Software for more editing control - particularly when syncing audio

[Bebop]

I'm dipping into this part of TP for the first time and have yet another question about software. I found this thread useful https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/video-editing-software-for-mac.656207/ but it was some time ago, and specifically I'm interested in the audio options.

I sometimes video live music - amplified, loud, mostly poorly lit and small venues. Recently I've invested in a small Olympus recorder to record the audio separately and have been manually syncing it in iMovie on my MacBook Pro. All just for fun, so not for professional purposes.

I'm still a relative novice using iMovie, but I've found some frustrating limitations. For one video I couldn't quite get it synced exactly - it was either just before or just after, jumping in discrete amounts when I moved it - snapping was off and I am picky! Another issue is that I can't 'save' the file so I can go back to a previous edit if I muck it all up. Perhaps I could save it as another project? I'd also like to link the synced audio with the video so I can cut it or move it and they stay together.... I think I have to export it and then reimport it. There are other niggles.

From what I can tell my options are Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro or Davinci Resolve - all around the £300 mark. Are there any other options which might give a bit more control but are not so expensive?

I will probably have to live with the limitations of iMovie, but I thought it was worth asking, just in case....

 

[Psmeg]

Davinci Resolve is free unless you need some of the more specialist features that the paid-for version provides (generally, something that most users don't need).

You can use 98% of the entire software without paying anything and if you want better audio options, then DR will certainly provide that.

I'd suggest downloading it, watching a few of the Black Magic videos on how to use the editing section and the colour gradin section along with the details on how to start using Fairlight, the audio aspect of DR and that should give you a solid grounding in using the software.

 

[Bebop]

Davinci Resolve is free unless you need some of the more specialist features that the paid-for version provides (generally, something that most users don't need).

You can use 98% of the entire software without paying anything and if you want better audio options, then DR will certainly provide that.

I'd suggest downloading it, watching a few of the Black Magic videos on how to use the editing section and the colour gradin section along with the details on how to start using Fairlight, the audio aspect of DR and that should give you a solid grounding in using the software.

Thank you. I didn’t realise there was a free version. I will look into it.

I’ve managed to get iMovie to do most of what I need, and I am a novice. It’s really just getting the incremental steps in syncing the audio that I’d like to improve on, for now [emoji846]

Will look up the videos too - thanks [emoji106]