MSP 8 audio problem?

fandj · Post by **fandj** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:05 pm

I have applied music and several sounds from different sources in a project using a "sub-timeline" from the multiple timelines functionality. The audio levels of both the music and sounds have been adjusted to let the sounds "shine". When replaying it (in the "sub-timeline) I got the exact desired results. However, when transferring the clip from the sub-timeline to the main timeline all the audio level adjustments were gone and it played both the music and sounds as they were before any manipulation (e.g. music level were at 100% whilst i wanted some 20%). I have resolved the problem by creating an MPEG file directly from the sub-timeline and the audio was precisely as I have planned.
Am I doing something wrong with the multiple timelines? Or is it something else?

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WBuhlert · Post by **WBuhlert** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:52 am

Hallo fandj

I am using the German MSP 8 version. I have exact the same problem with the audio levels when I am using the multiple timelimes. I am pretty sure that you are not doing anything wrong, I am sure that is a bug in MSP 8. Today I will report this bug to the German support.

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:53 am

Unfortunately, what you have seen does seem to be a real problem that was reported in early beta testing but , for some reason, has not been fully resolved. Your workaround is one way of tackling the problem, although I would prefer using DV rather than MPEG for the intermediate file to avoid quality loss in the video. Another way would be to split the sub-timeline clip and to do the adjustments in AE, then re-import the file, disabling or deleting the original one.

There are a number of audio issues in MSP8 and I'm hoping they will all be addressed in the Service Pack which I hope Ulead are working hard on.