How to view and edit an audio clip to time with a video clip without the video tracks moving up?

Yes i think that was the issue.

I clicked on show audio lanes which placed all the audio on what i would refer to as tracks per old method. So when i was cutting or moving in/out it was only effecting the video OR audio not both. I finally realized that button was the issue. When i clicked HIDE lanes the audio then appears like your snap shot with the wave form in the video lane. Which allowed me to adjust / edit both.

Is this is the right way to think about it - if i want to edit video audio together I HIDE the audio lanes. Then when i want to move them independently like move audio to start in the preceding clip as an example - I show the lanes and move audio or video with out them both being effected - similar to link and unlink video/ audio in the ‘old’ way of editing. So ‘unlinking’ video and audio from the ‘old’ method of editing is no longer needed as showing the audio lanes does that and hiding links them back with the changes that were made?

first pic you see the audio SFX but I can't see the video track I am trying to align it to.

when I vertically scroll up to see the video - I can't see and edit the audio. I am new to FCPX after over 25 years of FCP7 and premiere. they both allow you to move the audio tracks or lanes or whatever they call it in here - up and down WITHOUT moving the video up and down. this was a very fast and simple thing to do and can't find a button or way to do this?

thanks for the reply

thanks again. any chance you might know how my video and audio are not editing together - the video and audio is linked when I click it - and they will move together. but if I move the timing of the video the audio doesn't move with it? if I cut a few frames off the video it only cuts the video not the audio. I've check a few times and the two are linked but somehow not editing together? I'm sure I hit something because it seemed to be working normally earlier. sorry to keep bugging but I try searching for this in the manual or online and nothing comes up that relates to my questions.

Got it. Still trying to wrap my head around roles. I think that is the alternate way of doing what i used to which was assigning lanes/ tracks to each type of audio. - dialogue, VO, SFX, music etc.. seems even if the lane isn’t organized that way the roles help keep things organized.

Thanks

Thanks. None of the tutorials i had been watching over last week discussed roles or index. It’s only been mentioned here. I’m finding how to videos on it now.

If i understand you correctly the index/ roles window is where i need to organize now - NOT in the timeline like i used to. I loved knowing that each ‘track’ had specific content - cam a, cam b, broll. I would usually drag and drop clips into those positions on the track in the timeline in the order i wanted - and then everything i needed was already in their designated track as i cut. And easy to find without have to dig through bins again.

Instead of that -

NOW I label each vid/ audio clip with a ROLE so as I edit and need something I do have to go back to the bin with that specific role as it is listed in the browser as CamA, Cam B, broll etc… and if i want to just focus on music or SFX I click the circle by role to isolate them into a lane’ then unclick to show all again. ?

Thanks W. Raider. It really does seem like a lot of wasted time at the front end when I used to very quickly lay things out in a timeline on the tracks and then NEVER had to keep going back to a bin and 'searching' for a new shot. digging through bins and using keywords always left room to miss shots.

The magnetic timeline and having to dig through a bin feels more like linear editing and not NLE? This has been a lot more apparent as I also used to cut things that needed to be a certain length. and I often edit to timecode marks or to a specific piece of music. and I could work on something at the 8 minute mark and leave everything alone there while I jumped to minute 3 or something to work on that section. I rarely edit linear like this. As I'm trying to edit. when I 'bounce' around like this I'm finding that things are shifting all over.

anyway one thing at a time as I try to mentally make the switch.

SO back to roles...

- I just went into the Browser (Upper left window with smart collections and folders.)

I created new roles by selecting multiple clips at the same time and designated roles to everything.

Then I went back to the timeline and NONE of the clips were labeled? ALL of the corrasponding clips I've already been editing were not effected at all?

I can't imagine I now have to assign roles to everything in the timeline that has already been cut - how do I make the timeline clips match the role I already assigned to that clip?

I can't seem to find an answer to this .

thanks again -

Thank you.

I’m trying to distinguish understanding the workflow differences with old and new editing and also what is and is not possible. This helps…

Assigning ROLES -

I get that assigning roles in the browser WILL NOT effect the clips already in the timeline. So i started to assign roles to all the clips i have in the lanes/ mag timeline. I right click - go to assign video role - and select the role - like Broll which is supposed to be orange. The clip however DOES NOT turn orange or associate itself with the index function of when soloing broll or hiding broll. The clip however DOES add the role in the name on the clip - now says NAME, Broll - but doesn’t turn orange or act like it should in the index?

this is happening - or not happening - for all of the clips in the timeline.

The clips that were assigned in the browser THEN dragged onto the timeline - also do not appear in the timeline as the color associated with the role. I’ve had two clips dragged from the browser that DID work for some reason, but can’t get any others to work. used the same process each time. Also some of the clips in the browser were batch selected and assigned so I didn't have to do one at a time. Does that matter?

I’m sure i am just doing something wrong here. But I’ve watch 3 how to videos on roles and it said right click/ assign video role should work?