Avid quick tutorial: dealing with audio tracks in grouped clips

When you create a group clip (think multicam for instance), how Avid handles the various audio tracks that come with each can be confusing. Here's an overview of the basic rules and tips for making sure the audio tracks you end up with in your edits are the ones you wanted.
Important tip: it is MUCH easier in the long run to take the time to set this up correctly at the START when you first create your group, than it is to try to fix it after you've already done your editing and are trying to change which tracks are in your sequence.

[@SGBPope]

This genuinely answered a question that's been bothering me for over a year! Much appreciated.

[@filmprofmark]

Ha! Glad it resolved that then

[@GugaGordilho]

Great tip!

[@filmprofmark]

@@GugaGordilho thanks!

[@benpatch]

Incredibly helpful - thank you so much!

[@filmprofmark]

You're welcome!

[@kevinhall8302]

This is great, thanks. Is there a way to Auto Sync a sequence if the sequence contains multiple edits? Or do you have another work around for that scenario?

[@filmprofmark]

I don't know a way to do AutoSync if there are multiple edits. But you can use "group clips" to essentially accomplish the same thing

[@theBronzeSulsa]

My question is how do you switch video AND audio in multicam. (each camera angle has it's own audio) In Avid Symphony etc, you selected that as an option. I don't see it in the new Avid? Thank You

[@filmprofmark]

Not familiar with how it was done on Symphony so don't know if this is what you're looking for, but you can always right-click on an audio track in your sequence and select which source audio track you want it to use for that clip. This allows you to switch audio and video each independently.
If you're meaning that when you switch angles/shots on the video side you want the source audio track to change along with it, go into multicam edit mode on your sequence (cmd-shift-M on Mac), then on the Source monitor click on the icon at the top left and select "Audio Follows Video."

[@timwatson6432]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@filmprofmark]

Happy to help!

[@gabbydsouza239]

Thank you!!

[@filmprofmark]

You're welcome, glad it was useful!

[@benm2653]

Dude. THANK YOU.

[@filmprofmark]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@moviereview-rw2xs]

thanks 🤗

[@filmprofmark]

You're welcome

[@Swingking1977]

Do you know if you can add an audio track to the group after it's made. I have two wav in the group but they are only on track 1.

[@filmprofmark]

If you go into "edit group" you can add more clips TO the group after it's been made (though depending on their length you may need to save it as a different name). So if your question is you want them to both show up, you can convert one of them to be an "A2" track, then add it to the group, and then the group will show audio on both A1 and A2 when you edit it into a sequence.
Honestly I think the way Avid handles audio tracks within the "group" framework is kind of bizarre and a bit tricky to wrap your head around, even though there is a clear logic/rule to it so you CAN figure it out as needed. Personally I'd like the option to just lay things on different tracks within the group and have that override the encoding "track number" but I don't think that option exists.