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Trim entire sequence, keeping sync 8 tracks audio
Hello All;
Is there a way to trim an entire sequence from a point, say early in the sequence, and keep sync on all tracks? Say, for example, 1-2 are dialogue, 3-6 are FX, and 7-8 music, and you’re massaging somewhere at the beggining of the cut where you might not have any FX on tracks 5 and 6 until way downstream, and you want to trim out some material from ALL tracks, but keeping them all in sync. The only way I know to do it know is use the roller tool and actually open up the splices for the first pieces of audio on those lower tracks that might be way downstream, making the whole process kind of cumbersome since you’re only really working at the begginning of the sequence. I’ve tried using the blade tool to cut into the empty space on those FX tracks (MC allows this with the “insert edit” function) but I’m not having any luck. Anybody know a way to do this?Thanks,
Daniel McGilvray -
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This is almost what i would like to do also, I posted earlier today about how to exchange audio and keep it in sync with the video. Looking forward to seeing comments on this.
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Daniel- If I have read your question correctly; place play head at trim point>Apple a (select all)>razor blade at cut point> razor blade at end of material to be trimmed> select and delete unwanted material>
tool menu select tracks downstream (double arrows pointing right) to select ALL tracks> right click in gap created and choose close gap. Done deal. Hope this helps. -
Try this.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trim_range_selection_tool.html
A great tutorial.
Cheers
Rob -
This is why you can now do asymmetrical trimming in FCP. Use the roller tool in single roller mode to select your tracks 1 & 2. Then scroll down to say 3 & 4 and select the side of the track with no audio in it. Bit hard to describe better if I could show you. But yes it is possible.
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Oops Sorry,
I thought you could do more than one track but no. Still cool tutorial though.
Rob -
This is exactly what I’d like to do. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work, because on my tracks 5 and 6 I have no audio until way downstream, and unless I’m missing something you can’t razor into a a portion of an audio track where there’s no audio.
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This is exactly what I’d like to do. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work, because on my tracks 5 and 6 I have no audio until way downstream, and unless I’m missing something you can’t razor into a a portion of an audio track where there’s no audio.
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Yes, that’s the method I’ve been using, but it’s pretty clunky when, as in the example I gave, you might not have audio on some tracks until way downstream. I’m hoping there’s a better, easier way. On the Avid you can just do an insert edit across all your tracks and then trim in or out as you see fit- the whole sequence moves and stays in sync, no problemo.
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Daniel- It doesn’t matter that you have no audio on other tracks at your trim point. The double arrow selects ALL material on ALL tracks in the direction of the arrows and when you move them they ALL (tracks) stay in sync.
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Yes I hear ya. The fact that you cannot add an edit in empty space on the timeline like you can in Avid is something I doubt that Apple will change. FWIW it was more often a curse than a cure on Avid as it would often add them for no reason at all which would drive me crazy when trying to edit around them. As pointed out the track forward button should be your new friend. I use it so much I’ve mapped it to the timeline button menu.
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