A long set, three cameras, one recorder
Creation times drift. Timecode was never jammed. The clap is buried in a PA. Sliding clips by ear is how the morning disappears.
Line every camera up to the master recording.
Several cameras. One recorder. Latch listens to the audio, not file clocks or jammed timecode, and writes a DaVinci Resolve timeline on this Mac. Original files are never copied or changed.
Apple Silicon · macOS 12+ · No account · Sync is free · Export needs a license
Clocks lie. The music does not.
Repeated music fools a lazy match
A chorus can look like every other chorus. Latch checks the match against the original audio before it trusts a placement.
The media should not move
Nothing is transcoded for delivery. The XML points at the files you already have. Original media stays on the card or disk.
The music is the clock.
Wide room. Close stage. Side aisle. Latch lines them to the recorder by listening, not by trusting the file clock.
Setup. Sync. Review.
One obvious action at each stage. Nothing extra in the way.
Drop the night in
Name the project. Add the cameras and the recorder. Fix any camera grouping that looks wrong. Then synchronize.
Watch the file that is working
No fake percentages. You see the active clip and how many have finished. Longer recordings can take several minutes. That is honest.
Export what you can trust
Play the tiles. Failed clips say why in one sentence. Export to Resolve needs a license. Unverified exports stay labeled.
Local only
The work stays on the Mac.
No account. No upload. Projects live in Movies/Latch. Camera cards and external disks are read only after you pick them. The license checkout is contacted only if you activate a key.
0.1.0 · Apple Silicon
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Download Latch for Mac.
Free to install and synchronize. A license is required to export the Resolve XML. Ad-hoc signed, not notarized yet. Right-click Open the first time.