Recording different FrameRates in my MixPre 6 without Timecode

[Thomas Farmer]

Hey guys,

Doing a very small, low stress gig mostly as a favor. Just consists of a single interview setup with two cams. The project is so small that initially the client expectation was to simply run the sound from just a boom into the two cams and record that way. But since I have a recorder I figured might as well add it to smooth things over and be able to record boom and lav and then I can send an out or scratch to the cams. 

 

Anyway, this is in the U.S. but the video will be shown in Europe so the cameras are shooting at 25 fps. I have a first series Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6. NOT the Mix-Pre 6 II. We will not have any timecode for this shoot and my recorder does not generate it's own timecode. From what I know, I can't really do anything about the frame rate because of that. 

 

So my questions are

1) How much of a problem is it if the cameras record at 25fps and I record as normal on my MixPre 6? Is that audio still easily syncable?

2) If it is a problem, any solutions/work arounds within the current gear?

 

Thanks!

[jason porter]

Depending on the camera, you might be able to use it as the master and hardline timecode to the MixPre (aux in) or just clap a dumb slate. The MixPre framerate shouldn't matter if you sync via waveform matching (pluraleyes)

[The Documentary Sound Guy]

How are you planning to sync it if you aren't using timecode?  If you are just clap syncing, frame rate is irrelevant.  Audio doesn't have a frame rate; video does.  And a timecode signal does, but you aren't using that.

[sciproductions]

Hi,

If your recorder has no metadata regarding timecode there is no problem at all.

 

Just use scratch audio to get it sync up and it will be fine.

 

Don't worry about the 25fps component, the editor can output the frame rate.

[Thomas Farmer]

Thanks for the quick inputs guys. I figured that would be the case but better to ask my potentially obvious/dumb question first then to stress later.