Hey there-
I shot some video where I ran the mics directly into a Tascam DR-70D and took the line out and went into the camera. I was under the false impression that I could avoid sync issues later when I edit the video. More importantly, I wanted to have more control over the record process and then bring the audio into SAW, clean it up, normalize, etc. I've imported the cleaned-up audio into the video editor, placed it on it's own track, then I manually nudge the clip on the timeline to match the camera audio.
So there's noticeable audio drift after about 20 minutes when I compare the camera audio (just for reference) with the Tascam audio. Eventually, it also becomes noticeable with the lip sync. In the video editor I can cut the audio and nudge the clip again in the proper direction, and that works for what I'm doing... but I'm wondering if I can minimize how often I need to do this.
The camera records video at 29.97 fps and audio at 48k. The Tascam is recording at 48k.
I know that SAW gives us different mixdown sample rate options. I'm wondering if there's any value in choosing the 48k pulldown option. Will this track better with the video shot at 29.97? Not sure I'm thinking about this correctly. And, of course, there's always the possibility that I'm totally missing something here and that there's a far better way to deal with this.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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