Orcast → Multicam for Premiere Pro
Your multicam, cut before you open Premiere Pro
You edit in Premiere Pro — but the multicam part is still a manual grind: sync the angles, then ride the switch to whoever's speaking for the whole episode. Orcast does exactly that part first. It syncs your cameras by sound, cuts to the speaker automatically, and hands Premiere Pro a layered XML timeline — every camera on its own track — so you open a finished multicam edit and just refine it. On your Mac, free to start.
The multicam in Premiere Pro is powerful — and still manual
Premiere's multicam workflow is built for a live TV director: you sync the angles, create a multicam source sequence, then play it back and click the angle you want, in real time, for the length of the recording. For a scripted shoot that control is the point. For a weekly two-hour podcast, it means watching your whole episode again just to press buttons.
Orcast takes the recording, makes those switching decisions by who is speaking, and hands the result to Premiere as an editable timeline. You keep Premiere for colour, graphics and the final polish — you just skip the part where you re-watch the episode to cut it.
From cameras to a Premiere Pro timeline — four steps
Drop every camera into Orcast
Open your shoot folder — cameras, phones and audio recorders, whatever devices and formats you used. Nothing to prepare in Premiere yet.
Sync and auto-cut happen in Orcast
Orcast aligns every camera by sound, frame-accurate, then cuts to whoever is speaking. You get a finished multicam edit on Orcast's own timeline first — check it, nudge it.
Export a layered XML timeline
Export XML for Premiere Pro (and DaVinci Resolve). Every camera comes across on its own video track, cut points intact — a real editable sequence, not a flattened video.
Open in Premiere Pro and refine
Import the XML, relink your media, and the whole multicam edit is on your timeline. Change any cut, add lower-thirds, colour-grade, master the audio — do everything Premiere is great at, with the tedious switching already done.
Built to hand off to Premiere Pro
The XML lands as a layered sequence: every angle on its own video track, stacked, with the auto-cut expressed as clip edits on top. Nothing is baked in — you can re-switch any moment in Premiere.
No clap, no timecode, no merging clips by hand. Orcast matches the cameras by their audio waveform, so what opens in Premiere is already aligned to the frame across every angle.
The same XML export opens in DaVinci Resolve, and an FCPXML covers Final Cut Pro. Cut in Orcast, finish in whichever editor your studio already runs — Orcast doesn't ask you to switch tools.
Your footage never leaves your Mac — the cut is computed from a tiny audio fingerprint, never from uploaded video. Nothing to wait on, nothing on someone else's server.
New to the workflow? Start with how to edit a podcast, or see the full multicam editing software overview.
Multicam + Premiere Pro FAQ
Does Orcast replace Premiere Pro's multicam?
It replaces the tedious part of it. Orcast makes the sync and the switching decisions automatically, then hands Premiere an editable timeline. You still finish in Premiere — colour, graphics, audio — just without riding the switch in real time.
How do I get the multicam edit into Premiere Pro?
Export XML from Orcast and import it in Premiere Pro (File → Import). Relink your media if Premiere asks, and the layered multicam timeline appears — every camera on its own track.
Do I still need to sync the cameras in Premiere?
No. The sync is done in Orcast by audio, before export. When the timeline opens in Premiere, every angle is already frame-aligned — there's nothing to merge or line up.
Which Premiere Pro import format does Orcast use?
XML — the interchange format Premiere Pro reads for full timelines. Orcast writes a layered XML for Premiere and DaVinci Resolve, and a separate FCPXML for Final Cut Pro.
Is it free to try?
Yes. Orcast is free to install and free for the first 5 minutes of every edit — enough to sync your cameras, see the auto-cut and test an export into Premiere. Pro unlocks the full length. Your footage stays on your Mac.
Cut the multicam, keep Premiere Pro
Download Orcast, drop in a recording, and export a Premiere-ready multicam timeline from your first episode.
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