Add Music Folder

[Sven Geudens]

Hi Neil

i created several alias from my non-iTunes music folders and sound fx folders on an external drive.
I then placed these alias into your drive/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Final Cut Pro Sound Effects (maybe there’s another location?)
Works, but doesn’t give you the option to open/close folders. It shows everything in a very long list.

You can also create a new folder in your events library and then create a new event for every music or sound collection in that folder. To keep an overview it’s best to import every cd in it’s own event.

These are the 2 options i know

[s]

broadcast post-production editor

[Tapio Haaja]

Copy your sfx folder under Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Final Cut Pro Sound Effects/ or if you have huge library you don’t want to copy simply make alias of your current sfx folder and simply copy alias under Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Final Cut Pro Sound Effects/

Best
Tapio Haaja

[Neil Mcclure]

Thanks Sven and Tapio, that works well, and I must say a very good feature of FCPX.

FCPx I Motion 5 I Adobe CS5 I XDCAM EX1

[Mark Spencer]

You can also just drag any files or folders you want directly from a Finder window to the Photos Browser or the Music and Sounds Browser – quite a bit easier.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[David Weingarten]

Hi Mark,
When I drag any file to the Photo or Music and Sound browser, I get a green plus sign but the browser remains empty. Even after the content up date. the files are there in the audio library but the music and sound browser does not see it. Any advice?

Dave

[Mark Spencer]

You need to drag a folder of files to the Photos Browser. I’m no longer able to get audio files into the Music and Sound Browser, either as individual files or a folder, but I was sure I had done it before – I’ll see if I can fool around with it some more.

—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[David Weingarten]

Mark,

I just had one of those “Yeah! It’s not just me!” Moments,
Thanks. I’ll keep trying stuff too. I know we can drag the file directly from finder to the time line. but being able to pull it from the interface browser seems so much easier and, yes, cooler.

Dave

[Jeroen Teelen]

Hi,

Perhaps things have changed, but I tried to copy alliasses in lib-directories AND tried to drag alliasses directly, but nothing happens….

So plse help!

rgds,
Jeroen Teelen

[Jeroen Teelen]

Yes, I saw that the folder was added below later BUT…
As I use all stock materials on separate audio and video NAS-units, all browsing became so terribly slow that I eventualy deleted these folders and from now on will have them accessed through finder, so it will not kill my fcpx activity. I think that’s a shame or am I too hasty and is fcp slow because of a 1-time indexing action?

rgds
Jeroen Teelen

[Richard Jacana]

Update – For 10.0.8 – this works

Copy your sfx folder under Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Final Cut Pro Sound Effects/

Dragging folder in FCPx, nope.