• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  How to replace source audio?

  Posted by Shawn Bann on January 18, 2010 at 12:30 am

  yet another question…

  how do you go about replacing source audio?

  exaple:
  my video has the on-board camera audio. i have dual-system audio.
  i sync it all up with the slate.

  how do i “marry” the new audio with the video?
  subclip?

  i want the new audio attatched to the source so i can multiclip takes,
  and have the good audio.

  *hope that makes sense

  thanks for any input!
  appreciate it

  shawn

  Kevin Monahan replied 16 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 16 Replies
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  Kevin Monahan

  January 18, 2010 at 12:46 am

  Check out the Merge function.

  Kevin Monahan
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  Shawn Bann

  January 18, 2010 at 1:19 am

  cool. thanks kevin!

  shawn
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  Shawn Bann

  January 18, 2010 at 1:28 am

  from what ive gathered, you can not merge a video clip that already has audio
  (which mine does)

  does this mean i have to do another step and strip out all my unusable “camera” audio?

  s
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  John Fishback

  January 18, 2010 at 1:51 am

  Line up the new audio in sync with the original video clip and its audio. Then, unmerge the original audio & video and then merge the new audio with the video.

  John

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  Shawn Bann

  January 18, 2010 at 2:00 am

  hey john

  that works ok when working in the sequence, but what if you have this scenario.

  you have 3 camera angles re-linked with your sync audio and now you want to
  use the multicam feature. when you do a match frame, it pulls the orginal audio
  into the preview, not your new sync.

  i think merge is the feature i want, but when i select the video & new audio for sync,
  merge isn’t an option (greyed out)

  shawn

  ps
  i did read the other posts in the cow about this, but didnt’ seem like i could
  find the easiest resolution.

  thanks again!
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  Andy Mees

  January 18, 2010 at 2:43 am

  Hey Shawn
  I can’t seem to duplicate your problem here …. for reference, I select both a video clip and an audio clip in the browser, right click (ctrl click) that selection and choose Merge Clips… from the context menu, seems to work fine. What are the steps you are taking when trying to merge your new audio with video?
  Best
  Andy
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  Shawn Bann

  January 18, 2010 at 3:00 am

  andy

  ive attached a screen shot….
  a1/a2 has the orginal audio that is with the video
  a3/a4 has my new audio

  i highlight the video track
  i highlight the new audio track

  then go to merge
  *i tried linking then merge but still the same

  shawn

  
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  Shawn Bann

  January 18, 2010 at 3:03 am

  is this feature to be done on a bin level as opposed to the sequence?
  maybe thats my issue, although i would image it would work both ways.

  hMMm

  thanks for your input
  s
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  Andy Mees

  January 18, 2010 at 4:28 am

  exactly .. should be done a bin level, just as you would for creating a multiclip … it creates a new “merged” clip item which you use thereafter
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  Shawn Bann

  January 18, 2010 at 4:49 am

  so i tried that method (*on a bin level) and ‘merge’ in the menu is still not available

  1st- found the audio file & selected
  2nd- found the video file & selected
  3rd- go to modify

  attached is a screen grab….
  i feel like such a noob!!

  

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