back at the end of editing. For me, anything that smooths out creative editing even by half a second is worth it, because it allows you, the director, the producer and the client to keep your train of thought.

Every editing team is different, though, so you can always explore which method works best for you. As long as you don't modify anything destructively with no means to go back.


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