Voice Over tracks in FCP

[Neil Patience]

There are a couple of ways that you can route your source tracks to specific record tracks.

Firstly in the track area at the left of the timeline simply click/drag the source track number eg a1 to the record track number eg a4.
The a1 source track will then allign with a4 and the audio will be routed to that track.

You can also right click on the record track number eg a4 and you will see a pop up that contains the options that exist from your source, so a1 or a2 or whatever those tracks are. Just select the one you require.

If you want to move existing footage in the timeline you can simply select it a drag it to whichever track you like. You may need to unlink it from the video and/or use snapping or shift to stop it accidently moving out of sync.

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

[Barry Martens]

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the quick response but unfortunately your suggestions did not work. Right clicking on the track number gives a white rectangular box with a greyed out “none” inside. Left clicking does nothing to the track number and I cannot drag the track number. The locks are off.

When I try to drag one audio clip, the other one moves as well.

Barry

[Neil Patience]

Hi Barry

The fact that you only get a “a greyed out “none”” suggests that you do not have a source clip with audio loaded into the viewer window.
If you load a clip with audio tracks you should see what I describe.

The reason both tracks are moving together is probably because they are a stereo pair. This is indicated by 2 small arrows that appear at the start of the clip that point towards eachother.

If you select the clip and go to the modify menu you will see “stereo pair” – uncheck this and you will then be able to move the two tracks independently.

Hope that helps.

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

[Barry Martens]

Thanks Neil. Works perfectly and I’m able to better organize the audio portion of the sequence. Great help.

Barry