Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 439)

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Using Conform with Final Cut Pro
The picture editor and sound editor can work in parallel and
then use Conform to easily merge the results of their work.
One of the biggest hurdles faced by sound editors is dealing with picture changes.
When a picture editor moves clips or changes edit durations, the sound editor receives
the new edit and then must manually conform the sound mix to the new picture edit.
This process is time-consuming and it’s easy to make mistakes. Worse, manually
conforming a mix distracts a sound editor from the most important job at hand:
completing the mix.
About Conforming Manually
When manually conforming a sound mix to a new picture cut, a sound editor imports
the picture editor’s new audio clips into an existing multitrack project on new tracks.
Next, the sound editor has to walk through the new edits one by one, comparing the
old placement of clips to the new ones. Clips in the old mix must be adjusted so that
they line up with new cuts in the video. Clips may also need to be deleted or added
because a shot was cut or added.
Using Soundtrack Pro Conform
Soundtrack Pro Conform makes conforming multitrack projects much more efficient.
The picture editor and sound editor can work in parallel and then use Conform to easily
merge the results of their work.