VS pro x8 sound syncronization

[bcru3rds]

I have searched through the forum but I am having trouble finding an answer to this. I am using VS pro x8 and trying to sync sound and video from 2 or 3 cameras in a single shot. Sometimes I am able to make the sound from one camera work easily with the video of the other, but sometimes it is really tricky. So far, the most accurate thing I can do (and sometimes this is tough) is to put everything in the sound editing mode and visually match up the wave data. This is very time consuming. I am wondering if there is an easier way. Some video programs will detect the sound patterns and automatically sync sound files from 2 different sources. Does VS x8 have this ability or something that will make my life easier?

[trailryder42]

I have VS8 Ultimate. Only been working with it for a month. There might be a way to do that but I haven't discovered it. The audio editing abilities of VS seem to be pretty limited.

So my next thought is to use a .wav editor to find 1 common point in all 3 files and record the time stamp of that point in all 3 wav files, then just line up those time stamps. As simple as that sounds, you'd think that could be done in VS.

[Terfyn]

VS X8 does not have multicamera sync built in. Corel have been asked to include it in the next version. CyberLink PowerDirector 13 does have multicam included.

You could use a clapper board to sync a number of cameras.

[asik1]

Recently I finished a pub Jazz gig project, I was shooting group & long shots HD way from the back and another shot closeups in SD DV closer to the stage. The sound was recorded from the PA to an audio CD.
I shot continuously each part of the gig , the other shot when ever he could. over all I had to resync his shots ~15 times.
Syncing is not of a great issue, few times I had to take my sound as the applause was not recorded to the CD.