

With merged clips, you can combine one video source, and as many audio sources as you want. merged clips is the amount of footage and audio you can combine. The first important thing to know about multicams vs. Challenge 1: Number of Clips you Can Combine

So, let’s break down the differences between these two options and figure out how they stack up against each other.

Traditionally, you might think “merge clips” sounds like the way to accomplish that but there’s another, better, way to do it and that’s to create a multicam. Well, when you have footage from one source, the camera for instance, and audio from another source, perhaps it’s the audio recording device your sound recordist was using, you need a way to sync them up so that they stay connected while you are editing. First, you may have heard the term “multicam” but exactly is it?
