5 BEGINNER TIPS FOR PERFECT AUDIO SYNC - Davinci Resolve FREE

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Auto Sync Audio fast in Davinci Resolve PLUS some additional bonus tips to make sure you've got it dialed!
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Sync basic
03:05 - Sync MULTIPLE
04:11 - REMOVE Sync
05:42 - SYNC on Timeline
07:05 - KILLER TIP!
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[@keithdennis5085]

I loved this short tutorial, especially the tip regarding switching to subframe movement. This was absolutely the easiest explanation I've seen on this topic, so thank you!

[@MrAlexTech]

Heyyy Keith! That's great to hear. Thank you! Always happy to help.

[@peder358]

I was struggling with a project with one long audio file recorded separately (for a third microphone) and 2 shorter video clips with embedded audio. Couldn’t find a way to sync these until I saw this video. Once again you saved me so much time and trouble!

[@daysandwords]

Dude... I did not know that you could do it in the edit page - you've probably just saved me those 3 hours I lost the other day within the next 2 months of syncing audio like that! I think I will still need to do them individually though because one drawback with my method is that while I may film 8 or 9 takes, I leave the audio recording the whole time so I have to sync the 8 or 9 clips with a single WAV and I don't think it can handle that. Once again, you're a legend!

[@VincentPolisi]

There's officially no need for anyone else to ever do DaVinci Resolve tutorials ever again. These are officially the best. I have decreed it.

[@DenisJosifoski]

To be honest, ive synced manually for last 2 years as I didnt trust this auto sync option. Now I see it works great and will give it a try. And what you show to be able to sync multiple at once, you saved me bunch of a time!

[@mikehardy8247]

Amazing editor. This is exactly what I need! I record and videograph alot of concert footage. In camera and external recorder. Probably would have never found this without your amazing content. So easy! No words to thank you enough.

[@MrAlexTech]

Thanks Mike! Happy to help :)

[@SoBeBun]

Brilliant!! I kept trying to get back to work after learning what I needed to know, but the tips kept coming! Thank you MrAlexTech! I appreciate you! 🙏😊🙌

[@ZeddGaming]

Wish i knew about the sub-frame scribing sooner. Thank you

[@johndelavina3335]

This is genius and answers so many questions for me. Thanks Alex!!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Great tutorial - and great to see ya back 😁🤘. Cheers Alex 🙏.

[@theplussizecostumer]

Awesome video. The sub-frame scrubbing helped me with some audio that was out of sync on some video clips. Thank you.

[@fordford514]

Massive thank you. This video didn't disappoint. Last tip was gold

[@ienpassi]

Excellent Alex. The killer part in the end of the video. Is something I have been struggling with form time to time. It is a life saver 😉

[@FharishAhmedPortfolio]

YAY!!!! You're back!!! And weirdly... you actually have the answers to something I have been looking for.... TBH: Got a copy of a Premiere work folder... where the files are in two different folders... I can't for the life of me, make out anything... it's in a weird format as well... Something that I haven't seen in over 5 years....

[@creativeej9927]

You are so incredibly helpful, thank you so much for doing what you do. You always answer all my editing questions, and then some!

[@Bachelor_Gabe]

Many reviews out there for this audio sync, yours was the best and will help me big time. Great job and Merry XMAS

[@JJW410]

Woohoo! Thanks Alex, super useful stuff as always! :D

[@FFVison]

One more thing that might prove useful if you have 2 clips with markers and have snap turned on, they will snap together when you get them close. This may be useful to marker a peak in the audio tracks and try snapping them together.

[@bigglesvideo]

Great video, thanks. Another way of moving the wav file to a sub frame level is to turn off the ‘Snap magnet’, zoom in and just drag the audio track!

[@murallod]

This is a monster tip!! Way better than PPro. I am so glad I paid for Davinci. Syncing on a folder must save a ton of time. Thanks man! Cheers!

[@iamedterry]

Exactly what I needed. Was wondering how to easily sync external sound with the video. That’s perfect!

[@BrianGillings]

Always awesome tutorials.

[@MrAlexTech]

Thanks Brian :)

[@dannyyoung4586]

This has been very helpful thankyou

[@user-ll9ln1uu4b]

Killer tips, as usual! Thank you for sharing!

[@ronshinall]

Great stuff mate. Thank you!

[@metrawhub2206]

Absolute spot on tips! Subframe scrubbing was bang on!!!

[@DrRONYmusic]

thanks a lot for that! finally manage to do it

[@ClipTellerMedia]

Thanks, Alex really good tips!

[@xiangji666]

Very straight forward and informative!

[@samvouga]

That last tip was exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much, chief!

[@michaelsopunov]

Subframe alligment is just a killa-feature! Thank u, Alex! 👍

[@guitarmovies]

Love your channel! Thanks for all the super useful videos.

[@Dizzlaeus]

Super helpful, love the keyboard shortcut suggestions.

[@GaboDelgado1]

Thank you Alex!

[@RonjaMaltzahn]

Awesome as usual Alex!!

[@KeithsTVHD1]

Good stuff , helped me out😁

[@oldmanonapan7678]

thanks, so easy when you explain

[@DreamBigPoland]

Thank you. Perfect timing for an upcoming project :)

[@saikoumarong190]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video i have been struggling for two weeks on a music video i am trying to sync but your killer tip was all i needed to get it done well. love from Gambia

[@jakhirhuda6185]

Thank you,,, I was finding it difficult to sync with video,,, error was few Nano second,,, now your method has helped me.

[@SavedPulley]

God bless you Mr. Alex!!! Thank you

[@waltertissen5910]

Great content! Thank you, Alex.

[@MIMCKMedia]

perfect, exactly what i needed

[@lpinsight]

👌 very helpful tutorial, thanks

[@PassionForLifeGallery]

Very good tips especially for newbies. thanks

[@punapirate]

You wont believe this but I have a project I shot this week with 4 cameras and needed to bone up on this feature… brilliant. Once again a clear and precise tutorial… mahalo mate.

[@louloowebvideos]

Thank you very much for this excellent Tutorial on Sound Sync, which I have recently been using in DaVinci Resolve, and frankly it is amazingly precise on the waveform. But you taught me other methods that I would try on occasion, thank you.

[@indie12]

Thank You. best tutorial in youtube about this topic

[@wrealestate8778]

Thank you …. So well explained

[@pergunnareriksson]

Perfect! This is what I needed as a person recording video and audio separately.

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

Yes, nice!! Good to know it is possible...!

[@tubeman1983]

Great tips! Cheers, mate! :))

[@mrfish4572]

Thanks so much for this. Saved me hours.

[@Ryuzaki2100]

My laptop audio isn't good for screen recordings and I still want to keep the flow of audio from my start video with the face which i shoot on iPhone including the mic. I thought maybe I could use the mic of the iPhone but still sync the screen recording. You just taught me how, Thank you.

[@detoxterone]

Thanks Alex, you are the best. Keep going 👊🥸

[@HorribleOldCrank]

I'm trying to learn one new task in Resolve every day. Thank you for allowing me to learn this key skill in under 10 minutes!

[@TriniWeekes]

Thank you Alex

[@dadandme]

Cool video buddy! and I learned something new with your Pro Tip 👌 My editing life changed a lot since Resolve added the auto audio sync, before I used to manually sync each individual footages one by one within the Media page (linked audio)... It took me a lot of time and efforts especially when you have a lot of footages! The auto sync (I use waveform) is fast and very accurate almost every times, it is truly a game changer!

[@JohnJohnCrusher]

Unlike you and most others, manual is the only way for what I do. Not many tutorials address that but this one does. Consider yourself lucky all you had to do was learn which button to press for the auto align. Duh.

[@EddyDsSmartHome]

thx for your Tips, regards from Germany

[@Graham_Rule]

Thanks. I've got recordings from various sources that I need to sync up with the video and this is exactly what I need to know. Now, if only I could have got them in sync in the live production - but that's a whole different can of worms.

[@MrAlexTech]

Ha yes live producition is another thing entirely! Best of luck 😊

[@noams3428]

Thank you so much, I was so frustrated with Davinci Resolve because I couldn't figure out how to manually sync my audio and video manually, I did the auto sync and it was close but still not at the right place and didn't know how to move it slightly to the left.

[@evandenboer]

Nice thanks again Alex.

[@mbelleza_creationz]

Thanks a lot man! Ive been looking for Micro adjustments to properly sync the audio and this solved my problem!! how about microadjustment with a video? as this trick only move the audio

[@DamianStefanov]

Wow that's tips for real!!! Great!

[@howtodostuff1244]

Awesome !!! thanks

[@TheGhostPlanet]

Love the subframe tutorial 👍🏻

[@enjoythelittlethings3359]

Brilliant !!!!

[@ACOnetwork]

Thanks for the new knowlege you showed me 😁

[@mojojeff]

Eazzzzzy Peazy! You are the maximum knowledge, minimum time KING!

[@nevencuca1680]

Right? What I also like about this channel. Its future proof

[@MrAlexTech]

Cheers both! I'll keep doing my thing 😀😀😎

[@RotarySMP]

Excellent tutorial, Thanks. I use a Rode Wireless go into the camera, as I got sick of syncing audio, but occasionally have a lav mic into a recorder on someone else. There it is just easiest to start the mic and let it run on the other person, while my audio is starting and stopping with multiple camera clips. Can Resolve sync parts of one long audio track into multiple video clips?

[@almog49]

Thank you so much for this video! The "killer tip" dosen't work for me on my mac is it a different short cut?

[@fluffycast92]

I always come here when im having trouble. I swear you're the best

[@Playboisasuke]

Planning to make a channel which involves this type of syncing and i was wondering how I’m going to do this and boom you show up in my notifs

[@RodolfoVanzini]

“Easy, peasy”. Great. Always. Thank you. P.s. By the way what are those LED lights behind you? they look great. Thanks.

[@pugtom7114]

Congrats on the 80k Not long to go now!!

[@MrAlexTech]

Thanks dude ☺️☺️

[@hermee]

Hi Alex! Thank you for this video, finally this would make my syncing of GoPro and Recordings from my phone's audio so easy. You literally saved me from buying gopro mic adapter 😂 I owe you this one alex

[@ZagZagSama]

YAY no more clapping at the start of the video! *Clapping for Alex instead

Thank you for a great tutorial, much appreciated! I have a question, though. When you sync audio based on the waveform in Media pool, the appended sound adopts the name of the video file. Is there a way to keep the original name of the audio file?

[@elisabethdecesso5508]

Hi Alex, thanks for this great tutorial, especially the subframe movement. I now have the full version of Davinci, 18.1, but it seems this Alt + doesn't work anymore. Or am I doing something wrong?

[@garethjones1]

This has helped me massively. Is it ok to say that I love you? 😂😘👌🏻

[@lukaswest5545]

That's a good tip

[@WeekendWrenchTurner]

Genius!!

[@nightcoder5k]

I'm getting educated. Thank you.

[@johnbeck2020]

Hi Alex, the last two tips are the most valuable to me - "," and "." as well as Alt / cursor left and Alt / cursor right. I wish there was such a possibility to fine-tune the audio level directly in the clip. Unfortunately, I still know the option of clicking the level line in the clip and dragging the mouse up or down. I can't work fine enough with that. Do you know another option?

[@jonahwillis]

Hold Shift while you drag the volume line to make it more precise

[@DucknDiveAirsoft]

Great video. Love the short delivery format you have. Nice final tip! Do you have suggestions where auto sync fails (waveform)? I usually record on multiple cameras a lot outside and need to sync footage. I believe wind noise can be a factor for muddying up the audio waveforms enough that Davinci can't find a match. Syncing by timecode would not really be an option either. Is there a way to filter wind noise enough first for the primary audio waveform to be more dominant for a match?

[@PassionForLifeGallery]

I record out of doors quite a bit and wind is a problem and as you said, Davinci sometimes can't sync. For that reason I always try to use a clap or clap board at the beginning of the shot to sync video with the good audio. I have also used a car horn or other loud noise to sync up when I forget to put in the clap. Hope that helps

[@DucknDiveAirsoft]

@@PassionForLifeGallery that's a good tip 😃👌. Thanks 😁!

[@charlieross-BRM]

@@PassionForLifeGallery I do that on my motorcycle to sync up my separate Zoom audio to the racket the action camera captures. Both will pick up my horn beeps. I do a beep at the ends too.

[@averageyoutuber9967]

Alex can you please do a video how to sync songs/beats to the video ? :D cheers mate, love your content very helpful

[@vivamoment]

Great videos! Thanks. One question: How to automatically sync up multiple videos with a single high quality audio track? This is needed as I record audio on an external recorder and let it run, while I keep stopping and staring the video camera (just to keep within the 30 minute video limit). I would then like to throw it all into Davinci and get the video files to sync with the single audio track.

[@ravipateluk]

I also want to know

[@jjisnow]

Totally agree - sub-frame scrubbing is killer! They really should advertise that better in the UI somehow.

[@Andrew_travels_New_Zealand]

Thanks

[@Aulgahzar]

thank you so it can fail sometimes and not allign too perfectly

[@RuiGon1]

Thanks.

[@barrygreen9918]

Thanks for this knowledge. In my case after auto aligning, I cannot re link the video and sound tracks back togather. What have I done wrong?

[@billhagen8990]

But, but...I *like* the kung-fu out of sync settings! :-) Another great set of tips; some of the things you find are amazing!! Question/request: Can you do a short tutorial on how you read the scripts when you make these videos? Do you use a teleprompter? Is there a way to use DR as the teleprompter? I'm more interested in off-camera voiceovers than on-camera. Thanks!

[@AriMusik]

Hey nice tip with , & . to fine align the audio track. But what if I wanna fine move the whole video track incl. audio to sync to another video clip? The , & . separates the audio from the video. I don't want that.

[@oneman49instruments]

Great one! Just enter in davinci's world

[@AlexKovshovik]

The "Alt" button tip is awesome. Thank you!

[@yejicho]

Hello! Thank you for the awesome tips. I am currently editing my first serious film and the "auto sync audio" function simply does not work. (Yes, I found it in the menu, and tried 20+ times, two weeks ago and today!) I wondered if it's because the camera audio is too quiet, or if it's because the camera audio and video are linked, but actually it should not matter... do you have any tip for me? That would be really awesome!!!!!!! Thanks in advance :)

[@RoxiieSays]

I don't have the auto sync option in that pull down. Any idea why not? Thanks!

[@f2gamerk022]

Tq 👍👍

[@HISPEKK]

Can you sync just audio clips, thanks for great video