Thanks for your reply! I have already tried that but to no avail.

I however found another workaround. By right-clicking an choosing "edit wave externally" the Music Editor opens and without doing anything in the editor, just closing it updates the waveform. Weird!

Johan

@Johan_Hackman

Sorry for being off topic but just followed your link to your website and subsequent YouTube channel.

You are truly talented and your production values are extremely high. I'm blown away by the quality of your HD content and you have gained one additional subscriber. It's great to hear 'real' music played well. I can see why audio sync would be extremely important to you.

I hope your future video editing is easier going.

Ray.

@Johan_Hackman Hi, there's an option to clear the cache, I don't know if this will help or not.

@Johan_Hackman

Sorry for being off topic but just followed your link to your website and subsequent YouTube channel.

You are truly talented and your production values are extremely high. I'm blown away by the quality of your HD content and you have gained one additional subscriber. It's great to hear 'real' music played well. I can see why audio sync would be extremely important to you.

I hope your future video editing is easier going.

Ray.

 

Ray, you make me blush! 😬

I am really honoured to know that you like my music and that you have taken the time to check out what I do.

When I make a music video I am always making sure that some of the footage shows a live performance even if I have my hands full already as I usually play all instruments myself in my one-man-band. I want the viewer to see me sing rather than watching me mime. And this makes the filming process and the editing afterwards a bit more complicated.

Thanks!

Johan

@Johan_Hackman Hi, there's an option to clear the cache, I don't know if this will help or not.

I did not know about this option! I tried it but it didn't change the situation. I went back to editing today and found that my workaround is a quick one so it is not such a big deal after all. But maybe something Magix would like to look into?

Johan

@Johan_Hackman

Hi.

Sorry about the blushing 🤣.

I am not completely sure whether you are replacing or adding files to the project to cause this problem.

Normally if I am adding files I add a v2 or v3 etc to the end of the file name. Only when I want to replace a file to be in exactly the same position as the old one would I use the old file name and remove the old one. Then as Al stated earlier, the old HDP files need to be removed first before firing up the program again. The H0 files are for the video tracks.

Is the old file deleted from the system or removed from the folder when the new file replaces it?

If you have proxy files enabled, they too may have to be removed and recreated as it's the audio portion that has the word Proxy on them.

You could also try making the new file slightly longer or shorter and then trim it to see if that makes a difference.

Ray.

I'll try to explain my workflow.

The main file in my project is the audio file exported from my DAW. There is no file that is nearly as important. You won't believe how many times I update it before I am finished! Every time I decide to add a few more guitars or background vocals, or add a little more reverb to the snare or.. you get it. So each time I just render a file called "Mixdown" that I put in the VPX folder to overwrite the one currently being there, which means that each time I open the VPX the audio file will be different. So yes, it is replacing that file that is causing the problem - not adding any files.

The problem is the waveform not updating which only causes a problem when using a clap to sync audio with video. You cannot do that visually, unless you use the workaround I found.

To make this clear to myself I recorded an audio clip where I clapped my hands at 3s. Importing that into VPX shows a peak in the waveform at 3s and an audible clap at 3s. I then closed VPX and recorded a new audio clip where I waited 6s to clap my hands. I then rendered an audio file that I gave the same name to replace the previous one in the VPX folder.

When playing back, the peak in the waveform was still at 3s but the clap audible at 6s. The waveform and the audio did not match. When opening the external audio editor the same happened - a peak at 3s but a clap at 6s. No match. By closing the editor the peak moved to 6s to match the audio and when the editor was opened after that the waveform had changed there as well. So this simple exercise made the peak in the waveform and the audio match.

I don't want to take up you guys' time with this. I think it is a small glitch but nothing to worry about. I have found a way around it that works.

Johan

@Johan_Hackman

Hi Johan.

If you mean adjusting or changing a mix-down I totally get it. Although I'm not a musician I do like to play around with composing but use samples or vsts in a daw. My latest project I have remixed at least 15 times to date. Probably more.

What I would do in this instance, assuming you are putting your audio on a separate track, is to mute the original track. Then use the + button on that audio track to add an additional track above it. That should push your audio track to track three.

Import the new track adding a suffix to it as I described earlier. So call it 'Mixdown 2' or 'Take 2'. It's essential to give it a different name.

Repeat as needed.

Having the additional tracks muted will not load the project more from a resource point of view and when eventually you are happy you can delete all the unused tracks.

I think that should give you your new waveforms on all added tracks.

I should add my workflow is not the same as your own when doing a music video and the above video is used as an example only. I do use that workflow on other types of projects though.

Ray.