Audio spanning multiple clips within a project

[Chris Cormier]

Hi all,

Is there a way to lay an audio track (like music) over an entire project, spanning multiple clips? I'm working on an animatic that is very dependent on the timing of a song that spans the full project and I cannot figure out how to do this in TVPaint.

I am running TVP Pro 10.5.4 64 bits.

Thank so much!

[Chris Cormier]

Maybe this isn't even possible with TVPaint... Can anyone confirm, one way or another?

Do I need to do this in another program, like Premiere, or am I missing something within TVP?

[ZigOtto]

hi Chris,

Is there a way to lay an audio track (like music) over an entire project, spanning multiple clips

in the Project tab of the timeline panel, you have a [Add a SoundTrack ...] feature,
it should load a soundtrack running all over the (multiple clips) project,
then, you can use the option [Split Track to Clips],
take care that when you'll change one clip length (in or out point),
you will have to repeat the Split Track operation from the main track

[Paul Fierlinger]

Also under preferences/sound you can check "Play project sound in clip". I do believe you have this feature in TVP 10. This way you can listen to the same sound track in each clip without having to split the global track.

[Chris Cormier]

Oh my goodness, thank you both so much! I had never used the Timeline View in the Project tab before, so I did not know where the "add soundtrack" option was, or that it existed. This is a huge help. And Paul, yes, the "Play project sound in clip" is available in TVP 10, and this is also extremely helpful. Thank you, Paul and Zig!