Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 674)

Trimming Audio Clips in the Viewer
You can trim an audio clip to be shorter or longer. Trimming generally refers to precision
adjustments, anywhere from one frame to several seconds. For more about techniques
for trimming clips in your sequence, see
“Learning About Trimming Clips.”
Note: If you want to open a sequence audio clip item in the Viewer, independently of its
linked video clip item, you need to make sure that linked selection is turned off. For more
information, see
“Linking and Editing Video and Audio in Sync.”
To trim a sequence audio clip item in the Viewer
1 Turn off linked selection by doing one of the following:
• If linked selection is on, click the Linked Selection button (or press Shift-L) to turn it off.
• Hold down the Option key and click the audio item.
Audio selected
independently of video
Linked Selection button
2 Drag the audio item from the sequence to the Viewer.
The audio item opens in the Viewer by itself.
You can also double-click the audio clip item to open it in the Viewer, but you may need
to hold down the Option key to make sure that only the audio clip item is selected when
you double-click.
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