Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 427)

Chapter 17 Using Soundtrack Pro with Other Applications 427
Opening a Final Cut Pro Clip’s Media File Directly in Soundtrack Pro
You can open a Final Cut Pro clip’s media file directly in the Soundtrack Pro File Editor
by choosing the Open in Editor command, or by opening the file from the Finder.
Important: In either of these cases, if you make changes in the Soundtrack Pro File
Editor and save those changes to the original file, your changes will be destructive and
permanent. To edit nondestructively, you can save the file as a Soundtrack Pro audio
file project and import that file into Final Cut Pro.
To open a Final Cut Pro audio clip’s media file directly in the Soundtrack Pro
File Editor:
1 Control-click the audio clip in either the Final Cut Pro Browser or Timeline, then choose
Open in Editor from the shortcut menu.
The audio clip’s media file opens in the Soundtrack Pro File Editor.
2 In Soundtrack Pro, modify the audio as needed.
3 Choose File > Save to save the file with the changes.
The Save dialog appears. By default, the File Type pop-up menu is set to Audio File
Project, which saves the changes nondestructively. If you wish to permanently modify
the original file, choose the original file type and filename. Soundtrack Pro will ask if
you’re sure you want to overwrite the file. Choose OK only if you’re sure that you no
longer need your unedited media.
4 Click Save.
5 If you saved the file with a different filename or different file type, you must manually
add the new file to your Final Cut Pro sequence.
Important: Unless you save a Soundtrack Pro audio file project, this is a destructive
process that permanently modifies the original file.
About the Open in Editor Command
To open Final Cut Pro audio clips in Soundtrack Pro using the Open in Editor
command, choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the External Editors tab.
Make sure that Soundtrack Pro is the application set to open audio files. This ensures
that Final Cut Pro automatically opens Soundtrack Pro when you choose Open in
Editor and that, when you return to Final Cut Pro, the clip is automatically
reconnected to the updated media file. You can also choose Soundtrack Pro for
editing video files if you work with a lot of linked video and audio clip items. For more
information, see the Final Cut Pro User Manual.