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When I want to copy audio attributes from one clip to another, there are only three audio parameters that are available to paste when I select "Paste Attributes": Volume, Plugins & Equalizer. How do you copy ALL of the audio attributes such as Format, Source channel, Equalization, etc. from one clip to another?

Format isn't something that can be copied. You can't change an .mp3 into a .wav with settings in Resolve.

And source channels is something you set in Clip Attributes. It's not an effect. (You can change this for several selected clips at once, though.)

I realize you cannot use copy and paste to change the type of audio file (.wav, .mp3, etc.) but in Clip Attributes/Audio, the "format" option refers to Stereo, Mono, 5.1, 5.1 film, etc. It just seems to me that you should be able to easily copy things like EQ, panning, stereo/mono, etc. from one clip to another.

Gregory Douglas wrote:I realize you cannot use copy and paste to change the type of audio file (.wav, .mp3, etc.) but in Clip Attributes/Audio, the "format" option refers to Stereo, Mono, 5.1, 5.1 film, etc. It just seems to me that you should be able to easily copy things like EQ, panning, stereo/mono, etc. from one clip to another.

You cannot copy the audio channel settings (format) in Clip Attributes / Audio. It is a unique setting for each imported file separately.

DaVinci does not yet allow you to do a preset channel settings that you save and then apply to other imported files so that you do not have to do it over and over for each file.

I'm a long time video editor (40 years; started on 3/4" Umatic) and new to Resolve. All of the previous NLEs I've used have been able to copy and paste all audio parameters, even mono/stereo from one clip to another. Newtek's SpeedEdit was able to create custom presets where you could select multiple clips and apply a multitude of desired audio parameters with one click of a preset. And that was like 10-12 years ago.

Maybe there's another way to skin this cat. Let's say you shoot an interview for a documentary and you end up with 15 raw individual clips/soundbites. A lav mic is in Channel 1; a shotgun is in Channel 2. When you go to edit you want all soundbites to be mono using Channel 1 (lav mic) as the source. Then you want to EQ the first sound bite and be able to apply that EQ setting to all the other soundbites. What's the easiest way to do this?

Gregory Douglas wrote:A lav mic is in Channel 1; a shotgun is in Channel 2. When you go to edit you want all soundbites to be mono using Channel 1 (lav mic) as the source. Then you want to EQ the first sound bite and be able to apply that EQ setting to all the other soundbites. What's the easiest way to do this?

My method:

1) select all clips>Clip Attributes>Audio>Mono embedded channel 1
If you do this in Media Pool before edit all future edits will be set to this. If you do it in the timeline only the instance in this timeline is affected.

2) Have all clips on the same track and use the track EQ
The advantage: no need to redistribute future EQ changes to each clip again.
If the lavs belong to different persons (or the environment changes too much) I use several tracks as needed.

Johannes

I do the same as Johannes.

That said, the biggest mistake I made after switching from Premiere Pro was thinking that my previous experience meant I could just jump into a new NLE without difficulty.

Nope.

As a new user, one's first course of action should be to complete some Resolve training. The Beginner's Guide and Advanced Editing are an excellent groundwork to get you moving smoothly.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... e/training

Jim Simon wrote:I do the same as Johannes.

That said, the biggest mistake I made after switching from Premiere Pro was thinking that my previous experience meant I could just jump into a new NLE without difficulty.

Nope.

As a new user, one's first course of action should be to complete some Resolve training. The Beginner's Guide and Advanced Editing are an excellent groundwork to get you moving smoothly.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... e/training

I've been using DR since last summer and have watched numerous video tutorials including the ones you mentioned. I've used DR to edited lots of videos for my clients but now I'm working on my first documentary using DR. The documentary has about 10 interview subjects each with about 6-8 soundbites. Johannes suggested using separate audio tracks for each interview subject but with 15 interviews, that's a very cluttered timeline. I will submit a suggestion to Black Magic to find a way for us to easily copy and paste more than just a few audio parameters to multiple clips or even better... give us the option to create custom presets that we can apply to video and/or audio clips.

Gregory Douglas wrote:Johannes suggested using separate audio tracks for each interview subject but with 15 interviews, that's a very cluttered timeline.

My last short had 30 tracks, an audio drama I did in Resolve had 50 tracks

I usually use one or two dialog tracks while editing. And only when the edit is done (picture lock), I start distributing the audio clips to how many tracks seem necessary. Fairlight can handle that quite nicely. Coming from audio mixing I am used to deal with many tracks. Your approach looks more confusing to me – but there are so many approaches and workflows. Anyway: better copy and preset options are something I will find usage for too.
Johannes

Gregory Douglas wrote:I've been using DR since last summer and have watched numerous video tutorials

It's actually the manuals I'm recommending. They come with lessons.

Jim Simon wrote:

Gregory Douglas wrote:I've been using DR since last summer and have watched numerous video tutorials

It's actually the manuals I'm recommending. They come with lessons.

Yeah, I've read all of the lessons except Color Correction & Fusion. I made my original post thinking someone may have figured out a way to copy & paste more than just a few audio parameters to multiple clips. So far, I like DR. Does most of the things I need it to do. My production company serves a lot of high profile companies. We need to be efficient with our editing. As they say, time is $.

Gregory Douglas wrote:I've read all of the lessons except Color Correction & Fusion.

That's...surprising.

I would not expect these questions from anyone who's gone through the Beginner's Guide, Advanced Editing and Fairlight manuals.

Jim, My first experience with 3D was with LightWave nearly 30 years ago. Talk about a steep learning curve. And... it would take hours to render a short 5 second animated logo with the slow computers we had back then. I've watched some of the overview Fusion tutorials and using the Motion Array templates and macros have been a good way to master the basics. But I really need to dive into the Fusion manual when I get time. We've been swamped with projects lately so learning the various parts of DR has been prioritized.

Thanks for your help. It's much appreciated.