Synchronization

If your project contains files that share the same audio signature — that is, recordings of the same sound captured by different devices — the Multi-Track Editor can align them for you automatically. Clicking the "Synchronize Tracks" button analyzes the audio content of all tracks in the project and adjusts their start positions so they line up perfectly, eliminating the need for tedious manual alignment.

When to Use It

Automatic synchronization is ideal whenever the same event is captured on multiple devices simultaneously — whether that's two files or many.

Example: Suppose your project consists of a video file and a separate audio file:

• The video file contains footage with audio from the camera's built-in microphone — usable for reference, but low quality.
• The audio file contains the same sound recorded on a dedicated external microphone — the "good" audio you actually want to use.

Because both files captured the same sound at the same time, they share the same audio signature. Clicking "Synchronize Tracks" will analyze both recordings and automatically offset the tracks so the high-quality audio lines up exactly with the video. The same applies at any scale — add more cameras or more microphones from the same session, and they'll all be aligned in the same operation.

How It Works

Synchronization is applied project-wide: every track in the Multi-Track Editor is analyzed and repositioned in a single operation, regardless of how many files your project contains. You don't need to select tracks or sync them in pairs — one click aligns the entire project. For best results, all tracks should contain audio from the same recording session so the editor can find matching signatures across them.

For Video Files with Multiple Audio Tracks

Note: Some video files contain more than one audio track (for example, a video with multiple embedded audio streams). In this case, the audio track that shares the audio signature with the file you're syncing against must be set as the active track. Synchronization analyzes only the active audio track of each file — if a non-matching track is active, the sync will fail or produce incorrect alignment.