Audio pops at cuts and transitions

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Jake

This subject has come up several times on this NG. I was doing some
background reading on the DV format and came across the following paragraph:

Although the format supports high quality sound, DV's audio is unlocked.
This non-synchronous design means that a specific number of audio samples
are not rigidly synchronized to each video frame. If one frame is off a
couple samples, you must insert a short mute at any audio edit or risk
inducing an audible click.
(source: 213.84.219.66/Documentatie/dv_explained.pdf )

It made me wonder if the phenomenon is a result of the way audio is encoded
within the DV format, and the way MM2 handles it? I know that the MM2 edit
space is not the full 25fps (PAL), but something more like 12.5fps (or 15fps
NTSC), so I wondered if this could somehow lead to the audible pops that I
hear at cuts and transitions.

Any thoughts?

Jake
 
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