u/Available-Witness329

Hey everyone, had a request today for a short film where the producer asked for separated audio stems exported directly from Avid, one per character group plus atmos, all without music. No AAF, just WAV exports.

A few questions:

1. How common is it to get this kind of request? I assumed they'd want an AAF so their sound editor could work properly, but they just wanted stems.

2. The editor didn't separate the dialogue by character on different tracks everything is mixed together on the same tracks. If that's the case, what's the best workflow to export stems by character? Solo each character's clips and export one at a time? Or is there a smarter way to handle this in Avid?

Thanks!

Is there a way to permanently disable the Edit Marker dialog in Avid Media Composer?

I know about the option under Markers > "Disable Edit Marker dialog when adding" and it works, but only for the current session. Every time I relaunch Avid, the setting resets and I have to disable it again manually

I'd love a way to make this stick permanently across sessions without having to toggle it every time I open a project.

Is there a preference or something?

Thanks

When I build sync maps in Avid using AutoSequence + Autosync via source timecode, occasionally I’ll notice a very slight consistent offset across the material. Sometimes around 2–4 frames. Jam sync itself is solid, so it’s not drift over time, more just a tiny homogeneous offset across the clips.

I’m curious what people generally do in this situation.

If you spot that kind of consistent offset, do you:
- offset the TC by a few frames via Aux TC and rebuild the autosync,
- or do you generally leave it alone if it’s only 2–3 frames?

Especially in commercial workflows where the final cut is only 30–60 seconds and the audio will end up going through post/sound anyway, where things will likely get tightened again later.

Not really asking from a “can’t be bothered” perspective, more curious what’s considered best practice in the real world when dealing with large amounts of footage where manually syncing everything would be pretty impractical.

Thanks!

Trying to understand the proper multicam workflow in Avid MC compared to Premiere.

Say I have several camera angles with scratch audio plus separate external recorder audio. In Premiere I’d normally just select everything and create a individual multicam source sequences, and it syncs/builds the multicam clips all in one step.

In Avid, is the standard workflow to autosync each camera angle with the external audio first, creating synced master clips, and then group those synced clips afterward into a group clip?

Or is there a cleaner/faster way to handle several angles plus external audio directly in the bin?

Just trying to understand the normal professional workflow for this in Avid.

Thanks!

**EDIT:** Found something worth adding - in the AutoSync dialog there's a checkbox at the bottom: "Create Group Clip instead of Subclip" under "When video tracks overlap." Maybe???

Anyone know if there’s a setting in Avid Media Composer that allows you to see underlying video tracks while editing or opening a group clip?

Right now when I right-click and open/edit the group clip, the Composer only shows the currently monitored track. For example, if V2 is enabled, I can’t see V1 underneath composited like I normally would in a regular sequence.

In a normal timeline, enabling the higher layer still lets me see the lower layers beneath it, but inside this group edit mode it seems to isolate the monitored track only.

Is there a setting for displaying all enabled video tracks, disabling single-track monitoring, or enabling composite monitoring inside groups?

Thanks!

Working in Avid and dealing with clips that have multiple stacked/nested effects.

I know I can step in (isolate) to see each layer, and double-clicking in the source monitor opens one layer at a time. Also, once everything is opened, clicking the source will collapse them back.

But is there any way to quickly reveal/unfold all nested effects at once? Kind of like an “expand all” equivalent?

Thanks!

Hi,

I’m using a Keychron V6 with the knob. In the Keychron Launcher, I don’t see any option to control screen brightness at all.

When I switch to VIA, I can access the encoder settings, but the only “brightness” options available are related to the keyboard’s RGB lighting, not the screen brightness.

So right now, I can’t find any way to map the knob to control screen brightness up/down.

Is this a limitation of VIA/Keychron, or is there a workaround to make the knob control screen brightness?

Thanks!

I’m working on a documentary and trying to build a logging/selects system outside of Premiere in Google Sheets. Ideally I’d like to export clip metadata (CSV or ALE) from Premiere so I can organise themes, locations, etc.

The problem is I can’t seem to find a way to export metadata.

Is there actually a way to export metadata from Premiere from a bin?

Thanks