Syncing with Locators
You can add locators to material in the Timeline to track and adjust breaks in sync between any number of tracks. With locators, you have the advantage of placing them anywhere in the sequence and adding specific notes.
| Add Locator button |
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| Mark IN button | | Mark OUT button |
To mark sync points with locators:
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Move the position indicator to the point in the sequence where you
want to maintain sync between two or more tracks.
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Select the top video track, and click the Add Locator button.
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The system adds a red locator to the top track in the Timeline and in
the Composer monitor.
To add a note that will appear in the Composer monitor whenever you
park on the locator frame (such as Music sync or Sound Effect sync):
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Double-click the locator in the Composer monitor.
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Type the text in the Locator text box.
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To repeat the procedure for subsequent synchronized tracks:
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Disable the video track where you placed the locator.
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Enable the top audio track. Make sure you keep the position indicator
in the same location in order to line up the locators.
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The Avid application shows the comment only for the locator on the top
track.
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To determine if sync is broken after an edit:
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Return to the segment that contains the locators. If the locators are not
lined up, the sync is broken.
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To adjust the sync break:
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Measure the sync break by first moving the position indicator to the
leftmost locator and clicking the Mark IN button. Then move it to the
other locators and click the Mark OUT button.
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Check the IN to OUT duration of the marked section.
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To restore sync:
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Find the point at which the sync was lost.
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Add or remove frames using the appropriate edit function, as described
in Fixing Sync Breaks.
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