How to add audio track to Final Cut Express

Does anyone know how to add a audio track to Final Cut Express? My default is four available tracks. What if I want to have 6? How can I add a additional two to the timeline?

Move your cursor into the gray area below the A4 audio track, then control click and select Add Track.

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Does anyone know how to export an edited audio track as a mp3 without it being a video file using FCE?

Use Export>QuickTime Movie and change the export function to audio only. Take that to iTunes and use it to convert to MP3.

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Effects > Video Generators > Boris
Select the kind of title you want, drag it to the Viewer. Click the Controls tab in the Viewer. Enter your titles, tweak your settings (color, font, etc). Then move the clip to your sequence. In general, Boris Title 3D and Title Crawl work best.
If you want the titles to appear over video, place the title clip(s) on a track that is higher than your video.

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How to insert a logo with final cut express 4? like this
http://www.milano.nl/sbs6_2005.jpg

I'm not certain, but I think, if there's not a background color saved as part of the original file, you'll retain the transparency. Give it a try.
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I assume you have multiple tracks of audio? And the audio is distributed discretely over these tracks (sync sound on tracks 1 and 2, sound effects on tracks 3 and 4, music on tracks 5 and 6 for example)?
Then duplicate your sequence by clicking on the icon for your sequence in the FCP browser and control-clicking on it. From the drop-down menu choose Duplicate. Double click on the duplicate sequence you just created to load it to the timeline and canvas.
Now, working on the copy you just made of your finished sequence, click anywhere on the timeline, and type Command + 0 {zero} to bring up your sequence settings. Click on the Audio Outputs Tab.
Once the Audio Output Tab opens, set the Outputs to the desired number of discrete tracks you want to export - in this case I will set it to 8, as I have sync sound on tracks 1 & 2, Voice Over on tracks 3 & 4, Sound Effects on tracks 5 & 6 and Music on tracks 7 & 8.
Once I do that the 8 tracks appear. I set them all to Dual Mono as I want them to be discrete tracks:
Once I am done, I click OK and return to the far left side of the timeline where the audio selectors are, and carefully control - clicking in the empty space above the lock symbol,
From the drop down menu I assign the output of each track - track 1 to to output track 1, track 2 to output track 2, doing so to each track:
You need to set the output for each track. Once all my track assignments are done, I go to the menu File > Export . . . > QuickTime Movie and export my sequence, but now it is exporting with 8 discrete tracks of audio.
To do a quick check that everything is OK, re-import the movie you just exported back into FCP, and open it in the Viewer and you will see that it does indeed have the multi-tracks, as 8 mono track tabs appear at the top of the viewer.
Now give that QuickTime a name that includes "Split Tracks" in the title and copy it to your delivery drive.
MtD
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How to add Audio Track to Existing AVI File

Dear Friends,
I have a AVI file, which contains only the Video Track.
Now i want to add Audio track to this existing Video Track AVI File.
Please suggest me with samples.
Regards
Senthil

Try next:
Get a datasource from the avi.
Get a datasource from the audio track.
Create a MergedDataSource with both.
Use a datasink to write to a file or play it with a player...

I NEED HELP! How do you do this in Final Cut Express 4?

Hey guys,
I am a pretty amateur video editor, and I have been using Final Cut Express 4 for some time now for my YouTube drum covers. What I mostly use it for is for audio and video syncing and some small effects.
My question is, how the **** do you make a small video appear as a window over another video? I know that is not the best way to explain it, but I really don't know. If you don't know what I mean, I will post a screen shot of an example. Also, if there's a YouTube tutorial on how to do that that you have seen, that would be even more helpful.
I'm looking forward to your replies. Thanks for the help!
Message was edited by: DrummerGS
Message was edited by: DrummerGS

I will ditto what skalicki said, and add that you can graphically change the little clip's position by clicking on the Viewer's 'Center' button (has a plus sign in it) in the Motion tab, and then clicking in the Canvas where you want (you can drag it around if you haven't unclicked yet).
You can also add a border effect to that clip, which I would recommend for vids like the one in the screenshot you posted; the inset blends in too much with the underlying clip and seems undefined...

Joining and moving tracks in Final Cut Express

Hi,
I have a project where I am using up to four videos/photo images on the screen at one time. Obviously much of the problem is in the alignment of images as they do differ in size.
The biggest problem is that I have cut the main piece of the video into clips with gaps.
When I use garageband for podcasting there is an option to join clips together to form one track. Even if there are gaps inbetween clips. Does anyone know if this is possible in Final Cut Express? Also as I have problems in aligning overlays. Does anyone know how you can move a track in its above another in terms of it’s priority on the screen. ie. move v5 above v4 become v3. If I could do the former then this would merely be a case of copying and pasting but all my clips are separated in the tracks so it would help to be able to move the tracks.
This may be staring me in the face but I guess these things are always easy when you know them.

Thankyou both for the reply. I’l be honest and say that I was an imovie user who has picked up FCE over the last fortnight to do this project. If I did it again I’d prepare it totally different. I have nine tracks and each of them contains clips, separated by gaps and linked to audio. As there are overlays the gaps are important as I have the canvas screen split into four (each showing a different video or image. It’s all a bit tricky now but I really thought I’d be able to join up the clips as you can in imovie and garageband. I also expected to be able to move a track above another track as you can rearrange tracks in garageband even though it solves no real purpose. As track v1 shows above track v2 in the canvas it means I have a lot of fine editing to align the footage. If I did it all again I would prioritise what tracks will be most important before starting the project.
It’s been a fun but time consuming learning curve. If you know the limitations of software you can work around them whilst planning but now it would be a case of doing much of it again.

Audio transitions in Final Cut Express--Not Allowing

I'm trying to drag and drop an audio transition (specifically, Cross Fade 0dB) in between two mp3s that I imported into Final Cut Express and which currently reside on the A1 and A2 audio tracks. When I attempt to do so, I get an "X" telling me that I can't. I have rendered everything that needs to be rendered, video and audio. What else do I need to do? All honest help appreciated. Screen shot available upon request.

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Here's a typical set up:
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               ABC Music Video
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               Smith Documentary
To delete the project named "Jones Demo" navigate to where those files are stored and delete the folders named "Jones Demo" then empty the trash; the project and all of its associated media will be gone. The only files that FCE might create for that project that are not stored inside a folder bearing the project's name are the Waveform Cache files - I usually delete the contents of that folder when ever I'm finished with a project.
Personally, I keep all of my project files just in case I ever need to go back to a project. Project files are relatively small so hard drive space isn't really an issue.
As for the issue of having too many projects open at one time, that's a simple user error. All you need to do before opening a new or another existing project is to close the project you were working on. So if I were working on the "ABC Music Video" project and wanted to work on the "Smith Documentary" project for a while, I'd close the "ABC Music Video" Project, then open the "Smith Documentary" project.
-DH

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I just upgraded to Final Cut Express because of the feature of being able to start a project in iMovie and then finish it in FCE. The steps look simple in the manual File / Open / etc. But when I do it, it tells me File Error: Wrong Type. Is there something I am doing wrong or some other format for the iMovie projects to make them work?

FCE 4.0.1 is the current version of FCE. There is nothing newer.
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The Resolution goes down when i add my video to Final Cut Express.

When i add my video from my Sony HD Camera to Final Cut Express, the HD resolution goes down from 1920 X 1080 to 720 x 480, is there any way to prevent this from happening?

Mr.Erdogan wrote:
.. the HD resolution goes down from 1920 X 1080 to 720 x 480, ..
in FCE, you have to set the resolution of your 'project' manually.
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now, when you add HiDef to a SD 'sized' sequence, it has to get downscaled..
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I have edited 4 sequences successfully within a project. Everything was working fine audio and video. All material is saved to my external scratch disk. I left the project to take a break (saving it first of course). When I came back the audio is not working. I have not changed any settings and have tried to obvious like checking the volume on the computer. I know the audio is still there because the levels are moving and correct. I just can't hear it. This is the second or third time this is happened?
At one point I needed to capture some material and following capture it seemed to work again. Then I lost it again. I thought I would try capturing more material to see if I would have the same luck but not this time.
I am fairly new to editing and to Final Cut Express. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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There aren't any free import/export components for WMV content. F4M is the best, since it's integrated into FC, but, as you've found out, without paying the $49., the free version limits the clip to 1/2 it's duration up to 30 seconds, and puts the watermark on.
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