I'd like to set two angles to stay active audio during my Multicam edit, while all others switch video only. FCPX seems to only support having 1 angle stay audio angle active and all others switch video. Is there a way to do what I want other than premixing? Thanks
iMac 27″
If I understand correctly what you're asking, it's very simple. Open the Multicam Angle Viewer, select the audio only switching button, then select the first audio angle you want active. Next, OPT, CMD click the second audio source you'd like to hear. Done.
If I understand correctly what you're asking, it's very simple. Open the Multicam Angle Viewer, select the audio only switching button, then select the first audio angle you want active. Next, OPT, CMD click the second audio source you'd like to hear. Done.
This is really cool. It's actually going to help me next week on a music video.
It's here in the manual: Cut and switch camera angles in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support
Under "Switch Video or Audio Separately" at the bottom as a "Tip".
It's also mentioned here: Multichannel audio editing examples in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support
as Example #4.
One rather crude way is to add two instances of the multicam, one above the other.
Choose one audio angle in the bottom copy. Choose the second audio angle in the top copy. Then switch only video in the top copy.
I knew that there had to be a better way, but I had not tried it before.
With the multicam clip in your project timeline, open the Audio Inspector and you can check more than one angle.
That's as simple as it can get.
ambidextrous wrote:
If I understand correctly what you're asking, it's very simple. Open the Multicam Angle Viewer, select the audio only switching button, then select the first audio angle you want active. Next, OPT, CMD click the second audio source you'd like to hear. Done.
Yes, that is nice. It has the same effect as the method I described above. Using the Angle Viewer or the Inspector, it is simple to use multiple audio angles at the same time.
I couldn't get it to work even though the manual says what you say. I must have been doing something wrong. I had to click on the audio for the angle in the inspector to get it to turn on as Luis Sequeira1 said.
Mark at Ripple Training gives a 60 sec visual overview of this feature via YouTube. It's an essential part of Multicam editing, so I hope you're able to get it working.
If you don't need to switch audio channels at all you could simply place them below the primary storyline, and in the primary storyline have a video-only multicam edit.
Never tried this but another way could be to make one angle a compound containing the two audio tracks, then just cut video only.
That Ripple training video solved my problem. Thanks so much.
Setting Active Audio Angles in Multicam Editing
