Final Cut Pro X Ripple 3 SOUND

Question 1

Finally, looking at this crash effect, the sharp peak at the head of the clip followed by a sudden drop in the waveform tells you this is sound will be pushing a lot of ___ _________ out of your speakers in a very short amount of time.

Answer 1

air molecules

Question 2

If you look closely at the waveform you’ll actually see two waveforms on each clip. The lighter one is called the _________ waveform.

Answer 2

reference

Question 3

If you’re not seeing the reference waveforms, call up preferences by pressing _______ _____, click the Editing button and make sure there’s a check next to show reference waveforms.

Answer 3

Command Comma

Question 4

So what are reference waveforms all about and why would I want it turned on? On any clip, drag the volume bar down until there is very little _________ in the clip. When editing a sound clip whose volume is too low for you to be able to recognize the _________ peaks, the reference waveform still shows you the maximum visual resolution of your audio waveform regardless of the clip’s loudness. This way, you can still make accurate edits even when you can no longer see the actual waveform.

Answer 4

amplitude, amplitude

Question 5

Unlike TRACK-based non-linear editing apps, audio is placed into the same storyline as the video which takes advantage of Final Cut Pro’s ________ Timeline. The primary advantage of the ________ Timeline is that when trimming or re-ordering clips, there is never a possibility that your clips will go out of sync.

Answer 5

magnetic, magnetic

Question 6

To edit the audio separately from the video, you simply double-click the ________ to expand it, make your changes, then double-click it again to collapse it.

Answer 6

waveform

Question 7

This workflow allows you to work on just the clips you want to work on while keeping the __ uncluttered with audio content you are not directly dealing with.

Answer 7

UI

Question 8

To detach the audio, right-click on the clip and choose > Detach Audio. Or press _______ _____ _

Answer 8

CONTROL SHIFT S

Question 9

If you’ve detached your audio for some reason there are a few helpful workflows to keep your picture and sound in sync or re-establish sync. If you select both the video and audio clips, then press ______ _, you can turn the selection into a Compound Clip. Name the clip, save it into your _____, and press Return. Both clips in the Timeline have been replaced by a single Compound Clip.

Answer 9

OPTION G, EVENT

Question 10

The other workflow you’ll find useful is how to re-marry a detached audio clip to it’s original source clip. I’ll say upfront that there’s no command to “re-attach” audio, but there is a series of operations that effectively accomplishes the same thing. Select the video clip, then press _____ _ to reveal the original clip in the Browser. The original clip is located with the selection range matching the clip’s duration in the Timeline. With the clip selected, press ______ _ to perform a Replace from Start edit.
The clip in the Timeline is replaced and included both picture and sound.

Answer 10

SHIFT F, OPTION R

Question 11

Final Cut Pro allows you to edit your audio at the sample level down to 1/80th of a _____.

Answer 11

frame

Question 12

______-accurate editing allows you much finer editing of unwanted sounds in your audio. Park your playhead over any clip looking for a clearly defined peak in the waveform. From the View menu, make sure Zoom to Samples (_______ _) in enabled as well as Clip Skimming (______ _______ S). Press Command-Plus to begin zooming in.

Answer 12

SAMPLE, CONTROL Z, OPTION COMMAND S

Question 13

To view the precise sub-frame count, press _______ _____ to open preferences, then in the general pane, choose Hours, minutes, seconds, frames plus sub-frames. Notice as you skim above the gray area representing the frame, the sub-frame counter in the dashboard displays numbers from 0 to 80 which reflects the ______ count 1/80th of a frame.

Answer 13

COMMAND COMMA, SAMPLE

Question 14

Clips in the _______ _________ can only be edited at the frame level, not the sub-frame level. For example, if you wanted to make a cut at the current subframe location of the playhead by pressing Command-B, the cut would happen at the nearest frame boundary not the subframe.

Answer 14

Primary Storyline

Question 15

While in the Primary Storyline, if you do need to remove unwanted sound at the sub-frame level, you could use _________. ______ _____ on the volume bar to create a set of 4 keyframes around the sound you want to remove. Then drag downward on the volume bar between the keyframes to remove it.

Answer 15

Keyframes, Option-click

Question 16

If you need a way to cut the audio in a Primary Storyline at the sub-frame level, you must detach the audio before first. Select a clip, then press _______ _____ _ to detach audio.

Answer 16

CONTROL SHIFT S

Question 17

If you need a way to cut the audio at the sub-frame level, you must detach the audio before first. Select a clip, then press Control-Shift-S. Skim over the connected clip looking for a place to cut. When you’ve located the sub-frame you want to cut on, press _______ _. The connected audio is cut at precisely the sub-frame you want, and two connected clips are created. You may have to zoom in and out a bit to make it work.

Answer 17

COMMAND B (this is like clicking with the BLADE tool enabled)

Question 18

In the ____line, there’s a Primary _____line.

Answer 18

time, Story

Question 19

MAC TRICK: See everything open

Answer 19

CONTROL UP ARROW

Question 20

MAC TRICK?: Enter Full Screen

Answer 20

CONTROL COMMAND F