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Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X.

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30 Jan 2014 18:38 #40193 by Jonathan Levin
Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X. was created by Jonathan Levin
Can someone tell me how to collapse an audio/video clip once the audio has been detached? The Collapse command does not do this.

Thanks.

Jonathan

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30 Jan 2014 18:42 #40194 by Tom Wolsky
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You have to combine it in a compound clip.

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30 Jan 2014 18:51 #40197 by Jonathan Levin
Replied by Jonathan Levin on topic Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X.
Tom,

Thanks.

I've been avoiding Compound Clips as much as possible since I hardly used them in FCP 7, but it seems like more than a few things really need to be addressed using Compound Clips in X.

Time for me to dive into this......

Jonathan

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30 Jan 2014 19:11 #40198 by anickt
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Place the playhead at the beginning of the detached clip and select the clip. Hit Shift F to reveal the source clip in the event and then edit that into the timeline. Delete the detached clips. Copy and paste attributes from the detached clips before deleting if necessary.

Also - send feedback to Apple suggesting a way to rejoin detached clips - the opposite of "break apart clip items".

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30 Jan 2014 20:03 #40199 by Jonathan Levin
Replied by Jonathan Levin on topic Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X.
Thanks anickt.

I'm wondering why anyone would use "Expand" at all instead of "Detach".

Yes, if Apple would make it so that you can re-attach audio to video with a simple menu/command, that would be nice. In fact, I'm sort of surprised it's not there now :unsure:

To make matters more confusing, there is "Break Apart Clip Items", which you STILL can't collapse.

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30 Jan 2014 20:07 #40200 by Tom Wolsky
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Odd. I wonder why anyone would use detach instead of expand.

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30 Jan 2014 20:46 #40202 by Jonathan Levin
Replied by Jonathan Levin on topic Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X.
Hi Tom,

With detach, you can also move the sound track independently of the video.

If expand included the function of moving the audio up or down the story line, than I guess there would be no need for the detach command. Maybe I'm missing something.

Jonathan

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30 Jan 2014 20:51 #40203 by Tom Wolsky
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Agreed, if you want to move the sound independently of the video, but then why would you need to reattach it? I guess circumstances might arise, but it would be simpler as described above to edit in a fresh copy of the clip.

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30 Jan 2014 23:04 #40215 by Seanus
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I basically never use detach. If I want independent sound from a clip then I just put the whole thing underneath the primary storyline and treat it as an audio file. When I'm finally happy with the edit then I might detach it.
Sean Lander - Editing since 1982 - AVID 1991 - FCP 1999 - FCPX 2011

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31 Jan 2014 05:12 #40226 by Soundwise
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Jonathan, you can resync or move the audio independently by opening the clip in it's own timeline. I also wonder why people detach audio in the first place.

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31 Jan 2014 18:04 #40254 by BenB
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I was just about to suggest right-click the clip, Open In Timeline, adjust audio. Good catch Soundsie.

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31 Jan 2014 21:51 #40282 by Jonathan Levin
Replied by Jonathan Levin on topic Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X.
Tom and Seanus, thanks for that.

Soundwise,

I hadn't played around in the "Open In Timeline", but I see that it i easier to manage some audio things in there. I will try my hand at not detaching and see if I can do what I need to do with the expand and Open in Timeline items.

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31 Jan 2014 22:01 - 31 Jan 2014 22:06 #40284 by Soundwise
Replied by Soundwise on topic Re-attaching detached audio in FCP X.
I made this FCP X audio clean up tutorial way back in 2011, but I guess it is still valid:

Last edit: 31 Jan 2014 22:06 by Soundwise.

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