Adding edited music

Hi I just have this question. Let's say I wanted to just add music to my clip. I don't want to add the whole music. I just wanted to add a certain part of that music. Is there a way for me to edit the music? Somebody told me a few years back that you could use adobe audition. As much as possible I don't want to use adobe audition. Is there another program that I could use to edit music? Can edit music in final cut pro as well? thanks

You can edit music in FCP, but it is primarily a video editing application. If you're not editing video as well you might want to look at a dedicated audio application like Logic or start with the free GarageBand that comes on your Mac.

Select a range in the music clip in the Browser, "Q" to make it a connected clip in the timeline, that easy.

You can chop up your audio/music clips in FCPX all you want, as easily as any DAW. But as Tom says, if you want to do complex sound engineering, yes, you'll want a DAW.

Thanks for your help. I might consider getting adobe audition.

What kind of editing are you wanting to do? Adobe Audition may be more than you need.

I really don't see why you would need any other software to just cut up music. It's extremely easy in FCPX. We do it all the time.

Same answer as Ronny. I don't use anything but FCPX. Whether it be sweetening of lav mice from H4N, camera sound, or music that i chop up.

Apple just released Logic Pro X. That's good enough to handle the job. Well I just plan to cut a certain portioin of music that I need for my clip. Thanks for your replies.

Audacity. audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac

Open source and one of the best audio editing programs out there.

Airmax,
If all you are doing is cutting music clips, length to fit, you really, really do not need a DAW (Logic Pro, Audition, ProTools…) Like everyone is saying, you can change length within FCPX. You can do a fair amount of additional manipulation as well. If you want to create and record a multi-track rock band (insert music style here) original music score then you might need a DAW. Even GarageBand may be enough if you just need to record a few tracks.

Hope this helps, Greg