No Audio In FCPX Timeline, But It's In The Clip Window

Look at the Edit->Source Media menu. Chances are that it is set to "Video only".

If that is the case, when you drag a clip to the timeline only its video will be used - seems to be the problem you are both experiencing...

Hi Luis!

So if a Multicam Clip (or any other clip) is put (inserted) into the timeline without audio, and then cut up with transitions, can the audio be put back into the clip without losing the cuts, or transitions?

If so, can you tell us how it can be done?

Thank you in advance

I'm having exactly the same issue. When I do 'Open in Timeline' I can hear the audio but when I go back to the project timeline it doesn't play again. It also plays the audio in the preview window, just not from the main timeline. Any ideas?

rlib3 wrote:

Luis! Hi, it's me again...the person with the conversion issues? Anyway, that has been solved thankfully. My new problem is what has been mentioned in this thread. Audio in Clip Viewer but not when dropped in the Timeline. I attempted the fixes suggested in this thread but I'm using FCP Version 4.0.1 (old, I know) and the steps given aren't the same. The first part of my project has audio in the Timeline...I'm guessing I clicked or unchecked something...I've looked everywhere and can't figure it out. Even pulled out the manual! Let me know if you have any suggestions and thank you in advance!

I have not used older versions in a while, but I guess you may have disconnected the little "a1" from the big "A1" as seen in the image below. Drag to reconnect them. If this is not it, then I can only suggest you ask this in the Final Cut Studio forum (or Final Cut Express forum - I imagine that is what you are using).

Chances are your current project (timeline) is setup as "Surround Sound" audio but your audio monitoring is only capable of stereo. Click on the Project Libray, select your project, click on the info button, then select the little wrench tool on the right. From the popup menu, choose Stereo rather than Surround in Audio Channel menu. That should do the trick!

That fixed it! Thank you so much. I could not figure it out. I'm curious why FCP would default to Surround Sound for the project when I imported iPhone video footage. Good to know for the future though.

Thanks again,

Yianni

I cannot hear anything on any of my projects or in any of my event foldera. I tried checking the audio and it's still in "stereo" I went to event media and it's on 'all'. I'm so aggravated. Why is this happening? also, the volume on my computer is on high and there are no headphones plugged in. today is just not my day when it comes to electronics.

Luis! Hi, it's me again...the person with the conversion issues? Anyway, that has been solved thankfully. My new problem is what has been mentioned in this thread. Audio in Clip Viewer but not when dropped in the Timeline. I attempted the fixes suggested in this thread but I'm using FCP Version 4.0.1 (old, I know) and the steps given aren't the same. The first part of my project has audio in the Timeline...I'm guessing I clicked or unchecked something...I've looked everywhere and can't figure it out. Even pulled out the manual! Let me know if you have any suggestions and thank you in advance!

Hi Luis,

We are having a similar issue at school, we have checked and make sure that under source media we have selected ALL not VIDEO ONLY, but we are still having the issue. The clip in both places the viewer and the timeline the sources are selected to ALL (video and audio). Any other suggestions?

I struggled with this issue for the past few days before I figured out two possible solutions that haven't been mentioned yet in this forum.

One, relink your files. This one seems obvious but this is the fix that had me stumped for days. I had already relinked all the files when I opened the project. Or so I thought. But then a few hours later, just for giggles, I tried another relink. That time, it found even more files that needed to be linked. That made no sense to me because ALL project files were glommed together in one folder -- no subfolders. So, why didn't it pick up all the files the first go around? Whatever. After the second relink, more files appears in the timeline, but I still was lacking the audio for about 10 clips.

After fiddling around for another hour, I found a second option for fixing this issue. Right click your audio clip and hover over the "Active Audio Angle" option. If there's more than one source or version of the audio file associated with the video clip (for instance, if you used a shotgun mic OR if you PluralEyesed the audio to sync it up), you can select those other audio files to use with your video.

That of course was not the final fix for me, though, because the other audio files were not as good as the PluralEyes version I wanted to use (which, for some reason, was present with the video in the timeline but was lacking any presence of audio levels). So, what I ended up doing to FINALLY get this audio issue resolved was I relinked files for the project a THIRD time and FINALLY it got the last few bits linked up.

How crazy is that? I had to relink files THREE times in ONE folder to get all the files.

The Verdict Is: Forget Final Cut Pro X. Switch to Adobe Premiere. It is WAY more intuitive and user friendly.

What's overcomplicated to me is that I have to relink media after highlighting EACH clip in my timeline that has missing audio to get that audio in the timeline. That's with FCPX. With Premiere, I only have to relink ONCE and everything is there.

Yes everyone will have different opinions. What seems to be the trend is consumers and amateurs gravitate towards the FCP series (except for FCP7, that was a great editing program for professionals) and professionals use Premiere, Avid, and sometimes Vegas. There are reasons for that.

EExcept for the thousands of professionals who make their living using FCPX. Sure all the movies and prime time tv is cut on Avid, which accounts for a tiny fraction of video professionals. You don't like FCPX don't use it, but that has little to do with its capabilities.

YOu could automatlocally relink missing audio in the fcp7 timeline? i think only in your dreams.

Solved the problem for me:

Luis Sequeira1

Look at the Edit->Source Media menu. Chances are that it is set to "Video only".

If that is the case, when you drag a clip to the timeline only its video will be used - seems to be the problem you are both experiencing...

Hi Tom, I have the same no-sound issue, for the very first time. It's happening with clips that I had to shoot in standard definition as my camera broke in the middle of a trip in Asia and it would no longer shoot in HD. I had no choice but to continue to shoot in STD format.

Whether the STD clips are included in the main production that has HD clips or the clips are edited in a separate STD project, there is no sound. Yet there is sound on the memory card.

I am using the latest FCP 10.3.1.

Thanks for your help!

You mean you dragged a multicam clip to the timeline, cut it and only later realized it had no audio??? How come you did not notice that while editing?

Well, I suppose you can still fix it, piece by piece (it seems to work in a little test I've done):

1- reenable Video and Audio (Shift-1, or Edit->Source Media->All)

2- repeat for each part of the multicam in timeline: select; Shift-F to match frame in the browser; drag it from the browser over the selected clip in the timeline; choose Replace.