Audio Drift: How to Prevent It or Fix It with Audition

When you record your audio on a separate recorder from your video, sometimes you can experience audio drift. This is where you sync up the start of the video clip to the start of the audio clip but over time, the audio becomes more and more out of sync with the video. This can be incredibly frustrating and you may even have to reshoot.

In this episode we’ll talk about some things you might do to prevent this issue in the first place (hint: smart phones tend to experience this issue more than other cameras, be sure to set your sample rate on your audio recorder so that it matches the camera’s audio sample rate). And if all that fails, here’s a tool in Adobe Audition called Automatic Speech Alignment that might be able to solve this problem for your drifting audio.

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Gear in this episode:

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Audio Technica AT4053b Hypercardioid Small Diaphragm Condenser Microphone

Amazon: https://geni.us/9EptNw
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/642499-REG/Audio_Technica_AT4053B_AT4053b_Hypercardioid_Condenser_Microphone.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/AUAT4053B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xAUAT4053B

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Tascam DR-60D mkII Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/7FDCL
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1084690-REG/tascam_dr_60mkii_portable_recorder_for_dslr.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/TADR60DMKII/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xTADR60DMKII

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Panasonic GH4 m4/3 Camera

Amazon: https://geni.us/FcLNdp
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1028453-REG/panasonic_dmc_gh4kbody_lumix_dmc_gh4_mirrorless_micro.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/PADMCGH4B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xPADMCGH4B

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Olympus 45mm f/1.8 Lens (My favorite m4/3 lens)

Amazon: https://geni.us/K6o8d3
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/971404-REG/olympus_v311030bu000_m_45mm_f1_8_lens.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/OL4518B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xOL4518B

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Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8 OIS Zoom Lens

Amazon: https://geni.us/dB4Y
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/865111-REG/Panasonic_H_HS12035_Lumix_G_X_Vario.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/PA123528XB/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xPA123528XB

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Atomos Shogun 4K HDMI Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/iJu0X2w
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1046387-REG/atomos_atomshogun_shogun_7_4k_hdmi.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/ATSG/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xATSG

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Shure SM-58 Cardioid Dynamic Microphone (used for voice over)

Amazon: https://geni.us/UMxpz3a
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/68463-REG/Shure_SM58_LC_SM58_LC_Cardioid_Dynamic.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/SHSM58LC/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSHSM58LC

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Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP Audio Interface
Amazon: https://geni.us/xgSY8lg
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/654238-REG/Focusrite_SAFFIRE_PRO_24_DSP_Saffire_PRO_24_DSP.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/FOSP24DSP/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xFOSP24DSP

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Photoflex Starlite QL Softbox Kit (this is my key light):
Amazon: https://geni.us/ykxy
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/132309-REG/Photoflex_FV_SL1622KIT_Starlite_QL_SilverDome_1.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/PHSLSDSK/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xPHSLSDSK

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Fotodiox 508A LED Battery/AC Powered Light (Used on the backdrop)

Amazon: https://geni.us/7208Lv

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White Seamless Paper Backdrop by Savage:

Amazon: https://geni.us/HvcZG
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/45468-REG/Savage_1_12_107_x_12yds_Background.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/SABGP1071/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSABGP1071

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Music copyright Curtis Judd 2012

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