How to QUICKLY fix Audio Drift and Sync Issues in your video [Premiere Pro]

Quick and easy tutorial on how to fix audio drift that happens after you sync your separate audio recording with your camera footage and sound.

Tutorial was done in Premiere Pro but it will work in any editing software.

This is a common problem unless you have top of the line equipment (and even then it can still happen), audio recording is controlled by quartz crystals that are accurate to about 2 to 20 parts per million, if you work in 30fps and that's 180,000 frames an hour which would give you at least 2 frames out of sync (it is often more).

I've seen plenty of different ways to go about fixing this that involve cutting up the audio which is just a pain and this ends up working a lot quicker for me.

[LiamDirlam]

Nice quick vid, but don't forget the last key ingredient... Right+Click on the time-stretched audio, select Speed/Duration, and CHECK on the box that reads "Maintain Audio pitch" so the vocals don't sound slooowwwed down. Cheers

[StiliyanStoichev]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT TUTORIAL FOR LIKE 1204120480 TIMES. Everyone was converting using other program like sony vegas, davinci, etc etc and a lot of strugle ! I LOVE YOU <3 <3

[jeancarlosdesousa]

Trying to solve this i went through handbrake, atubecatcher, modifying frame sequence, audio sync of all kinds, several tutorials and at the end I made it in a second after watching your video... you saved me!💙

[unbridledmayo]

I literally just spent an hour on this problem before giving up and searching youtube. After watching this I dealt with it in 30 seconds. You're amazing, thank you!

[mindfulmagician]

Holy crap you are a life saver!!! I've also been looking everywhere to figure out how the heck can I get my audio synced up with the video. The already synced audio and video was still off. So I unlinked the audio and just tried to guess how much to "stretch" with the 'r' tool and it did the trick. Thanks so much man, you saved me so much work!

[IasonXexakis]

did a 1.30 hour podcast and had this problem! gonna try it out now! Subbed

[consumertechwarehouse]

You are an absolute life saver. I've been manually resyncing. You saved me loads of time

[newagehuman]

I have been searching way too long to fix this! YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Thanks! Going to use this for my video podcast. I'm hoping editing 60min is just as easy. Subscribed!

[Photogemic]

Thank you, I read that it was to do with buffering and was confused about how I was supposed to edit if it wasn't in sync.

[PropertyEnvy]

Thanks mate - fixed my drift in less than the time to watch your vid. Appreciate that!

[Limes_not_Lemons]

I use a different editing software but am having the same issues so I'll give this method a go, it's probably exactly the same. I like trimming and combining my gaming clips so I don't have hundreds of video files but if it goes over 20 minutes the audio is very noticably desynced, hope this fix works for me, thanks for the tip ❤

[Blarpcob]

So this was massively helpful to find. I am a newbie to Premier Pro and when my audio was all... weird... I kinda thought I was done for. But hey I'm fine now

[edwardbelen]

Bro holy shit I Inched the audio a bit with the r tool and it fixed, you just saved me 3 hours of footage

[ZEEESNM]

GOATTTT, i didn't even know what that tool was before watching this lol

[Woman_Up]

This was unbelievably helpful!! Thanks so much! I have been searching for a solution to this problem for days!

[hitmanshotya]

YOU SAVED MY FOCKING LIFE BRO! You rightfully earned a sub from me! I've been on adobe forums and all types of sites and tutorial fixes and none of them helped til this one which took place all in PP, bless your heart! Now I can edit this music video and know how to fix it if my audio ever drifts again!

[JStaRFilms]

Bro you have just saved my time by only God know how long
Man I wish you the best. I cant explain the amount of joy in my heart right now
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[LesGavels]

So helpful. Thanks a million. Fwiw, I was using a zoom h4n for lavs and a tascam dr 60d for a boom, syncing to panasonic gh5. The zoom drifted while the tascam didnt.

[BrianMakesFilms]

Thank you! I had to sync an old recently digitized wedding from the 70s with a separate audio file and it was giving me grief. After watching this it took me about 3 minutes to find the correct amount of stretch. Now it's perfect.

[scenicnaturek]

you sir save me from lots of work thank you