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For an indie creator making long-form music-performance videos—especially multi-camera footage with a dedicated multitrack recording—the best all-in-one choice is DaVinci Resolve.

My ranking

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

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Resolve is unusually well suited to this specific workflow because editing and serious audio post live in the same application. Its Fairlight page supports multitrack recording/editing, EQ, dynamics, plug-ins, automation, bussing, loudness monitoring and final mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle projects with very large track counts and supports formats from stereo through immersive audio. Blackmagic Design

For a concert/session video, you could have:

• Camera 1 — wide
• Camera 2 — performer close-up
• Camera 3 — audience/alternate angle
• Scratch camera audio
• 16–32+ channels of multitrack recording
• Click/reference track
• Room mics
• Vocal/instrument stems
• Master bus

Then cut the performance while keeping the original multitrack audio tied to the picture.

Resolve also has dedicated Auto Sync Audio functionality using waveform information, which is particularly useful when your camera recordings contain scratch audio and you have a separate multitrack recorder. Blackmagic Design Documents

The big advantage is that you don't have to finish the video in one program and then shuttle a complicated audio project to another just to mix it.

For an indie creator, I'd choose Resolve Studio if you can afford it; the free version is an exceptionally good starting point.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro + Audition

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Premiere is excellent if video editing is the dominant part of your work and you're already invested in Adobe.

It has strong multicamera workflows and substantial audio capabilities, including professional mixers, automation, EQ, compressors, limiters and surround mixing. Adobe

The downside for your particular use case is that the really deep audio workflow is more naturally split between Premiere and Audition rather than being as unified as Resolve/Fairlight.

I'd pick Premiere if you're also doing things like:

• YouTube documentaries
• Interviews
• Social clips
• Motion graphics
• Adobe After Effects work
• Collaborative Adobe projects

For primarily music-performance films, I think Resolve is the cleaner system.

3. Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro

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If you're on a Mac, this is probably the strongest alternative.

Final Cut has very good multicam functionality and can automatically synchronize material using audio waveforms. Apple Support Apple

Its Roles/Subroles system is particularly nice for music projects: you can organize audio by things such as:

• Drums
• Bass
• Guitars
• Vocals
• Room
• Audience
• Ambience
• Playback

and export those as separate audio stems when needed. Apple Support Apple Support

Where it gets interesting is pairing FCP with Logic Pro:

Final Cut → picture edit → Logic → serious music mix/master → back to Final Cut

That's an excellent Mac-centric workflow, but it introduces more project management than Resolve.

4. REAPER

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REAPER is phenomenal for the audio side and is inexpensive compared with many professional DAWs.

If your priority is getting a genuinely excellent music mix—editing takes, comping performances, routing dozens of channels, automation, plug-in chains, mastering, etc.—REAPER deserves serious consideration.

I wouldn't make it your primary video editor, though. I'd use something like:

Resolve → picture edit/sync → REAPER → final mix → Resolve

That's a great workflow if you're an audio person who wants much more control over the mix than a typical video editor provides.

What I'd actually use

For your particular description, I'd build the workflow like this:

Cameras + multitrack recorder
↓
DaVinci Resolve — sync everything
↓
Resolve Edit — multicam performance edit
↓
Fairlight — edit/mix/master the multitrack
↓
Color page — grade cameras
↓
Deliver — YouTube/Vimeo/etc.

That keeps picture, sync, audio, color and export in one project.

One important distinction: if by "mastering" you mean proper music mastering for a released song/album, rather than simply making the performance video's soundtrack sound polished, I'd still consider doing the final stereo master in REAPER, Logic Pro, or another dedicated DAW. Fairlight is absolutely capable of serious mastering, but a dedicated music DAW can be preferable if you're simultaneously preparing a commercial audio release.

Bottom line:

• 🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — best single application for your workflow.
• 🥈 Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro — best Mac-centric alternative.
• 🥉 Premiere Pro + Audition — best if you're already an Adobe creator.
• 🎚️ Resolve + REAPER — best if audio quality/control is your highest priority.

That's an excellent Mac-centric workflow, but it introduces more project management than Resolve.

4. REAPER

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REAPER is phenomenal for the audio side and is inexpensive compared with many professional DAWs.

If your priority is getting a genuinely excellent music mix—editing takes, comping performances, routing dozens of channels, automation, plug-in chains, mastering, etc.—REAPER deserves serious consideration.

I wouldn't make it your primary video editor, though. I'd use something like:

Resolve → picture edit/sync → REAPER → final mix → Resolve

That's a great workflow if you're an audio person who wants much more control over the mix than a typical video editor provides.

What I'd actually use

For your particular description, I'd build the workflow like this:

Cameras + multitrack recorder
↓
DaVinci Resolve — sync everything
↓
Resolve Edit — multicam performance edit
↓
Fairlight — edit/mix/master the multitrack
↓
Color page — grade cameras
↓
Deliver — YouTube/Vimeo/etc.

That keeps picture, sync, audio, color and export in one project.

One important distinction: if by "mastering" you mean proper music mastering for a released song/album, rather than simply making the performance video's soundtrack sound polished, I'd still consider doing the final stereo master in REAPER, Logic Pro, or another dedicated DAW. Fairlight is absolutely capable of serious mastering, but a dedicated music DAW can be preferable if you're simultaneously preparing a commercial audio release.

Bottom line:

• 🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — best single application for your workflow.
• 🥈 Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro — best Mac-centric alternative.
• 🥉 Premiere Pro + Audition — best if you're already an Adobe creator.
• 🎚️ Resolve + REAPER — best if audio quality/control is your highest priority.

For long-form music performance videos—especially if you have multiple cameras plus a separately recorded multitrack performance—the best fit is DaVinci Resolve Studio.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio

This is the one I'd recommend for an indie music creator.

Resolve's Fairlight audio environment is unusually serious for an NLE: it supports large multitrack projects, channel mapping, buses, automation, EQ, dynamics, plug-ins, loudness monitoring, and final mastering. Blackmagic specifically describes Fairlight as supporting everything from conventional stereo through immersive formats, with very large track counts. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

That makes it particularly well suited to something like:

4K/6K camera footage → multiple angles → external multitrack recording → sync → multicam edit → detailed mix → color grade → final master

You don't have to round-trip the project between Premiere and a separate DAW just to get a serious final mix.

There's also a free version of Resolve, while Studio is currently listed at $295. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd choose Studio if: you're recording bands, live sessions, covers, concerts, drum performances, studio performances, or YouTube music videos where the audio quality is as important as the picture.

🥈 Adobe Premiere

Premiere is an excellent alternative, particularly if you're already using Photoshop/After Effects.

Its multicamera workflow can synchronize cameras using timecode, audio, markers, or other synchronization methods, and Adobe explicitly supports external audio sources in multicam sequences. helpx.adobe.com

Premiere can also automatically sync separately recorded audio and provides loudness/leveling tools. www.adobe.com

The catch is that for serious music mixing/mastering, I'd rather have Resolve's Fairlight environment. If you're going to spend hours balancing individual kick, snare, overhead, bass, guitar, vocals, room mics, etc., Resolve gives you a more DAW-like finishing environment without leaving the video project.

🥉 Final Cut Pro

If you're entirely on Mac, Final Cut is extremely fast and pleasant for cutting long-form multicam material. I'd consider it if your priority is:

get 4–8 camera angles organized → make the performance edit quickly → hand the audio to Logic Pro

rather than doing the complete audio post-production inside the video editor.

For an indie creator, though, that means maintaining two applications and a round-trip workflow.

The workflow I'd actually use

For a serious performance video, I'd build the project roughly like this:

Resolve

1. Import all camera footage.
2. Import the multitrack WAV/stems from your recording setup.
3. Sync cameras to the master audio using waveform/timecode.
4. Build a multicam clip.
5. Cut the performance using the clean multitrack as the audio foundation.
6. Keep individual audio sources separated—kick, snare, overheads, bass, guitars, vocals, room, etc.
7. Mix in Fairlight.
8. Color grade.
9. Master the final stereo mix.
10. Export the video and a separate high-quality audio master.

The important part is not baking the camera audio into your final soundtrack. Use the camera audio primarily as a synchronization reference and build the actual soundtrack from your dedicated multitrack recording.

One caveat

If by "mastering" you mean true music-release mastering—for example, you're simultaneously producing a YouTube performance video and releasing the recording to Spotify/Apple Music—I'd consider a hybrid:

DaVinci Resolve Studio + Logic Pro / Pro Tools

Do the video edit, sync, sound design, mix and video finishing in Resolve, then send the final mix to a dedicated DAW for the absolute final music master.

But if you're trying to keep the operation indie, affordable, and contained in one application, Resolve Studio is the clear winner for this particular workflow. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

For long-form music performance videos—especially multi-camera footage with a separately recorded multitrack performance—I’d strongly recommend DaVinci Resolve Studio as the first choice.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — my pick

Resolve is unusually well suited to this specific job because Fairlight is a full audio-post environment built directly into the video editor. It supports automatic audio synchronization, multichannel audio, extensive track/bus routing, EQ, dynamics, effects, automation, loudness monitoring, and mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects. www.blackmagicdesign.comdocuments.blackmagicdesign.comcommunity.adobe.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

For a performance shoot, you could have:

• Camera 1 — wide
• Camera 2 — drummer
• Camera 3 — vocalist
• Camera 4 — guitar
• Scratch audio from each camera
• 16–32+ channels of multitrack recording
• Click track / guide track
• Room/ambience microphones

Resolve can automatically sync external audio to video using waveform information, and Fairlight provides tools for precise audio/video synchronization. documents.blackmagicdesign.com

Then you can cut the entire performance while keeping the actual multitrack recording underneath, rather than flattening everything into a stereo file.

The big advantage is the finishing workflow: edit → color grade → mix → master → export all within one project.

Resolve Studio is currently listed by Blackmagic at $295, while the base version of Resolve is free. www.blackmagicdesign.com

DaVinci Resolve / Fairlight official page

🥈 Premiere Pro

Premiere is an excellent choice if you're already comfortable with Adobe.

Its multicamera workflow is mature, and it can synchronize using timecode or audio waveforms. It also has sophisticated audio mixing, automation, EQ, compression, limiting, loudness matching and other post-production tools. community.adobe.com

I'd choose Premiere over Resolve if your workflow involves a lot of:

• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Adobe Media Encoder
• Adobe collaboration
• motion graphics
• existing Adobe projects

For music-performance audio specifically, though, I think Resolve/Fairlight gives you a more cohesive environment.

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🥉 Logic Pro or Reaper as a dedicated audio companion

If audio quality is the priority, there's another excellent workflow:

Resolve/Premiere → Reaper or Logic → back to video editor

Use the video editor for multicam cutting and color, while doing the serious music production in a DAW.

This is particularly attractive if you're doing things like:

• drum editing
• vocal comping
• guitar tuning
• phase alignment
• multitrack editing
• parallel compression
• bus processing
• mastering
• detailed automation

For an indie creator, Reaper + Resolve is probably the strongest inexpensive "serious production" combination.

What I'd actually use

For a typical indie live-performance channel, I'd build the workflow like this:

1. Record
→ Cameras + isolated multitrack audio
↓
2. Sync
→ Resolve waveform/timecode sync
↓
3. Multicam edit
→ Cut between cameras while retaining the multitrack
↓
4. Audio edit
→ comp/clean/edit the individual instruments
↓
5. Mix
→ drums → bass → guitars → vocals → ambience → master bus
↓
6. Color
→ match cameras, grade performance
↓
7. Master
→ loudness/peak checks + final stereo master
↓
8. Deliver
→ YouTube master + archival high-quality master

Bottom line: If you're starting from scratch, I'd learn DaVinci Resolve Studio + Fairlight rather than buying separate video and audio applications. It gives you a surprisingly complete professional workflow in one application, and its audio capabilities are substantially deeper than what you need merely to "put music under a video." www.blackmagicdesign.comdocuments.blackmagicdesign.comcommunity.adobe.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

If you tell me Mac or Windows, number of cameras, number of audio tracks, and whether you're recording live concerts vs. studio-style performances, I can recommend a specific workflow and hardware setup.

For long-form music performance videos—multiple cameras, isolated multitrack recordings, precise sync, editing, mixing, and final mastering—I’d strongly recommend DaVinci Resolve Studio as the first choice.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — my pick

DaVinci Resolve is unusually well suited to this exact use case because Fairlight is essentially a professional DAW integrated into the video editor.

You can have your camera footage and individual audio tracks—kick, snare, toms, overheads, bass, guitars, vocals, room mics, etc.—in the same project. Fairlight supports sample-accurate editing, extensive track counts, EQ/dynamics, automation, plug-ins, bussing, loudness monitoring, and final mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

That makes it particularly attractive for a performance video where you might have:

4–8 cameras → 16–40 audio tracks → multicam edit → audio mixing → color → final mastering → YouTube/Vimeo delivery

without round-tripping between several applications.

It also has dedicated audio/video sync tools and channel mapping, including the ability to work with multichannel recordings as separate mono tracks. www.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd choose Resolve Studio if you're starting from scratch.

🥈 Premiere Pro — excellent if you're already in Adobe

Adobe Premiere Pro is arguably the easier choice if your workflow revolves around video editing, After Effects, Photoshop, or an Adobe-based production pipeline.

Premiere has strong multicamera synchronization using timecode or audio waveforms, and Adobe specifically recommends timecode when available for professional multicamera work. community.adobe.com

Its audio tools have also become quite capable: mixers, automation, EQ, compression/limiting, effects, loudness/level matching, and other post-production tools are integrated into Premiere. www.adobe.com

The distinction I'd make is:

• Resolve: video editor that also happens to contain a serious DAW
• Premiere: video editor with increasingly capable audio post

For music performance, I prefer the former.

🥉 Pro Tools + Resolve/Premiere

If the music itself is the highest priority, a hybrid workflow is worth considering:

Resolve/Premiere → picture edit → Pro Tools → final audio mix/master → back to video

This makes sense when you're doing sophisticated music production—lots of vocal comping, drum editing, amp processing, elaborate automation, external hardware, etc.

But for an indie creator, I'd resist starting here unless you actually need it. You're adding another application, another interchange format, and another opportunity for sync/versioning problems.

Resolve's Fairlight is powerful enough that you can stay in one application for a surprisingly professional music-performance workflow. www.blackmagicdesign.com

The workflow I'd recommend

For something like a 30–90 minute live studio performance, I'd structure the project approximately like this:

1. Sync

• Generate proxies if necessary.
• Sync all camera footage to the multitrack recorder.
• Prefer timecode if you have it.
• Otherwise use waveform sync plus manual verification.

2. Multicam edit

• Build a multicam source.
• Cut between cameras without touching the master audio.
• Keep the original multitrack audio continuously locked to the performance.

3. Audio

• Separate tracks for each instrument/mic.
• Instrument → subgroup/bus.
• Vocal → vocal bus.
• Drum → drum bus.
• All music → stereo master.
• Add EQ, compression, saturation, reverb, limiting, etc.

4. Picture

• Color correct cameras.
• Match exposure/white balance.
• Add titles and graphics.
• Don't repeatedly render/re-import the audio.

5. Master

• Mix the actual performance.
• Check peaks, integrated loudness, dynamics, and translation on headphones/speakers.
• Export the mastered stereo mix along with the video.

Resolve's Fairlight environment is particularly good for this because the audio and picture remain connected in the same project, and its mastering/delivery tools support stereo through immersive formats. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

One important distinction

If by "mastering" you mean proper music mastering—for example, you want to produce a high-quality stereo master of the performance that will also be released as an album/EP—I'd consider:

Resolve → mix/master in REAPER or Pro Tools → bring the final master back into Resolve

But if "mastering" means getting the performance video's audio sounding polished, balanced, loudness-compliant, and ready for YouTube, Fairlight is more than adequate.

Bottom line: Start with DaVinci Resolve Studio. It gives an indie creator the closest thing to a complete video editor + multicam system + DAW + mixing console + color suite + mastering/delivery system in one application, without forcing you into a multi-app workflow. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

For long-form music performance videos—especially live sessions, studio performances, concerts, covers, or multi-camera performances where you have several isolated audio tracks—I’d strongly recommend DaVinci Resolve as the first choice.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — my pick

DaVinci Resolve is unusually well suited to your specific workflow because Fairlight is a full professional audio-post environment built directly into the video editor. Blackmagic says Fairlight supports sample-accurate editing, advanced synchronization, multitrack recording, EQ/dynamics, plug-ins, automation, loudness monitoring, bussing, and mastering. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

For a music performance, you can essentially do:

Camera footage → sync all cameras → sync multitrack recording → multicam edit → color grade → mix/master → final export

without round-tripping between applications.

Fairlight's Sync Scrollers are particularly useful for performance videos: they let you visually compare video frames against audio waveforms for precise synchronization. www.blackmagicdesign.com

And the audio side is substantially deeper than what you'd normally expect from an NLE: channel EQ/dynamics, effects, automation, buses, plug-ins, loudness measurement, and mastering are all integrated. www.blackmagicdesign.com

The free version is worth trying. Resolve 21 is currently offered free, while Studio is listed at $295. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

🥈 Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is excellent if your workflow involves After Effects, Photoshop, or other Adobe tools.

Its audio capabilities include professional effects such as compressors, limiters and EQ, plus a mixer with faders, panning, channel strips and automation. www.adobe.com

I'd choose Premiere over Resolve if you're doing heavily graphics-driven music content or already live inside Creative Cloud.

For serious music mixing/mastering, though, I'd give Resolve/Fairlight the edge.

🥉 Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is a very good choice if you're on a Mac and prioritize extremely fast editing.

I'd choose it when the job is primarily:

shoot → sync → multicam edit → polish → export

rather than when you want the NLE itself to function as your complete audio post-production environment.

What I'd actually use for indie music performances

If you're a solo creator or small production team, I'd avoid unnecessarily complicated software stacks.

Best single-app workflow:

DaVinci Resolve Studio → Fairlight → your preferred VST/AU mastering plugins

For example, you might have:

• Camera 1 — wide
• Camera 2 — performer close-up
• Camera 3 — instrument/alternate angle
• Camera 4 — audience/detail shots
• Scratch audio from cameras
• Kick
• Snare
• Toms
• Overheads
• Bass DI
• Guitar mic/DI
• Vocals
• Room mics
• Stereo room/ambience

Resolve can keep those audio sources as separate tracks while you edit the picture, then let you build buses and a final stereo master in Fairlight. Its channel mapping also lets you manage multichannel sources and separate or recombine channels as needed. www.blackmagicdesign.com

One important distinction: if by "mastering" you mean actual music-release-quality mastering rather than simply getting your YouTube/video soundtrack sounding polished, I would still consider doing the final stereo master in Steinberg WaveLab, Apple Logic Pro, or another dedicated mastering environment after the video mix. But you don't need to do that for most performance-video work.

Bottom line: Start with DaVinci Resolve (free). If you're doing this regularly and need the more advanced Fairlight/video/color features, Resolve Studio is probably the best indie-creator investment. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

For indie creators making long-form music performance videos, I’d narrow it to three serious choices:

🥇 My pick: DaVinci Resolve

For your specific use case, DaVinci Resolve is probably the strongest choice.

The big advantage is that Fairlight is essentially a full DAW inside Resolve. You can synchronize separately recorded audio, work with huge numbers of tracks, EQ/compress/process individual channels, automate mixes, route buses, monitor loudness, and master the final stereo or surround output without round-tripping to another application. Blackmagic says Fairlight supports up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects and includes advanced sync, bussing, automation and mastering tools. www.blackmagicdesign.com

That's particularly useful for a performance video such as:

4 cameras + stereo board mix + isolated vocal + guitar DI + room mics + audience mics

You can keep all of that in one project:

Camera footage → multicam edit → synced multitrack audio → Fairlight mix → master → final video

Resolve also has Auto Sync Audio, including waveform-based synchronization, which is very useful when your camera scratch tracks need to be aligned with a dedicated multitrack recording. documents.blackmagicdesign.com

🥈 Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a great alternative if you're primarily a video editor.

Premiere has multicam editing, synchronization of separately recorded audio, a substantial collection of audio effects, mixing, loudness/level tools and automation. www.adobe.com

I'd choose Premiere if your projects involve lots of:

• YouTube/social deliverables
• interviews and documentary material
• motion graphics
• Adobe After Effects
• collaborative Adobe workflows

For music-performance-heavy projects, though, I prefer Resolve because Fairlight makes serious multitrack mixing feel like a first-class part of the video workflow rather than an audio feature attached to an NLE.

🥉 Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro

If you're on a Mac, Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro is an excellent combination.

Final Cut has strong multicam and audio organization through its Roles system, including separate audio lanes and the ability to export audio stems for further mixing. support.apple.com

Then Logic is the serious audio environment. It gives you extensive mixing tools plus a Mastering Assistant designed specifically to process the finished stereo mix for playback across different systems. www.apple.com

The downside is workflow complexity: you're effectively using two applications, whereas Resolve can take you from camera media through final mastering in one project.

What I'd use for an indie performance channel

If I were setting up the workflow from scratch:

DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Multicam camera editing
• Waveform/timecode audio synchronization
• Fairlight for the entire multitrack mix
• EQ/compression/gates/reverb
• Bus processing
• Automation
• Loudness checking
• Final mastering
• Color grading
• Titles/graphics
• YouTube master/export

Then I'd only add a dedicated DAW such as Logic Pro, Pro Tools, or another DAW if the music production itself becomes more sophisticated than the video production.

Bottom line:
👉 One program: DaVinci Resolve Studio
👉 Best video + audio ecosystem: Premiere Pro
👉 Best Mac ecosystem: Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro
👉 If mastering/mixing the live performance is a major part of the job: Resolve/Fairlight wins for simplicity and capability. www.blackmagicdesign.com

If you tell me Mac or Windows, number of cameras, and roughly how many audio tracks you record, I can recommend a specific indie workflow and hardware setup.

For long-form music performance videos—especially multi-camera footage with a separately recorded multitrack performance—I’d put DaVinci Resolve at the top of the list.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — my pick

For an indie creator, Resolve has an unusually strong advantage: editing, multicam, color, audio editing, mixing, and mastering are all in one application.

Its Fairlight audio system supports large multitrack sessions, waveform-based synchronization, channel mapping, EQ/dynamics, automation, plug-ins, loudness monitoring, bussing, and final mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle projects with up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects on suitable systems. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For your particular workflow, I'd do:

Camera 1/2/3/4/etc. → multicam edit → dedicated multitrack performance audio → Fairlight mix → color grade → final master

Resolve can also automatically sync external audio using waveform analysis, which is particularly useful when your cameras have scratch audio and the performance was recorded to a dedicated recorder. documents.blackmagicdesign.com

The free version is already extremely capable. Studio is currently listed at $295, and adds additional effects/audio capabilities and other advanced features. www.blackmagicdesign.com

DaVinci Resolve / Fairlight

🥈 Premiere Pro

Premiere is probably the strongest alternative if you already use Adobe.

Its multicam system can synchronize camera footage using audio, timecode, markers, or other methods, and it can incorporate separately recorded audio into the multicam source. Adobe specifically describes multicam as useful for concerts and other multi-angle performances. helpx.adobe.com

Premiere also has good audio tools, including multichannel handling and loudness workflows. documents.blackmagicdesign.comwww.adobe.com

The main reason I'd choose Resolve instead is that Fairlight is considerably more DAW-like for serious music mixing. If the audio is a major part of the production rather than just something accompanying the video, Resolve makes more sense to me.

Adobe Premiere Pro

🥉 Final Cut Pro

If you're on a Mac and want a fast editing experience, Final Cut is excellent.

Its multicam clips can contain multiple audio components, and its Roles system effectively lets you organize and manipulate groups of audio as buses/components. You can independently adjust volume, panning and effects on those components. support.apple.com

I'd favor FCP if your priority is fast multicam cutting and a streamlined Mac workflow. I'd favor Resolve if you're doing substantial music mixing/mastering inside the same project.

Final Cut Pro

What I'd actually use for an indie music channel

If you're recording something like:

• 3–6 cameras
• isolated vocal mic(s)
• isolated instrument tracks
• room/ambience mics
• 30–120 minute performances
• YouTube/Vimeo delivery

I'd use DaVinci Resolve Studio alone initially.

You don't necessarily need a separate DAW. Bring the multitrack audio into Resolve, sync it against the camera scratch tracks, build the multicam edit, and then do the actual mix in Fairlight. You can EQ individual instruments, compress them, create buses, automate levels, add reverb/delay, control the stereo image, and finish to an appropriate loudness target—all without leaving the project. www.blackmagicdesign.com

One caveat: if you're doing serious music production—e.g. 30+ isolated tracks, detailed vocal comping, drum editing, elaborate automation, lots of virtual instruments/plugins—I'd consider Reaper or Pro Tools for the audio, with Resolve handling the picture.

For most indie performance-video creators, though, Resolve Studio is the sweet spot: one purchase, no subscription, excellent multicam, excellent color, and unusually serious audio post.

If you tell me Mac or Windows, number of cameras, number of audio tracks, and whether you're recording live concerts vs. studio sessions, I can recommend a specific workflow and hardware setup.

For long-form music performance videos with multiple camera angles + multitrack audio + serious mixing/mastering, I’d rank them:

🥇 My pick: DaVinci Resolve Studio

For an indie musician/creator, DaVinci Resolve Studio is probably the strongest single-app choice.

Its Fairlight audio environment is built directly into the video editor, rather than requiring you to round-trip the project to a separate DAW. It supports advanced sync, channel mapping, automation, EQ, dynamics, plug-ins, loudness monitoring, bussing, and mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle projects with up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects, far beyond what a typical performance-video project will need. www.blackmagicdesign.com

That makes it particularly good for something like:

4 camera angles + 16–32 channels of live audio + scratch camera audio + overdubs + final stereo master

You can sync the performance audio to the cameras, cut the video while retaining the multitrack sources, then do the actual mix/master without leaving Resolve.

The current Resolve 21 is available as a free version, while Resolve Studio 21 is $295 as a one-time purchase. www.blackmagicdesign.com

🥈 Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is excellent if you're already invested in Adobe or expect to do a lot of content around the performance—YouTube edits, Shorts, graphics, promotional material, etc.

Premiere can synchronize multiple audio sources automatically and provides a proper mixer with faders, panning, channel strips, EQ/compression and other effects. Adobe also has loudness matching and other audio-post tools. www.adobe.com

The downside for your specific use case is that Resolve/Fairlight feels more purpose-built for doing the final music mix inside the same application.

🥉 Final Cut Pro

If you're on a Mac and want an extremely fast editing experience, Final Cut Pro is a very good choice.

Its multicam system can synchronize angles using audio waveforms, and its Roles system is particularly useful for organizing performance audio into things like:

• Drums
• Bass
• Guitars
• Vocals
• Keys
• Audience
• Room mics
• Playback

You can subsequently export those Roles as separate audio stems for mixing/mastering. support.apple.com

I'd choose FCP over Resolve primarily if fast video editing is more important than having a deep integrated audio-post environment.

The workflow I'd recommend

For an indie performance creator, I'd do:

Cameras → Resolve → waveform/timecode sync → multicam edit → Fairlight mix → mastering → YouTube/streaming export

If you have a proper multitrack recording from your DAW, keep the individual tracks rather than bouncing everything to stereo. That gives you much more control over:

• Vocal level
• Drum balance
• Guitar/bass relationship
• Audience/room ambience
• Compression
• EQ
• Reverb
• Limiting
• Final loudness

Resolve's Fairlight also supports exporting different buses/tracks and has dedicated mastering/finishing capabilities. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Bottom line: If you're starting from scratch, learn DaVinci Resolve Studio. It's unusually well suited to the exact intersection of music production + multicamera performance editing + professional audio finishing, without requiring you to maintain separate video-editing and DAW projects. www.blackmagicdesign.com

DaVinci Resolve / Fairlight official site

If you tell me Mac or Windows, number of cameras, and roughly how many audio tracks, I can recommend a specific workflow and hardware setup.

For long-form music performance videos—especially live sessions, concerts, studio performances, covers, or multi-camera sessions—I’d put DaVinci Resolve at the top of the list.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve — my recommendation

DaVinci Resolve is unusually well suited to this specific job because Fairlight, its audio post-production environment, is built directly into the video editor.

You can sync multicamera footage using audio waveform, timecode, or in/out points, then edit the performance from a multicam viewer. www.blackmagicdesign.com

More importantly for music, Fairlight gives you a proper multitrack mixing environment: EQ, dynamics, effects, automation, buses, channel mapping, loudness monitoring, and mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects on supported systems. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

That means you can have something like:

VIDEO
Cam 1 — Wide
Cam 2 — Guitar
Cam 3 — Drums
Cam 4 — Vocal
Cam 5 — Audience

AUDIO
01 Kick
02 Snare
03 Toms
04 OH L
05 OH R
06 Bass DI
07 Bass Mic
08 Guitar 1
09 Guitar 2
10 Lead Vocal
11 Backing Vocal
12 Room L
13 Room R
...

…and edit the cameras and mix the original multitrack performance in the same project.

That's a major advantage over a workflow where you edit the video in one application and constantly shuttle audio between applications.

The killer feature for indie creators

There is a free version of Resolve, while Resolve Studio is currently listed at $295 as a one-time purchase. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

For someone building a YouTube/channel-based production operation, I'd start with the free version and only buy Studio when you actually encounter a feature limitation.

🥈 Premiere Pro — excellent alternative

Adobe Premiere Pro is probably my second choice.

Premiere is particularly good if your workflow involves lots of graphics, Photoshop/After Effects, social-media versions, collaborators, or existing Adobe projects. Adobe supports multicam sequences with audio-based synchronization, and Premiere has professional mixer controls, EQ, compression/limiting, effects and loudness tools. www.adobe.com

Its audio syncing is also quite convenient for independent productions where you have camera scratch audio plus a separately recorded multitrack source. www.adobe.com

The downside for your particular use case is that Fairlight feels more like a complete DAW integrated into the video editor. If music audio is a central part of your production rather than something you're merely cleaning up, Resolve has the advantage.

🥉 Final Cut Pro

If you're Mac-only, Final Cut Pro is worth considering. Its editing experience is extremely fast and its multicam workflow is strong.

I'd choose it over Resolve if your priority is:

fast editing → relatively straightforward audio → rapid YouTube delivery

I'd choose Resolve if it's:

multicam performance → serious multitrack mixing → mastering → color → final delivery

What I'd actually use

For an indie music creator, I'd build the workflow around:

DaVinci Resolve + Fairlight + good audio plugins

You can essentially do:

1. Ingest
→ camera footage + multitrack WAVs

2. Sync
→ waveform/timecode

3. Build multicam
→ all performance cameras

4. Edit
→ switch cameras while listening to the actual multitrack recording

5. Audio mix
→ gain → editing → EQ → compression → saturation → reverb/delay → buses → master

6. Color
→ match cameras → grade

7. Master
→ loudness/peak checks → final stereo mix

8. Deliver
→ YouTube master + 4K version + vertical/social cuts

Resolve's Fairlight environment specifically supports mixing/mastering stereo and surround formats and includes professional audio-post tools, automation and third-party plugin support. www.blackmagicdesign.com

One important distinction

If by "mastering" you mean actually mastering the music release—e.g. producing a WAV master for Spotify/Apple Music/CD—I'd still consider using Logic Pro, Pro Tools, or another dedicated DAW for the final music master.

But if you mean making the audio in the performance video sound professionally mixed and mastered, Resolve/Fairlight is more than capable and has the enormous advantage of keeping the picture, multicam edit, multitrack audio and final mix together.

Bottom line:
DaVinci Resolve is the strongest overall choice for your use case. Premiere is the best alternative if you're heavily invested in Adobe. If you're an indie creator starting from scratch, I'd spend the money on microphones, recording hardware, storage and monitoring before spending it on another NLE.

For long-form music performance videos, especially if you have several camera angles plus separately recorded multitrack audio, I’d strongly favor DaVinci Resolve Studio.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — my pick

DaVinci Resolve is unusually well suited to your use case because Fairlight is a full professional audio post-production environment integrated directly into the video editor. It supports large numbers of tracks, sample-accurate editing, advanced sync, EQ/dynamics, plug-ins, automation, loudness monitoring, bussing and mastering. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For a performance video, you can essentially do:

camera footage → multicam edit → multitrack performance audio → detailed mix → color grade → final master

without round-tripping between applications.

Fairlight also has dedicated audio/video scrollers for precise synchronization, channel mapping for multichannel recordings, and support for third-party audio plug-ins. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

The current Studio version is $295 one-time, rather than a subscription. www.blackmagicdesign.com

🥈 Premiere Pro — excellent alternative

Adobe Premiere Pro is particularly good if your workflow involves After Effects, Photoshop, Frame.io, or other Adobe tools.

It handles syncing multiple audio sources and has a capable mixer with faders, panning, channel strips, EQ, compressors/limiters and loudness tools. www.adobe.com

I'd choose Premiere over Resolve if you're primarily a video editor who happens to work with music, rather than a musician/producer who needs serious control over the recorded performance.

🎛️ For really serious music audio

There's another workflow I'd consider:

Resolve/Premiere → Logic Pro, Pro Tools, or another DAW → back to video editor

That's worthwhile if you're doing something like:

• 16–64+ microphone channels
• individual drum/bass/guitar/vocal processing
• extensive vocal tuning
• amp/speaker simulation
• detailed automation
• mastering intended to stand on its own as an audio release

But for most independent creators, that's unnecessary complexity. Resolve's Fairlight is now capable enough that I'd start there. Blackmagic specifically describes it as supporting professional mixing/mastering and up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

What I'd use for an indie performance channel

DaVinci Resolve Studio + good third-party audio plug-ins.

A practical project might look like:

1. Sync all cameras to the multitrack recording.
2. Create a multicam performance timeline.
3. Keep the original multitrack recording intact.
4. Edit camera cuts without destructively changing the music.
5. Mix drums, bass, guitars, keys, vocals, etc. in Fairlight.
6. Put bus processing on drums / instruments / vocals / master.
7. Color-grade the performance.
8. Monitor loudness and peaks.
9. Export a high-quality master and your YouTube deliverable.

One particularly nice aspect is that Resolve's Edit page already exposes Fairlight controls, while you can jump into the dedicated Fairlight page when you need deeper mixing. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Bottom line: If you're starting from scratch, I'd pick DaVinci Resolve Studio. It gives an indie creator an unusually complete NLE + color grader + audio workstation + mastering environment in one application, without forcing you into a subscription. www.blackmagicdesign.com

If you tell me how many cameras, how many audio tracks, and whether you're on Mac or Windows, I can recommend a specific performance-video workflow and plug-in stack (including how I'd handle sync, editing, mixing, mastering, and YouTube loudness).

For long-form music performance videos—especially live sessions, concerts, studio performances, or multi-camera sessions where you have a separate multitrack recording—I’d put DaVinci Resolve Studio at the top.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve Studio — my recommendation

Resolve is unusually well suited to this exact workflow because Fairlight is a full audio-post environment integrated directly into the video editor. It supports automatic waveform-based audio sync, extensive multitrack editing, channel mapping, buses, EQ, dynamics, plugins, automation, loudness monitoring, and mastering without having to round-trip your project to another application. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For example, you can have:

• Camera 1 — wide
• Camera 2 — close-up
• Camera 3 — drummer
• Camera 4 — guitarist
• Scratch camera audio
• 16/24/32-channel multitrack recording
• Room mics
• Audience mics

…and keep the actual multitrack performance underneath the edited video.

Resolve's Fairlight engine supports very large track counts, sophisticated bussing, third-party VST/AU plugins, loudness monitoring, and stereo through immersive formats. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Big advantage for an indie creator: you can do the entire job in one project rather than editing in one program and then exporting stems to another DAW.

DaVinci Resolve

🥈 Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro — excellent if you're on Mac

If you're heavily invested in Apple hardware, this is arguably the nicest alternative.

Final Cut can automatically synchronize multicam material using audio waveforms, including syncing external audio to video. support.apple.com It also has very good multicam editing, which is particularly useful for performance videos. www.apple.com

Where I'd change the workflow is audio mastering: use Logic Pro when you need serious music-production control. Apple explicitly positions Logic as the more advanced audio-mixing companion to Final Cut. www.apple.com

So:

Final Cut → picture edit → Logic → final mix/master → Final Cut/Compressor

This is a fantastic setup if you're already comfortable with Logic.

🥉 Premiere Pro + Audition

Premiere is another strong choice, particularly if you're already using Adobe products.

Premiere can synchronize multiple audio sources, and its audio environment includes EQ, compression, limiting, channel strips, automation, surround mixing, etc. www.adobe.com

I'd choose it over Resolve primarily if:

• you're already an Adobe user,
• you're collaborating with other Adobe editors,
• you need After Effects heavily,
• or your workflow revolves around Frame.io/Adobe Creative Cloud.

For music performance specifically, though, I think Resolve/Fairlight is the more compelling all-in-one solution.

What I'd actually use

For an indie creator making something like a 20–90 minute live performance film, I'd build the workflow around:

DaVinci Resolve Studio
→ ingest all cameras
→ waveform-sync the multitrack recording
→ create multicam clips
→ edit the performance
→ keep the original multitrack audio
→ mix in Fairlight
→ EQ/compress/limit/master
→ color grade
→ deliver YouTube/Vimeo/master files

The important distinction is that you don't want to bake the audio into the video early. Keep the individual kick, snare, overheads, vocals, guitars, bass, room mics, etc. as separate tracks so you can mix after the picture edit.

One caveat

If by "mastering" you mean serious commercial music mastering—the kind of workflow you'd use for an album release—I'd still consider doing the final stereo master in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, or another dedicated DAW after the video mix is locked.

But if you mean "make the performance video's audio sound professionally mixed, controlled, loudness-compliant, and polished", Resolve Fairlight is more than capable.

Bottom line:
Windows or Mac → DaVinci Resolve Studio.
Mac + already love Logic → Final Cut Pro + Logic Pro.
Already deep in Adobe → Premiere Pro + Audition.

For your particular use case, Resolve Studio is probably the best value and least-complicated workflow.

For long-form music performance videos—multiple cameras + separately recorded multitrack audio + tight sync + a polished final master—I’d put DaVinci Resolve at the top of the list.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve — my recommendation

Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve is unusually well suited to this exact workflow because its Fairlight audio workstation is built directly into the video editor.

You can synchronize separately recorded audio, edit multicamera footage, and then move into Fairlight without round-tripping the project to another DAW. Resolve supports waveform-based audio synchronization, multitrack editing, channel mapping, EQ, dynamics, effects, automation, loudness monitoring, and mastering. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For a band performance, for example, you could have:

• 4–8 camera angles
• 16–32 channels of recorded audio
• Individual vocal/instrument tracks
• Drum close-ups and room mics
• Audience/room audio
• Scratch camera audio used for synchronization
• One master stereo mix

…and keep the entire project in Resolve.

The particularly compelling part for an indie creator is that Resolve has a free version, while Resolve Studio 21 is currently $295. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

Fairlight is also considerably more serious than the audio tools in many conventional video editors: Blackmagic says it can handle up to 2,000 tracks with real-time processing, and supports stereo through surround and immersive formats. www.blackmagicdesign.com

If you're starting from scratch, I'd choose this.

🥈 Premiere Pro — excellent alternative

Adobe Premiere Pro is probably my second choice.

Its multicamera workflow can automatically align cameras using audio, and Premiere has a capable mixer with faders, panning, channel strips, EQ, compression/limiting and loudness tools. www.adobe.com

It's particularly attractive if you're also doing:

• YouTube/social versions
• Motion graphics in After Effects
• Photoshop artwork
• Client work
• Adobe-based collaborative workflows

Adobe has also added increasingly useful audio automation and cleanup features. www.adobe.com

The downside for an indie musician is that Fairlight is a deeper integrated audio environment than Premiere's audio workflow. If the audio is a major part of the production rather than simply something accompanying the video, Resolve has the edge.

🥉 Final Cut Pro

If you're exclusively on a Mac, Final Cut Pro is worth serious consideration. It's exceptionally fast for long-form editing and multicam work, particularly on Apple Silicon.

I'd choose it when editing speed and simplicity matter more than having a deeply integrated audio post-production environment.

For music-performance productions where you're going to spend substantial time mixing a 20–40+ channel recording, however, I'd still lean Resolve.

What I'd actually use

For an indie creator, I'd build the workflow around:

Cameras → DaVinci Resolve → Fairlight → final master

A typical project might look like:

CAM 1 ─┐
CAM 2 ─┤
CAM 3 ─┼──> Multicam edit ──> picture lock
CAM 4 ─┘                         │
                                ↓
32ch multitrack audio ──> Fairlight
                                │
                         EQ / compression
                         noise cleanup
                         automation
                         bus processing
                                │
                                ↓
                         stereo master
                                │
                                ↓
                     YouTube / Vimeo / archive

One important distinction: "syncing multitrack audio" and "mastering" are separate jobs. You want an editor that can do the former well, but for genuinely high-end music releases you may still want a dedicated DAW such as Logic Pro, Pro Tools, or Studio One for the final music mix/master.

For most indie performance videos, though, Resolve + Fairlight is enough to do the entire job without leaving the application. Blackmagic specifically supports syncing audio to picture, multitrack recording/editing, mixing, mastering, and delivery within the same project. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Bottom line:
Start with DaVinci Resolve. It's the strongest combination of professional multicam video editing, multitrack audio, synchronization, color, and mastering without forcing an indie creator into a large collection of separate applications.

For long-form music performance videos—especially multi-camera shoots with a dedicated multitrack recording—the best fit is DaVinci Resolve, particularly because its Fairlight audio environment is built directly into the video editor.

My recommendation

1. DaVinci Resolve — best overall

DaVinci Resolve

This is the one I'd choose for an indie creator who wants to do the entire job in one application:

• Multitrack audio: handles very large track counts and complex routing.
• Audio/video sync: waveform-based sync plus dedicated sync tools.
• Performance editing: excellent multicamera editing and long timelines.
• Mixing: EQ, compression/dynamics, effects, automation, buses and routing.
• Mastering: Fairlight provides loudness monitoring and stereo, surround and immersive mastering.
• Color: unusually strong color-grading tools for making a performance look polished.
• Delivery: you can render the finished video and audio masters without round-tripping to another application.

Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle up to 2,000 tracks with real-time effects, and includes sample-accurate editing, advanced sync, loudness monitoring, plug-in support and mastering. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For a music-performance workflow, that's a pretty compelling combination.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best if you're already in Adobe

Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere is excellent for the video-first side of the workflow. It can synchronize multiple audio sources, provides a professional mixer and effects, and has loudness/leveling tools. www.adobe.com

I'd favor it if you already use Photoshop/After Effects/Frame.io or frequently collaborate with other Adobe users.

The downside for your particular use case is that Fairlight is more deeply oriented toward serious audio post and mastering inside the same application.

3. Final Cut Pro — best Mac-only alternative

Final Cut Pro

Final Cut is particularly good for fast multicam editing. Its automatic audio synchronization can use waveforms to synchronize multicam angles and separate audio/video recordings. support.apple.com

I'd pick it if you're on a Mac and prioritize fast, fluid editing over having the deepest integrated audio-post environment.

What I'd use for an indie music channel

Camera footage + isolated multitrack recording → DaVinci Resolve → Fairlight → final master

A typical project might look like:

4–6 camera angles
→ Resolve waveform sync
→ multicam performance edit
→ keep 16–32+ isolated audio tracks
→ Fairlight mix
→ EQ/compression/reverb/automation
→ master bus + loudness check
→ 4K YouTube master

The particularly nice part is that you don't have to export the audio to a separate DAW just to get a serious mix. Fairlight is integrated with the picture editor and supports channel mapping, extensive bussing, plug-ins, automation and mastering. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Bottom line:
DaVinci Resolve > Premiere Pro > Final Cut Pro for your specific combination of long-form performance video + multitrack sync + serious audio mixing/mastering. If you're starting from scratch, I'd learn Resolve.

For long-form music performance videos—especially concerts, live sessions, studio performances, or multi-camera covers where you have several isolated audio tracks—I’d strongly favor DaVinci Resolve.

My ranking

🥇 DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

DaVinci Resolve

Resolve is unusually well suited to this particular job because video editing and serious audio post-production live in the same application. Its Fairlight page supports multitrack recording/editing, detailed mixing, EQ, dynamics, plug-ins, automation, loudness monitoring and mastering. Blackmagic says Fairlight can handle projects with up to 2,000 tracks, although an indie performance obviously won't come remotely close to that. www.blackmagicdesign.com

The workflow I'd use is:

Camera footage → sync to multitrack recording → multicam edit → audio cleanup/mix → mastering → color → final export

That means you don't have to constantly bounce between Premiere/Final Cut and a DAW.

The free version is particularly compelling for indie creators; Resolve Studio is currently $295 if you eventually need its additional features. www.blackmagicdesign.com

🥈 Final Cut Pro — excellent if you're on Mac

Final Cut Pro

If you're an Apple Silicon Mac user and prioritize fast, painless multicam editing, Final Cut is excellent. It can automatically synchronize multicam angles using audio waveforms, and Apple specifically recommends recording audio on the cameras as a synchronization reference. support.apple.com

I'd choose it over Resolve if your workflow is primarily:

Shoot → sync → rapidly cut between cameras → relatively straightforward audio mix → publish

I'd choose Resolve if the audio mix itself is a major part of the creative process.

🥉 Premiere Pro — good if you're already in Adobe

Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere has a strong multicam workflow and can synchronize multiple camera angles with production audio. www.adobe.com

It's a very good choice if you already use After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, etc. But for a solo musician/creator starting from scratch, I don't think its subscription model makes it as attractive as Resolve.

🎚️ REAPER — the secret weapon for audio

REAPER

REAPER is fantastic if the music is more important than the video editing. It's a full multitrack recording, editing, mixing and mastering DAW with extensive plug-in support and scripting/customization. www.reaper.fm

A sophisticated workflow can therefore be:

Resolve → picture edit/sync → REAPER → serious mix/master → back to Resolve

But that's more complicated than you probably need unless you're already comfortable with DAWs.

What I'd actually recommend

For an indie creator making, say, a 20–90 minute live performance with 3–6 cameras and 8–32 audio tracks:

Start with DaVinci Resolve Free.

It's probably the best combination of:

• multicamera editing
• waveform-based synchronization
• long-form timeline management
• multitrack audio
• EQ/compression/limiting
• loudness monitoring
• color grading
• subtitles/titles
• mastering/export
• no mandatory subscription

And importantly, you can start with one application and grow into a much more sophisticated workflow without replacing it. www.blackmagicdesign.com

If you tell me Mac or Windows, number of cameras, number of audio tracks, and whether the final video is for YouTube/live-stream archives/DVD/etc., I can recommend a specific workflow—including exactly how I'd sync the multitrack recording, mix it, and master it for YouTube.