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Countdown thingy = Academy Leader

beeps = pips

How to get them? From the Guide Track (import audio from Quicktime movie)

How to create them? 2 seconds before the first frame of picture make a selection 1 frame in length and then use Audiosuite->Other->Signal Generator to create a sine wave @1000Hz.

If your quicktime doesn't include BITC then there's not a lot you can do about it without Final Cut or something similar easiest thing to do would be to use a Big Time counter.

Delay Compensation is found in the Setup->Playback Engine dialog.

Hope this gives a start for others who are distinctly more knowledgable to jump upon.

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