Easy Audio Transitions?

Is there an easy way to add fade ups and downs within the FCP sequence without having to go to Soundtrack Pro? I've been adding keyframes on the overlays and manually dipping up and down but this is cumbersome. In Avid you can add a video dissolve to quickly fade up or down. Is there an easier way in FCP?

There are audio dissolves in the Audio Transitions section of the EFFECTS tab or menu.

blade the audio, or select and control v to add an edit.

control click on the edit, "apply transition"

or select the edit, and Option Apple T.

when you come to doing the music, you may want to open up the mix tool.
that's top of the list under the "tools" menu, or Option 6.

turn on automation by clicking on the speaker icon top right (that;s the "Record Audio Keyframes" button), and mix away.

(TIP: if you;re the type to add EQ or reverb and tweak while listening,
you'll find that all those parameters are automatable, too,
and WILL be automated after you've activated the mix tool.
so add the "Record Audio Keyframes" button to your viewer window from the button list)

nick

You could also look at copying one clip set for Audio keyframes to another via Paste Attributes to all selected, couldn't you?

- Loren
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Remember, if you use Past Attributes to turn OFF keyframe scaling at the top of the dialog, otherwise, all your fade in/out lengths change depending upon the length of the clip you are pasting into.

Larry
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i think the ducking would be too case-specific to copy/paste attributes.

if you've got a dip at head AND tail, then scaling could help,
even tho it would change the fade duration.

the dissolve trick might seem clunky, but if you;re moving the "Master" clip that dictates the dip on the "Secondary" clip, then rolling dissolves is half the finger work of moving sets of keyframes.

and how come you can slide opacity in the "Clip Keyframes" mode, but not audio??

nick

Shane, Nick and Loren, (and Mike Horton)

Thank you for your quick responses. These are all very helpful suggestions that have already made my editing life easier. I have all the manuals and tutorials that came with FCSP and first try to find my answers in the the provided materials...But some very specific questions are not easily found.

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I scanned the table of contents and knew this is a "must have" for new users like me. It's so beautifully organized with tons of invaluable info that a novice won't quickly find in any of the manuals or tutorials. MUCHO KUDOS to the person(s) who produced that masterpiece! Definitely worth paying the nine bucks or so.

Thanks again, Shane, Nick, Loren and Mike H.



Shelley
MacBoo Pro 2015
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Premiere Pro CC

[and how come you can slide opacity in the "Clip Keyframes" mode, but not audio??]

Becausae audio doesn't have an alpha channel?

Hee hee.

It's a good point, Nick. Scaling activated does the trick BUT as you note scales the damned fades on shorter clips. Paste ttributes doesn't work uniformly. The cps need to be roughly the same length for this to work. It's next to useless with Scaling unchecked, and half useful with Scaling checked.

A good feature request--- where's the special Attributes checkbox to paste me fade keyframes only, laddies?! Tis the only way I can think of to broadcast identical transition effects among many clips-- unles you want to grab a trackful of video or audio abutted clips to that Overwrite with Transition Canvas overlay. That's a horrible mouse operation. I live on the keys...

So, while waiting for a better solution, as a consolation prize, here's a neat gentle mouse tip: right-click to turn any video clip keyframe into a smooth point with Bezier handles, to ease that fade ramp ever so gently in or out... audio won't offer it, the ramps are already "ease-ized."

- Loren
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Set a Level keyframe with Command-Option K !

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Thanks, Ms. Shelleyrae. Isn't that great, guys? I suggest we not bill her.

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- Loren
Today's FCP 5 keytip:
Set a Level keyframe with Command-Option K !

The FCP 5 KeyGuide?: a professional placemat.
Now available at KeyGuide Central:
www.neotrondesign.com