Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 643)

308 Part II Rough Editing
To move a clip to an adjacent track without changing its position in the Timeline:
1 Press and hold down the mouse button over the clip in the Timeline.
2 Press and hold down the Shift key.
3 Drag the clip up or down to an adjacent track.
Note: As you move the clip up and down into other tracks in the Timeline, you’ll notice
that it’s constrained from moving forward or backward in your sequence. It can only
move up and down. This works for both audio and video clips.
Using Audio Transitions to Smooth Audible Changes
Sometimes, a cut in the audio will be quite noticeable despite your best efforts to find
just the right frame on which to place the edit. In these cases, you can apply a cross
fade to the edit point to try to smooth out the transition from one audio clip to the
next.
Final Cut Pro comes with two audio transitions: a +3 dB cross fade (the default) and a 0
dB cross fade. Each cross fade results in a different audio level change as the transition
plays. Your choice of cross fades depends on the clips you’re transitioning between. Try
one, then try the other to see which sounds better. For information on applying
transitions, see Chapter 21, “
Adding Transitions ,” on page 375.