How to replace source audio?

[Kevin Monahan]

Check out the Merge function.

Kevin Monahan
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Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro

[Shawn Bann]

cool. thanks kevin!

shawn

[Shawn Bann]

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

[John Fishback]

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]

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!

[Andy Mees]

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

[Shawn Bann]

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

[Shawn Bann]

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

[Andy Mees]

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

[Shawn Bann]

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!!