Sounds In Sync recently introduced version 5 of EdiLoad, their Emmy Award winning software for sound editors. EdiLoad provides the functionality to carry out a number of time saving tasks such as assembling location WAV files and re-conforming a Pro Tools session when picture changes occur. Version 5 introduced a number of new features, one of which is the Assembly Window which makes assembling location WAV files quick and easy. A Pro Tools session file can even be exported from this window. We covered this, along with EdiLoad’s other new features in this article.
The feature of EdiLoad which I personally find the most useful to my own workflow is the re-conform function. When working on a post-production mix, it’s common for changes to the video edit to be made after you’ve already started working on the audio. This can be annoying because changes to the edit of course directly affect the timing of your audio. Clips may have been moved, trimmed, removed or new content may have been added. Aside from starting work on the audio from scratch, the solution when edit changes occur is to re-conform your audio to match the new edits. Doing this manually might be OK for a very short piece, but for a feature film it’s practically impossible.
In the video below I demonstrate the process of re-conforming a Pro Tools session to match a new picture edit. Using Edit Decision Lists (EDLs) exported from the video editing software, they can be compared using EdiLoad. The differences are listed in the Compare window. From there EdiLoad can move the clips in your session to match the new picture cut. The process of doing this involves moving the original audio to a point later in the timeline and then moving clips to their new location, reflecting the changes which were made by the video editor. This entire process is automated by EdiLoad. Take a look at the video to see this in action.
For more information on EdiLoad, including the brand new features in version 5, head over the Sound In Sync website