Revert changes from Soundtrack pro?
by Mike Wilson
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Jul 1, 2009 at 1:59:12 am
Hello,
I'm working on sound correction for a client. He did some sound work from soundtrack pro but I need to revert the changes back to the original source files. I could do it manually for each clip in final cut but this is a feature film and that process would take too long. Is there a way to select all clips and revert back to the original sound?
Re: Revert changes from Soundtrack pro? by Stace Carter on Jul 1, 2009 at 4:40:04 pm
Mike - what program are you working in, and where do the source files live? If this was sent from FCP to STP and then sent back to FCP, there could/should be a sequence in the FCP project that contains the original edits, muted, and a stereo or surround mix of the STP output - by default it would have the word "(sent)" appended to the sequence name.
If you're working in FCP on your side, you'd simply need to unmute the original tracks and send them to a new STP project, assuming you have the source media, project file, etc.
More details please, and we can surely help!
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Re: Revert changes from Soundtrack pro? by Mike Wilson on Jul 1, 2009 at 5:34:47 pm
Thank you for your response. I am working in FCP and the files were sent to STP from FCP. I do not see any muted tracks though. The audio clips with the "sent" appended replaced the original clips. The original sound files are still somewhere on the hard drive so there may be a way to revert the changes back to the original file.
Re: Revert changes from Soundtrack pro? by Stace Carter on Jul 1, 2009 at 6:41:45 pm
OK - so you're not working with a mix, but individual clips that have been roundtripped to STP? Could make it more complicated. You might have to go clip-by-clip and reconnect to the source media; more of an edit job than an audio job.
In general, when a Sequence is roundtripped, it returns a mixed master file, and does not replace clip-by-clip. If your client indeed "corrected" each clip you could be in for a world of pain; however these would not have erased the source media. The only other thing I can think of is to recreate/edit back in the audio in the sequence using match frame (not impossible but convoluted, depending on the complexity and length of the seq). Sheesh. Let us know how it goes.
Another thing you might be able to do is either use Revert Project or restore Project, but again, if the client "corrected" as they constructed the edit, that wouldn't be much use.
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Re: Revert changes from Soundtrack pro? by Stace Carter on Jul 1, 2009 at 9:38:56 pm
Mike - it's almost hard to believe (not that I doubt you!) that your client would go to so much trouble. You might want to cross-post this to the FCP forum to find more learned advice than mine, and that forum sees far more traffic than COW-STP.
Are you familar with replace edits? My thinking is that, clip by clip, you would:
1. mark the clip (playhead on the clip, type"x" to set in and out)
2. go to the head of the clip (arrow up) and set an in-point ("i")
3. hit "f" to find the match frame in the viewer
4. do a replace edit (F11), which would replace the content between edit points with that of the master clip.
CAVEAT: Duplicate the sequence before you try this. Also, run a quick experiment to see if it yields the desired result. At this point I'd be wary if the source media hadn't been pulled in and affected by an unknowing operator. The Producer in me would also be looking to cut my losses at this point ;-)
Again, I'd x-post to the FCP forum. There may be a technique for selecting all and achieving the above, reverting, etc.
Cheers,
Stace
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