Final Cut X: Adding serveral speech/voice clips.

To add recorded sound / voice after the footage was a much better option than using a lapel mic directly via the camera during recording. This is due to reverb and hiss - and traffic.
However, because of this there will be multiple sound recordings and therefore clips that has no sound. This means you can hear that there are several audio recordings and the sound pinches in and out again.
How could we have done the recording option? We try "Background Noise Removal" and "Hum Removal" but this does not prevent disclosure of sliced audio clips.
Some good advice?

Not 100% sure I understand what you want, but this may help:
Press Ctrl+Shift+S to detach the audio from a clip. You can then grab the end of the audio and drag on it. If there's any free material in it, you can then pull the little buttons on the audio to fade one into the other (see below).
Andy

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The first Quantel NLE, back in the 80ies, was mimicing the Moviola - showing vertical stripes of 'film'.
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On recording they hold a clapper into the cam, to 'sign' the time-code.
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If you like to adjust cut-aways, get customed to the various trim/ripple/nudge options of FCPX.
If you like to pre-select clips, get customed to the Events-concept and its endless options (you can even abuse to create 'bins'!) to tag clips.
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Russ H wrote:
@Tom and David: OP has posted identical comment in Creative Cow/The Debate.
excellent obeservation...
Such a debate comes two years too late here, I assume...

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