• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Assigning Audio Roles within a Synchronized Clip?

  Posted by Dallas Kruse on August 15, 2022 at 5:36 pm

  I’m learning about Roles, Synched clips, etc in FCPX.

  I have a bunch of video clips imported into FCPX. They’re slated and labeled with the appropriate camera/angle.

  I also have all my rough mixed audio 2 mixes imported into my project.

  So, I have something like this for my video clips:

  01-A-CAM1-T1

  01-A-CAM2-T2

  01-B-CAM1-T1

  01-B-CAM2-T2

  And then I have the same for audio files:

  01-A-T1

  01-A-T2

  01-B-T1

  01-B-T2

  I went to each video clip and selected it and then selected the correct audio file and created a SYNCHRONIZED CLIP. I did this for each video clip so I could deal with already synched audio to my video clips within my timeline. Now I have synched clips that I can edit within my timeline/storyline.

  I want to assign the audio within the synched clips to a role called “TEMP AUDIO” so I can easily mute/unmute any audio that isn’t a final mix. When I select the synched clip on my timeline, within the Audio Roles dropdown in the inspector, I’m unable to assign an audio role to that clip.

  If I double click on the synched clip, it will open in the storyline editor and show me the single video and audio file used in that synched clip.

  I can highlight the audio file in that synched clip and assign the role there but if I have to do this for every synched video clip in my timeline, it’ll take forever.

  I tried assigning the audio role in my Clips Browser. It successfully assigned the audio clip to the new role but that didn’t change the synched clips role. When I change the audio clip within the browser, it doesn’t impact that audio on my timeline.

  What am I missing? Why can’t I re-assign audio roles within a synched clip?

  Dallas Kruse replied 3 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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