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Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) User Manual

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Chapter 8

Edit audio 

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The channels appear in the Audio inspector as separate audio components, each with its
own waveform.

If you have a clip with surround channels and want to assign a mono channel to a specific
surround channel, select the mono channel waveform and choose a surround channel from the
Channels pop-up menu.
Note: To change the channel configuration of a compound clip, first deselect Use Event Clip
Layout from the Channels pop-up menu, and then choose another configuration.

To reset a configuration, click the Reset button .

View and listen to an audio component

1

Select the clip in the Timeline.

2

In the Channel Configuration section of the Audio inspector, click the disclosure triangle next to

the clip name to reveal its audio components, and then skim over a component or play it back
using the Space bar or the J, K, and L keys.

Skim to preview.

Add or remove an audio component
You can add or remove audio components in a clip. For example, you may want to remove
unused components from a clip, or add components from inactive angles to the active angle in a
multicam clip.

By default, all active audio components in a clip appear as selected in the Audio inspector and
are arranged in the same order when the clip is expanded to show audio components in the
Timeline. To learn more about viewing audio components, see

Ways to view audio clips

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