Multicam sync for Mac and Windows
Drop a folder, get a synced timeline.
Clam Sync lines up every camera and recorder by their sound, and by timecode when you have it, then gives you a timeline for your editor. You don't need to build or export a timeline first.
How it works
Three steps, no round trip
Other sync tools want a timeline exported from your editor before they start. Clam Sync starts from your footage.
Drop in your shoot
Drag in the shoot folder: one folder per camera or recorder, the way most cards come off set. Loose clips and single card folders work too. A timeline appears straight away.
Press Sync
Clips slide into place and are coloured by how they were synced. Anything that needs a look is easy to spot, and nothing is left out.
Open it in your editor
Export for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer, plus a sync report. Your camera files are only ever read, never moved or changed.
Features
Built for real shoots
Long days, lots of takes, cameras whose clocks were never set, scratch audio that sounds nothing like the recorder. That's what it was built on.
Syncs by sound
Matching is built for camera scratch audio against clean recorder audio, so a camera across the room still lines up. Every match gets a confidence score, and weak ones are thrown out rather than trusted.
Uses timecode when you have it
Jam-synced cameras and recorders are checked against the audio, then used to place what the audio can't, like a camera with no mic. If a camera lost its jam, you're told.
Works out wrong camera clocks
Clips with no usable sound can be placed by their recording time. Each camera's clock error is measured from its synced clips first, so a clock that's an hour out doesn't matter.
Catches drift
Long takes are measured at the start and the end. If a recorder drifts by more than half a frame, the clip is synced at the middle and flagged.
Never loses a clip
Clips that can't be synced go at the end of the timeline after a clear gap, on their own track, coloured and marked so you can find them in any editor.
Handles big, messy shoots
Hundreds of clips over several days. Folders holding two cameras are split by camera model, duplicate WAV copies are spotted, and slow-motion clips are recognised.
Exact to the sample
Recorder audio is placed to the sample, not just the nearest frame, in Premiere Pro, Resolve and Final Cut Pro. Mixed frame rates and NTSC rates are handled.
Final Cut multicam
For Final Cut Pro you can also get a ready-made multicam clip, with each camera and recorder as an angle, plus roles named after your sources.
A report you can check
Every clip is listed in a sync report with its position, confidence and status, so nothing is a mystery.
See what happened
Every clip tells you how it was synced
The timeline and list show each clip's status, using the same colours in the app, in Premiere Pro, and as markers in Final Cut Pro and Avid.
- Synced by sound
- Placed by timecode
- Placed by recording time
- Drifting
- Not synced, parked at the end
Why not your editor's built-in sync?
Built-in sync is fine for a clip or two
| Editor's built-in sync | Clam Sync | |
|---|---|---|
| A whole day of takes from several cameras and recorders | Clip by clip, or one take at a time | Whole shoot in one go |
| Cameras whose clocks are wrong | Up to you | Worked out automatically |
| Clips that won't sync | Often silently out of place | Parked at the end and flagged |
| Drift on long takes | Not checked | Measured and flagged |
| Same sync for another editor | Start again | Export for all four |
Pricing
Pay once. No subscription.
Sync a whole shoot free and see it work. Then buy Solo for $149, yours to keep, or a 90-day Project Pass for $29 for a single job.
See pricingTry it on your next shoot
Free to download. Works on macOS 12.3 or later (Apple silicon and Intel) and Windows 10 or 11.