making a click track from song from video
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:08 pm
I need to find a way to create a click track from a video so our band can play the song live but still be "synced" to the video. any suggestions?
Record someone clicking a stick while listening to the video. For rock use a cowbell. Upon editing, create 8 clicks up front before the first downbeat of track sound.
Next, BTD a mono version of the track, and import to the sequence. Pan it hard to one side and pan the stick to the other. I prefer click on the right. Stir and BTD both tracks as one stereo file. On playback the track will be on one side (headphones can be removed on that side- the other will have only click perfectly synched.)
If video was running in DP, export both sound and picture together for playback- to DVD, Video CD or DVD. This solution will give you only one mono music track, but since you are playing live along with it you shouldn't have a problem in tems of sound quality for the audience. You could also limit the music track to things you did in the studio but can't do live, like any overdubbed backgrounds or percussion or special FX. You get the idea. Some folks even do markers in the song, such as a different sound for downbeats or beginings of sections- just in case... Make sure your sound guy knows it's mono (and which side ) or it will be click heaven.
Chris
P.S. We just did Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in DC this past weekend and we (the band) just "sidelined" to a prerecorded track while they sang live. The techs used a multitrack with the regular full stereo mix for broadcast and a 3rd track with click- but alas, no video.
(btw, there's a "More Cowbell" setting in DPs new click sounds.