CHAPTER 20. WORKING WITH VIDEO
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20.3
Matching Sound to Video
In Live, it takes just a few steps to get started with video. Let's look at a common scenario
matching a piece of music to edits or hit points in a video:
1. Make sure that Live's Arrangement View is visible. Your computer keyboard's
key will toggle between the Session View and Arrangement View.
2. Drag a QuickTime movie from Live's File Browser and drop it into an audio track
in the Arrangement View. The Video Window will appear to display the video
component of the movie le. (Remember that you can move this window to any
convenient location on the screen.)
3. Now that the video clip is loaded, drag an audio clip into the Arrangement View's
drop area. A new track will automatically be created for it. Unfold both tracks so
you can see their contents by clicking the
buttons to the left of their names.
4. Double-click on the video clip's title bar to view it in the Clip View. In the
Sample box, make sure that the Warp button is enabled. Warped clips in the
Arrangement View can be set as tempo master or slave. We want the Master/
Slave switch set to
Master,
which will force the rest of the clips in the Live Set to
adapt to the video clip's tempo (i.e., its normal playback rate).
5. Now add
Warp Markers
to the video clip, and adjust them to your liking. The
locations of the Warp Markers de ne the synchronizing points between our music
and our video. Notice how the video clip's waveform in the Arrangement View
updates to re ect your changes as you make them.
6. If desired, enable the
Arrangement Loop
to focus on a speci c section of the
composition.
7. When you have nished, choose the Export Audio/Video command from Live's
File menu. All of your audio will be mixed down and saved as a single audio le.
You can also export your video le using this command.
