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  • Enlarging Audio Track

    Posted by Ray Bright on August 23, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    I used FCP 15 years ago, you could then blow up the audio track so large you could see each wave top and bottom clearly. But the latest v doesn’t allow me to blow it up that far, or more likely, I just can’t figure out how to blow it up. I have a tiny clink I need to remove but I can’t zero in on it at max zoom. How do I blow the soundtrack up as big as I can?

    Ray

    Steve Connor replied 7 years, 8 months ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Mike Lemons

    August 24, 2018 at 9:49 am

    Select the audio clip and hit Command and + key
    Is that what you mean?

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  • Ray Bright

    August 24, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    No. That allows you to enlarge the sound track by a fraction of what it used to. The current max enlargement is useless in extremely precise editing, like removing a single pop or rustle.

    There are external programs that allow for blowing up that’s useful, but those used to be available within FCP. Looks like another upgrade, that …isn’t.

    Ray

  • Steve Connor

    August 24, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    So you want it enlarged more than this?

  • Scott Witthaus

    August 24, 2018 at 7:17 pm

    FCPX can do that, as Steve demonstrated. Another feature…that is.

    Scott Witthaus
    Visual Storyteller – FCPX, Premiere
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    Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
    Professor, VCU Brandcenter

  • Joe Marler

    August 25, 2018 at 11:20 am

    [Ray Bright] “The current max enlargement is useless in extremely precise editing, like removing a single pop or rustle….”

    This Ripple Training tutorial shows how to navigate by 1/80th of a frame, and do sample-accurate audio editing in FCPX. However it must be a connected audio clip or compound clip that contains only audio.

    Also the menu option View > Zoom to Samples must be enabled.

    https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12569?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

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  • Ray Bright

    August 27, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    Looks like View>Zoom to Sample will have to do. Old FCP used a Plug-in that came with it that allowed you to move in to key frame and manipulate the wave on a tiny scale. I trying to remove a ‘clink’ against my mic on an otherwise perfect clip.

    Thanks,
    Ray

  • Steve Connor

    August 27, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    [Ray Bright] “Looks like View>Zoom to Sample will have to do.”

    I don’t know about “have to do” it actually does exactly what you need

    [Ray Bright] “Old FCP used a Plug-in that came with it that allowed you to move in to key frame and manipulate the wave on a tiny scale.”

    and “new” FCPX does the same thing without having to get a plug-in ☺

    [Ray Bright] ” I trying to remove a ‘clink’ against my mic on an otherwise perfect clip.

    Easily done with “zoom to sample” you can keyframe at sample level easily.

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