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Sync documentary interviews without timecode
A lav into an external recorder, camera scratch audio as the reference, hours of takes: the alignment problem is the engine's own shape, and sync runs on it today. Each file is placed on its own, so a camera that stopped and restarted arrives as two placed clips rather than one broken one, and a take with too little overlap to be certain is refused by name instead of guessed at. The beat-matched first assembly is built for music today, so an interview leaves here as a synced timeline you cut in your own editor.
- Does it hold across a long take with no clapper?
- Yes, as long as the camera and the recorder overlap in time and the camera picked up the same room. Length is not the problem; a camera that shares no audible moment with the reference is, and that case is refused rather than placed on a guess.
- What if a camera stopped and restarted mid-interview?
- Each file is aligned on its own, so a restart arrives as a second clip, placed where its own audio says it belongs. Nothing is stitched or assumed across a gap.
- What happens to my footage?
- Nothing leaves your machine. The analysis runs in the browser, so no frame, no audio, no waveform and no filename is uploaded. Analysis, sync and triage are free and need no account — payment is only asked at export, and your first week is on us.
Built for music videos first — this lane opens with a founding field editor. Vote below, and you are on its beta list the day it opens.
Sync needs one shared audio reference, not a song. The beat-matched cut is music-first — vote for what's next.
Now — sync on any shoot · the cut for music videos · Next — podcasts (multicam) · Later — the cut for documentary · broadcast