Connected Clips - Audio Mess

Thanks for the screen capture; it's very helpful. I can't go back to 10.2 at the moment, but I don't recall this being different. The connection point is to a specific frame and that hasn't moved. The simple solution for this is to hold the grave/tilde key. This will keep the audio connected to that clip attached to the beginning of the clip that's being rippled. This will not however affect the audio downstream from it that is connected to other clips. They will remain where they are.

By snapshot I mean a copy of the project, so if something goes wrong in the process you can start over where you are now.

In the browser, control-click the project and choose Snapshot Project:

This will create a separate, independent copy of the project as it is now - and name it with a timestamp:

Now if you continue editing (like I suggested, or in some other way), you will have a safety net.

And, as Tom said, since Final Cut Pro "X" was launched in 2011, it never worked as you describe.

Either you are missing some detail, or you had in mind the old FCP (version 7 or earlier).

That's the correct behavior. The audio files are connected to specific clips that move when the earlier shot is rippled. That keeps the audio in sync with the clips they're attached to. If you don't want the timeline to behave magnetically you can use the Position tool, to ripple the first clip and leave a gap in the storyline.

It is working correctly, as far as I can see...

If you want to keep the audio clips exactly where they are, then you should organize your timeline differently.

Your main audio clips should be in the primary timeline, and the video and other audio should be connected

to that primary audio.

It is not too late to fix that.

First, make a snapshot of the project, to ensure that you can easily get back to this point if necessary.

Then do this:

1) Select everything in the primary storyline, and press Command-Option-UpArrow, to lift from storyline.

2) Press Command-G to make these a single secondary storyline

3) Select the audio clips that should go into the primary and press Command-Option-DownArrow to put them in the primary

What previous version are you talking about? What you seem to describe was the behavior in legacy FCP, which is a bit old, released 2009. No version since 2011 with the magnetic timeline left connected audio behind.

It's been a while, but I was only just able to get a system that can run 10.2.3. Both FCP10.1.2 and 10.2.3 behave the same as the current version when rippling attached audio. I'm pretty sure you must have been thinking of legacy versions FCP that used tracks that held audio and video in place.

The compound clip would only work if you connected it to something that was upstream of the edit you’re rippling.

I didn't see the post. I don't know much about the systems. You might post the question on the fcp.co forum. They are users there who have run tests with the the Mac Studios.