Video capture with multitrack audio?

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Hi,

I'm looking to start recording a few performance videos to put up on youtube, and I'd really like the setup to be similar to how I'd record when it's just audio. So using a few mics, maybe recorded at different times and tracked over each other, like I would in any multitrack audio recording software. Now the obvious idea is to make the audio recording and video it at the same time, then bounce out of the audio software and import the audio into the video software, but will I not encounter synchronisation problems there? Sorry, I'm not sure if I make myself clear or not. But anyway, does anybody know of any good cheap software for doing this? A multitrack audio recorder with video capture in it?

Thanks in advance,

Andy
 
Most good Video editing programs have audio editing capabilities ,I even sometimes use a Video editing program (Sony Vegas Video) to Master my audio tracks as it has all the same features as sound forge pluss all of the Video editing and DVD encodeing stuff.....

If you look on e-bay you can probably find a older version of Vegas Video or sound forge or adobe premier or adobe premier elements for pretty cheap and any of these programs should do what you want....

Cheers
 
normington said:
I'm looking to start recording a few performance videos to put up on youtube, and I'd really like the setup to be similar to how I'd record when it's just audio. So using a few mics, maybe recorded at different times and tracked over each other, like I would in any multitrack audio recording software. Now the obvious idea is to make the audio recording and video it at the same time, then bounce out of the audio software and import the audio into the video software, but will I not encounter synchronisation problems there?
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Theoretically, yes. Practically. no.

Frame rates of camcorders are incredibly consistent. I used to do video work and we'd take two VCRs and roll them, then find a key frame for synchronization, back up that many frames, ad roll them in parallel and do a "live" post mix. They'd still be within a frame or so by the end of a two hour show.

I've done the same thing lately with unmatched digital camcorders from different manufacturers. The audio from the camcorder is "locked" to the video by virtue of the mechanism, so the NLE (non-linear editor) software does compensation for errors in the length of its audio (which can happen on some camcorders that use a separate crystal), but the video is going to be a very precise length.

So the only real issue is whether your audio interface is ticking at precisely the right frequency or not. I would be surprised if it ticked far enoguh off to drift noticeably (more than a frame, in other words) from the start of a set to the end of a set, but worst case scenario is that you end up splicing the audio between songs.
 
Minion said:
Most good Video editing programs have audio editing capabilities ,I even sometimes use a Video editing program (Sony Vegas Video) to Master my audio tracks as it has all the same features as sound forge pluss all of the Video editing and DVD encodeing stuff.....
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The Sony website says that Vegas Movie Studio has 4 audio tracks, that's great, it's all I need, but can you record onto them simultaneously?
 
I have no Idea, Probably...I have never used Vegas Movie Studio...I use Vegas Video which is a Far more advanced version of Vegas Movie studio....


Cheers
 
normington said:
The Sony website says that Vegas Movie Studio has 4 audio tracks, that's great, it's all I need, but can you record onto them simultaneously?
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If it's anything like the full version of Vegas, it should be able to so long as you have an audio interface with at least 4 channels.
 
As long as you record at 48khz (either 16-bit or 24bit) you will not have syncronization problems.

Your final video is 16bit-48Khz sound.

I've recorded a number of music videos, capturing the video on camcorder and micing the performer to a computer DAW at 24-bit/48khz. Zero sync problems.
 
normington said:
The Sony website says that Vegas Movie Studio has 4 audio tracks, that's great, it's all I need, but can you record onto them simultaneously?
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Vegas Movie Studio has four audio tracks, but these are stereo pairs, so you actually have eight tracks on which you can record. You can also record simultaneously. You just need to go to preferences, select audio devices and click on to the one you are using (assuming you have a multi-track interface).
 
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