Syncaila is a professional automatic synchronization tool designed to rescue video editors from the tedious manual alignment of multi-camera footage. By analyzing audio waveforms, this specialized software instantly matches video and audio clips from multiple cameras and recorders without requiring timecodes. It serves as a critical bridge in the post-production workflow, allowing creators to focus on the artistic aspects of editing rather than the mechanical task of syncing dailies.
Key Features
- Automatic Audio Synchronization: Eliminates manual alignment by using advanced algorithms to analyze and match audio waveforms from different sources, functioning effectively even without timecode metadata.
- Multi-Camera Workflow Support: Handles complex projects with unlimited tracks and cameras, making it ideal for synchronizing footage from diverse recording devices in a single pass.
- Unique Placement of Unsynchronized Clips: Intelligently arranges clips that lack matching audio (like B-roll or drone footage) into their approximate chronological positions with less than a second of offset, rather than discarding them.
- Five Synchronization Modes: Offers adjustable processing priorities ranging from "Maximum Speed" to "Maximum Quality," allowing users to balance processing time against analysis depth for noisy or difficult audio.
- XML Interoperability: Integrates seamlessly with major Non-Linear Editors (NLEs) via Final Cut Pro XML standards, supporting round-trip workflows for Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut Pro.
Use Cases
This software is indispensable for wedding videographers and event filmmakers who need to align footage from three or more cameras with separate high-quality audio recordings. It also benefits music video producers and documentary editors who manage hundreds of takes and need a reliable automated assistant to organize their timeline before the creative cut begins.
With its generous 20-day fully functional trial and ability to salvage synchronized sequences that other tools might reject, Syncaila stands out as a robust, time-saving investment for any Windows-based production environment.
Version 2.7.9.3 — November 2025
- Added support for R3D media files originating from Nikon ZR cameras.
- Improved stability and compliance for FCPXML X format imports and exports.
- Fixed a critical startup crash affecting macOS users with Intel processors.
- Fixed an issue where audio channels were lost in non-standard FCPXML X configurations.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when loading RED video files containing no audio tracks.
