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Tag: Sound
Close-up of a sound mixing board with many sliders, representing the audio post-production workflow where timecode drift becomes visible
Post-Production13 min read

Timecode Drift: Why Audio and Picture Fall Out of Sync

Long recordings drift because 23.976fps, 24fps, and 29.97fps are not the same. Learn how to prevent sync drift on multi-cam and audio recorder setups with the right frame rate, timecode generator, and jam sync schedule.

TimecodeAudio SyncDrift
Video editing timeline with music waveform visible, showing cut points aligned to musical beats
Post-Production12 min read

BPM and Picture: How Editors Cut to Music Without Losing Their Mind

The practical mechanics of cutting picture to a musical tempo - how to calculate frame-accurate beat intervals, how to use the BPM Sync Tool to pre-calculate cut points, and when cutting to music serves the scene versus when it works against it.

EditingMusicBPM
Close-up of audio waveforms on an oscilloscope representing digital sample rate and frequency analysis
Post-Production14 min read

Sample Rates in Film Production: 48kHz vs. 96kHz and When Higher Actually Matters

Covers the Nyquist theorem in plain language, why broadcast requires 48kHz, when 96kHz or 192kHz actually matters and when it is workflow overhead, and the storage implications of each choice for film and television audio.

Sample RateAudioPost-Production