Anyway of editing to a audio visual display in the timeline?

[Chris Tompkins]

Double Click the file in the browser.
Make your in/out points.
Grab the Hand icon to drag into Sequence.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Matt Gerard]

Are you saying you need a large waveform display for editing the audio? You have 2 options-

1) Modify the appearance of the timeline. You can shrink the video tracks by dragging the horizontal double bar that separates the video and audio tracks. Drag it up to expose more room in the audio tracks pane. Then move your cursor to the line that separates the audio tracks from each other on the left side by the track selection buttons. Look for the cursor to change to the double bar/double arrow icon, and you can click and drag to resize the audio tracks as needed. Then turn on audio waveforms in the timeline options popup button( little right pointy triangle next to the track scale buttons). I have a window preset that I use for audio work.

2) Edit in soundtrack. Done.

Hope this helps.

Matt

Its more fun to ride a slow motorcycle fast than a fast motorcycle slow…

[Matt Gerard]

Doh!!! Now I get what you were asking…

Its more fun to ride a slow motorcycle fast than a fast motorcycle slow…

[Olly Lawer]

Thanks Matt.

I also just discovered that if you set an ‘in’ point, although you cannot drag the media to the timeline in the same way as you can a visual clip, you can drag the clip from the browser and it will keep the ‘in’ point.

Happy days.

Olly Lawer

[Olly Lawer]

For future reference, where is the Hand icon?

Olly Lawer

[Matt Gerard]

To the right of the level and pan sliders in the browser window when an audio clip is loaded. little speaker icon with a hand. drag that icon to the timeline to drop that into the timeline.

matt

Its more fun to ride a slow motorcycle fast than a fast motorcycle slow…

[David Roth weiss]

[Olly Lawer] “I also just discovered that if you set an ‘in’ point, although you cannot drag the media to the timeline in the same way as you can a visual clip, you can drag the clip from the browser and it will keep the ‘in’ point.
“

Olly,

You absolutely can drag audio clips with in and out points from the viewer to the timeline. Look up at the top of the viewer at the little hand over the arrow, grab it and drag that to the timeline.

BTW, that same little icon is available with many filters throughout FCP, including the 3-way CC filter, and it allows you to quickly drag and drop filters to other clips as well.

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[Olly Lawer]

Sorted! Brilliant.

Thank you!

Olly Lawer

[Matt Gerard]

David- I feel the need to replace my avatar! Its like wearing the same shirt to the same party. Although you are smiling in yours, whilst I am hiding the curse words I’m mouthing to my Final Cut Server installation…

Cheers!

matt

Its more fun to ride a slow motorcycle fast than a fast motorcycle slow…

[David Roth weiss]

[Matt Gerard] “little speaker icon with a hand. drag that icon to the timeline to drop that into the timeline.
“

What version are you using? I have an arrow and a hand here.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

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