FCP MULTICAM EDITING -Changing audio after the multi cam edit

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FCP MULTICAM EDITING -Changing audio after the multi cam edit

Hello,

I am stuck in a frustrating problem. I recently finished editing 1.30 hours of Multicam edit. Later I received better quality audio and wanted to replace it with the edit. I followed a few things online and later added another angle with the new good sound and then synced it with the monitor and deleted the old bad audio angle. Now when I play the clip in the compound mode (where I can see all 4 tracks) the new audio seems fine but the moment I come out of the compound clip into the main timeline, it still plays the old bad audio? I just deleted the bad audio angle and yet the main timeline continues to play from that bad audio track! Why isn't the clip using the new synced good audio? am I missing something?

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Irfan

Posted on May 17, 2022 5:34 AM

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May 17, 2022 11:53 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi , thanks for the help . This was my first Multi cam and I may have overlooked some

basic steps . While starting the edit I should have secured the master clip with the assigned audio role to the relevant audio angle . I missed that step, instead I was switching between different angles that was cutting both the video and it’s corresponding audio. All I had to do to sort this was to select the clip , right click and assign audio to the one I want.

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May 17, 2022 7:07 AM in response to Irfan Sait

In addition to what Tom said: instead of the Timeline Index, you can also select all the pieces of the multicam in the project timeline, open the Audio Inspector and turn the audio from the desired angles on or off under "Audio Configuration". Besides, you should probably have kept the old audio, and just turn it off like this.