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Motion 5.6 audio clip cuts the first second or two before it starts playing the sound

I saw this question asked a few years ago but didn't see a resolution. This is very basic. I have added an audio clip to my project, and wherever i start playing, it takes 1-2 seconds before the sound is heard. And when i export a movie file, that means the first 1-2 seconds of the sound at the beginning of the movie can't be heard.


The audio clip is fine since i can import it into FCPX and it works fine.


I'm running Monterey 12.0.1 on an iMac pro with plenty of horsepower (3 GHz 10-Core Xeon W, 64 GB ram).


Any help would be most appreciated.

iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Nov 11, 2021 10:21 PM

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Nov 12, 2021 6:41 AM in response to fox_m

Thanks for your response. I had those settings already checked based on feedback from a thread from a few years ago.


But i now have resolved the issue, ironically, by using the time tested solution - shut down and reboot. I'm glad to say it's been resolved now but frustrated i spent so much time trying to fix it.


Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Nov 11, 2021 10:40 PM in response to 23JLong

I’m still learning Motion myself. So forgive me if I state something obvious.

Is there a behavior (fade in/fade out) in there somewhere that needs to be deactivated perhaps.

I would also give a try to creating a project longer than the length of the audio clip, then cut out the extra sections from the exported file.

My two cents.

Nov 11, 2021 10:58 PM in response to morpheuz7

Thanks for the reply but I think it’s something else. This doesn’t happen just at the beginning of the project/clip, it happens anywhere I place the play head. So for example I can start in the middle of the project and hit play and the movie appears fine but I won’t hear any audio for 1-2 seconds. But then when it finally starts, it’s in sync and totally fine.


I was looking for a setting of some sort that might explain the behavior but can’t find anything. I do see a lot of comments about Motion not really being designed for audio, which I get, but what I’m doing isn’t too complicated.


thanks for your response.

Motion 5.6 audio clip cuts the first second or two before it starts playing the sound

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