Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Adjust surround sound using the Surround Panner
In the Audio inspector, you can use the Surround Panner to change the surround sound field or 
make advanced adjustments using sliders.
Using the Surround Panner, you can change the panning levels by moving a control 
that represents where the sound would appear to originate in an actual surround sound 
speaker setup.
 1 Choose a surround preset from the Pan Mode pop-up menu.
 2 To open the Surround Panner, click the disclosure...

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 •Surround Width: Specifies how much separation (in dB) is between the decoded surround 
signals. At 0 dB, there is complete separation between the center and surround signals, but 
each surround signal is mono. To increase the stereo effect in the left and right surround 
channels, you can increase the parameter value. This also results in some signal being 
diverted from the center channel to the surround channels.
 •LFE Balance: Adjusts the low-frequency effects...

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Multichannel audio editing examples
Below are examples of some multichannel audio editing workflows in Final Cut Pro.
Example: Remove unwanted noise from a specific audio component
Note:  To skim audio for an individual audio component, make sure both clip skimming and 
audio skimming are turned on. For more information, see Skim media
 on page 80.
 1 Select a clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Expand Audio Components (or press 
Control-Option-S).
Audio components
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 4 Do one of the following:
 •To disable the portion of the component where the noise occurs: Press the V key (or press the 
Delete key).
Disabling a selected range mutes all sound within the range. To unmute (enable) the range, 
press the V key (or press Command-Z).
Note:  When you disable a range in an audio component, fade handles become available on 
either side of the disabled range. For more information on fade handles, see Fade audio in or 
out
 on page 17 6 .
 •To...

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Example: Trim audio within an audio component 
 1 Select a clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Expand Audio Components (or press 
Control-Option-S).
Audio components
 2 Position the pointer at the edge of the audio component you want to trim.
The pointer changes to the Trim tool icon .
 3 Drag to trim that section.
The trimmed section is disabled (muting all sound in that section) and appears dimmed in 
the Timeline.
To undo your trim, press Command-Z.
 4 Play back the...

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Example: Make a roll edit to all audio components
 1 Select a clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Expand Audio Components (or press 
Control-Option-S).
Audio components
 2 Position the pointer at the edge of the audio portion of the clip you want to roll.
The pointer changes to the Trim tool icon .
 3 Hold down the Shift key and drag to roll back the edit point for the audio portion of the clip.
The edit point is rolled to the new location, cutting the audio at the end...

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Example: Add or remove audio components in a multicam clip
When you create a multicam clip that contains multiple audio components, you can use the 
Angle Viewer or the Audio inspector to add audio components from inactive angles to the active 
angle. This makes it easy to add audio from different source clips in your multicam clip while 
maintaining the active video angle. You can also remove audio components from the active 
angle to eliminate unwanted or unused audio....

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 5 To reveal the audio components for the active angle, click the disclosure triangle next to the 
active angle’s source clip name. 
Click to reveal audio components 
for the active angle.
 6 To add audio components from inactive angles, do one of the following:
 •In the Angle Viewer: Hold down the Command and Option keys and click an inactive angle 
or angles.
 •In the Audio inspector: Select the checkbox next to each audio component you want to add.
In this example, the...

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The added audio components also appear in the multicam clip’s component arrangement in the 
Timeline. ( To show expanded audio components, choose Clip > Expand Audio Components, or 
press Control-Option-S.)
Audio components 
added to the Timeline
 7 To remove an audio component from the active angle, do one of the following:
 •In the Angle Viewer: Hold down the Command and Option keys and click the angle (highlighted 
in green) whose audio you want to remove.
 •In the Audio...

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Add and adjust audio effects
Add audio effects
In addition to the built-in audio enhancement features of Final Cut Pro, you can take advantage 
of 64-bit OS X built-in and third-party Audio Units (AU) effects for your audio processing tasks.
Final Cut Pro also comes with an extensive range of custom audio effects and professional Logic 
Effects, which are digital signal processing (DSP) effects and processors that are used to color or 
tonally shape existing audio recordings...