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March 8, 2021
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Way too many tracks when editing audio

  • March 8, 2021
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I've worked with some 100 narrators, and we often take 2 - 3 takes of the same paragraph then pick the best and piece the final narration together. This is easy to do in most Adobe products. However, each time the best narration is picked in Character Animator (CH) a new track of audio and visual/puppet is created. I'll have some 30-40 tracks this way, which would be rather unwieldy. In other Adobe products, you can join your cut narration all on one track of audio, and still edit it and tweek it even after that -- I can't see a way to do that in CH. But I imagine CH doesn't expect people to narrate in one or two tracks - and narrate well that is. So what is the solution others have found that works for editing your narration yet keeping it all in one track?

 

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oksamurai
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March 9, 2021

Yeah, we want it be a single track one day. For now, I do most of my audio production in Audition and then import it into CH (see https://youtu.be/VhCKD5vl848?t=255 for more info). That method should work better for your own sanity and the height of the timeline!

2charleyAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 9, 2021

Thanks oksamurai. I feel honored that I'm hearing from the CH guru himself! The challenge if I produce it in Audition and then import it into CH is that I can then sync the lips to the audio, but as far as eye movements and body movements, I'm not sure how to perform those when I'm not talking in a way that precisely lines up with the audio. Any tips would be appreciated.