Final Cut Pro X (22)

Question 1

The first audio questions start with the individual clips: Does every clip have audio, and is every content _______ of the image, visible or implied, represented by audio?

Answer 1

element

Question 2

The three elements of audio mix hierarchy:

Answer 2

Clip-by-clip
Clip-to-clip (horizontally and vertically)
Project-wide basis (interweaving the music, sound effects, sfx, natural sound, and the sound bites)

Question 3

To find a more powerful sound effect, search the _____ ___ _____ _______

Answer 3

Music and Sound Browser

Question 4

The Music and Sound Browser gives you centralized access to your iTunes library and playlists, more than 400 iLife sound effects and musical clips (if installed), and over 1300 sound and foley effects that are part of the Final Cut Pro Sound Effects collection

Answer 4

yep

Question 5

If the Final Cut Pro Sound Effects collection in not available or empty, choose Final Cut Pro > Download Additional Content

Answer 5

yep

Question 6

Drag sound effect from the Music and Sound Browser to start __________ the clip at the head of the project

Answer 6

underneath

Question 7

Method to trim audio #1:

Using the Select tool, drag the ___ point of the sfx clip left until the point snaps to the end of DN_9390

Answer 7

end

Question 8

Method to trim audio #2:

With the sfx clip selected, skim to the end of DN_9390, then press Option-_ to trim the end of the clip to the playhead

Answer 8

]

Question 9

Method to trim audio #3:

With the end of the sfx clip selected, skim to the end of DN_9390 and press Shift-_

Answer 9

X

Question 10

All clips come into FCP with a volume of 0dB, indicating that FCP will play them back at the level they were ________

Answer 10

recorded

Question 11

Trimming with just the Select tool will change a clip’s start point and duration.
Ripple trimming with the Trim tool will change a clip’s start point and duration AND keep it in the same position relative to the Timeline at 0:00 (p.347)

Answer 11

yep

Question 12

Where standard video is sampled at rates of 24, 30, or 60 frames per second (rounded), most audio for video is sampled at a minimum of 48,000 samples per second. Stand alone audio, whether detached or expanded from video, allows trimming at that subframe level. When trimming audio, those subframes are notated as a 1/80th value after the _____ adjustment.

Answer 12

frame

Question 13

How would this be notated? “The audio has been trimmed three and 74/80th of a frame”

Answer 13

+00:03.74

Question 14

In the Timeline Index and under the ____ pane, click the “Show incomplete to-do items” button

Answer 14

Tags

Question 15

Listed at the top of the Tags pane Show Incomplete To-Do Items is the Add SFX marker you placed to remind you of the audio fix you just performed. Select the checkbox for the Add SFX to-do marker to convert it into a _________ marker. The marker is removed from the to-do list.

Answer 15

Completed

Question 16

When selecting a full Timeline clip, the duration for the selected Timeline clip and the total Timeline duration appears at the bottom of the window (aka the bottom bar)

Answer 16

yep

Question 17

When selecting the start or end point of a Timeline clip, the total Timeline duration and the video parameters (e.g. 720p HD 23.98p Stereo) appears at the bottom of the window (aka the bottom bar)

Answer 17

yep

Question 18

In the Timeline, select the Timeline clip to reveal (in the bar at the bottom) a duration of approximately two seconds. That’s two seconds of audio you want to replace with a retimed version of the Browser clip’s audio. First, you need to make an audio-only edit of the Browser clip to the Timeline. Next to the three edit commands in the Toolbar, a ______ _____ pop-up menu allows you to make standard video+audio edits or to limit an edit to audio or video only.

Answer 18

Source Media

Question 19

From the Source Media pop-up menu, choose _____ Only

Answer 19

Audio Only (also available is Video Only, and All)

Question 20

The edit command buttons include _______ icons to indicate that the next edit is audio only

Answer 20

speaker

Question 21

In the project, cue the playhead to the start of the Timeline clip and then press Q, or click the _____-____ Connect button

Answer 21

Audio-Only

Question 22

The Timeline clip is still about 11 seconds too long. Select the clip, and from the Retiming pop-up button, choose ______

Answer 22

Custom

Question 23

Choose Custom from the Retiming pop-up button, and the ______ _____ window appears above the Timeline clip

Answer 23

Custom Speed

Question 24

In the Custom Speed window you will find:

Answer 24

Direction: Forward or Reverse
Set Speed:
- Rate, 100%, Ripple checkbox
- Duration, text field, numbers

Question 25

In the Custom Speed window, select the Set Speed: Duration option, and in the associated text field, enter 5. (five period). The audio clip shortens, not by trimming, but by increasing ________ speed

Answer 25

playback

Question 26

Drag the start point of the clip to monitor in the two-up in the Viewer

Answer 26

got it?

Question 27

Smooth the edits into and out of the sound effect by dragging the ____ _______ to add ramps of just over one second each

Answer 27

fade handles

Question 28

Don’t forget to select the to-do marker ________ to confirm you performed the fix

Answer 28

checkbox