'Locking' music background tracks

Screwball · Post by **Screwball** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:25 pm

When using a music background track that relates to and is fitted to a particular sequence, if, as an afterthought, I insert another video clip, the music background from that point on shifts forward and I have the lengthy task of re-aligning the tracks throughout the entire video. Is there a way to 'lock' a soundtrack to a particular video clip?

TDK1044 · Post by **TDK1044** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:41 pm

Yes. You need to use the Ripple Editing function within Video Studio. Check out page 64 of the user manual.

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:12 pm

make sure you apply it to all the tracks in the timeline.Try and leave audio edit to the last stage in your workflow

Screwball · Post by **Screwball** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:30 pm

Thankyou both. Just returned from an Austrian Chrismas and are compiling the longest project ever! Difficult enough to find sound overlays that perfectly suit without having to re-arrange them constantly.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:43 pm

But please take note of the the other Kenneth's good advice -- first compile and edit all your video, trimming it and arranging it in the final order. Then hunt for the suitable background music overlays and trim them. It's just less of a headache if you are going to be quite literally chopping and changing the video all the time to be worrying about the background music at that stage.

frank1492 · Post by **frank1492** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:15 pm

I gather ripple edit is not available in VS8?

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:38 pm

Nope, that was introduced in v9.

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'Locking' music background tracks

'Locking' music background tracks

ripple editing

Thankyou both