Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 680)

• Organize the audio clips you’ve edited into your sequence into separate dialogue,
music, and effects tracks
• Place one actor’s dialogue on one track and another actor’s dialogue on another track
To move a clip to an adjacent track without changing its position in the Timeline
1 Position the pointer over the clip in the Timeline and hold down the mouse button.
2 Hold down the Shift key.
3 Drag the clip up or down to an adjacent track.
Note: As you move the clip up and down into other tracks in the Timeline, you’ll notice
that it’s constrained from moving forward or backward in your sequence. It can only move
up and down. This works for both audio and video clips.
Using Audio Transitions to Smooth Audible Changes
Sometimes, a cut in the audio is quite noticeable despite your best efforts to find just the
right frame on which to place the edit. In these cases, you can apply a cross fade to the
edit point to try to smooth out the transition from one audio clip to the next.
Final Cut Pro comes with two audio transitions: a +3 dB cross fade (the default) and a
0 dB cross fade. Each cross fade results in a different audio level change as the transition
plays. Your choice of cross fades depends on the clips you’re transitioning between. Try
one, then try the other to see which sounds better. For information on applying transitions,
see
“Adding Transitions.”
Creating or Separating Stereo Pairs
Although stereo pairs are meant to be used for intrinsically stereo audio like music or
stereo sound effects, any two clips of audio in the Timeline can be made into a stereo
pair or separated into two mono clips. This operation can only be performed in the
Timeline.
Note: Stereo pair linking is not the same as clip item linking. It is not necessary to break
the link between clip items prior to disabling stereo pairing.
680 Chapter 43 Audio Editing Basics