Locking audio?

I´ve been searching in the forums and apparently final cut pro doesn´t allow to lock a clip, to avoid moving it.
But this is a big issue because audio is always attached to some video clip, and any time you move this video, the sound moves with it. Is it possible to separate them and leave the audio alone?
Thanks,
Pablo

BenB, not that intuitive but can work, depending on the project. I´ll give it a try. And hope tha apple update the FCPX with a more easy way to do this (lock audio)
Thanks!
Pablo

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...but in the video I mentioned the locked region's front end was dragged while the region was still in the arrangement window. That looked a really handy feature and I still can't work out if it's still possible in Logic 9.

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I've always thought that the purpose of this feature is to make sure that audio and video clips that need to stay synced together in fact do.
Well, I just added a short video clip to my timeline--in the middle of the movie--and it moved all the video clips to the right a bit, as it should--but not the audio clips, which were locked to their respective video!
How could this happen?

Hi folks.
Since we last posted, I have discovered something new about the misbehaving audio lock. Happily, I learned that it does work for me - most of the time. I can select the audio, choose "Lock..." and if I get a yellow pushpin on both the video and audio tracks, then they are properly locked together.
Here's the catch. Sometimes I select the audio, choose "Lock..." and the yellow pushpin only appears on the video track. In that case, they are not locked, and adding video before that pin will lose the sync with the improperly locked audio track. Also, I haven't found a way to get that single pushpin to go away. I can place the playhead there and choose "Lock..." again, but that has no effect (no toggle off and on). I can select a new place in the same audio clip and choose "Lock..." but the pin doesn't move. The only workaround I have found is to move a bit past the defective pin, do a "Split video at playhead" to create a new video track, and then select a spot in the audio clip to lock with the new video clip. The new clip will get the correct double pushpins, and the audio is really locked.
Here is a screen shot of this behavior. Notice that I have several locked audio clips, and I have not placed the locks on the first frame of the video clips. You can see a defective single pushpin on the video associated with audio clip #23. I couldn't remove that pin, so I split the video clip and was able to lock down audio clip #24. (Note: the gaps in the video are intentional - when I had to change tapes. I'll fill them in with some photos, so I have to make sure that I won't lose sync.)
What do you think about that?
Regards.

Another bug? Failure to lock audio to video

I don't know if others are experiencing this, or if it is just my install...
I put a few pictures into the video, dropped a "camera click" into the audio line and locked it to the video.
But after further edits of other sections earlier in the movie, I found that the audio camera click was no longer wed to the picture. The video had moved when earlier cuts were made, but the audio apparently stayed where it was.
Anyone else get that, or just lucky me?
--ET

ET,
I've experienced some unpredictable behavior like you describe in the past with the lock audio feature.
I suggest you take a cue from the pros. Generally, final audio sweetening with effects and music isn't done until the picture is finalized and "locked".
It's usually best to resist the temptation of putting in sound effects or music until your picture editing is complete.
It's also worth noting that with iLife '06 you can now create the soundtrack of your movie in GarageBand. It's pretty cool and worth checking out.
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When my current iMovie project went all hiccup and drag, I tried many of the tips suggested here including a mega-dose of maintentance -- repair permissions, CacheOutX, etc.
Nothing worked until I began deleting zeroed-out extracted audio. That restored clean sound. But the video was still twitchy. Next I installed the recent PB graphics update. That appeared to slightly improve video (but I may have imagined it).
Finally, I cleared the 85 sound effects locked to still photos. That restored smooth video.
So here's the question: I had tested the sound effect (same one, a camera click) on several video stills before locking in 85, and the tests showed no hint of trouble. So was the problem the clip itself -- downloaded free from an Internet sound site -- or the sheer volume? Is there a limit on the number of audio locks iMovie will accept?

Hi, Bengt --
The project is on the internal HD and backed up on externals. Since I'm relatively new to this, I've got to ask: What would be the benefit of disconnecting the externals? Is there some connection between those and the locked audio clips which apparently caused the problem?
I added the externals after the project corrupted, and was able to clean it up with them attached. What am I missing? Probably a whole lot.
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Permissions fixed it.

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I have been using iMovie HD for years. Great program. Finally had to move on to iMovie 10. What a total disaster that is. I have a myriad of issues with it, as does everyone else, but right now I am trying to figure out how to lock an audio clip at the playhead, as one essentially needs to be able to do for even pretty simple home movie edits. Am I being stupid or has this functionality been entirely removed by some genius Apple programmer? Why do I get the feeling that what used to be a brilliant and intuitive piece of software has been completely eviscerated to the point of uselessness?
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Richard Weston-Smith1 wrote:
Am I being stupid or has this functionality been entirely removed by some genius Apple programmer?
No, it's not been removed. You just need to drag your audio clip to the right place.
In your case, you want to drag it directly to the timeline and not to the background music well below the timeline.
Some more information here:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov91a895a64
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-Caleb

Glad to help.
Not begging for points here, but, at the least, please mark the thread as answered so others will know it's resolved.

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I'm creating a slideshow with pan-and-zoom as well as imported video clips. I've created a "soundtrack" with imported music in Audio Tracks 2 and 3 and manually "mixed" the music so that the audio clips appear "staggered" on the timeline (i.e., one partial song in Track 2, next partial song in Track 3, next partial song in Track 2, etc.). I manually entered beat markers for all of my anticipated video edits (as I have done for all my NLE software projects on other platforms). However, whenever I shorten a video clip, the entire contents of audio tracks 2 and 3 shifts to the left correspondingly. And, of course then my beat markers for the rest of the project don't line up. This is completely maddening. I can not find a way to "pin" or "lock" the audio tracks to the timeline. There isn't even any accompanying video for these tracks -- just music. Every time I shorten a clip to match the beat, Elements "outsmarts" me and moves all future audio out of sync. And I have to shorten each clip because, for stills, the clip duration is set when the stills are "imported" to the project. There must be a way to toggle off this free-floating audio. Any thoughts...? I'd be grateful...!

Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately, PrE does not allow Locking Tracks, like PrPro does. I have requested this feature for several years, and for each new PrE release, as I feel it is very important and useful.
I usually am adding my soundtrack as the last thing I do, just before I Export/Share, so it does not bother me that much, but doing what you are, or if one is doing a music video, then being able to Lock those Audio Tracks (I Lock Video Tracks in PrPro often too), would be such a useful feature.
Let's look for a way to get what I think you want, as a few additional steps might make your life a bit easier. You have your "mixed" Audio Clips on two separate Audio Tracks. You have them edited, as you want. I would think about Exporting/Sharing JUST the Audio to a PCM/WAV file @ 48KHz 16-bit. That will effectively mix your two Tracks of Audio into one stereo file. Then, you can Import that output file into your Project, replacing the two Tracks of Audio Clips. Being one file, it will not move, when you edit your Video. Two things to consider: in that output file, you will most likely loose your Beat Markers, but can add those back, and when you go to edit any Clips, that are "covered" by other Clips, some of the edit functions do not work, quite as they did when they were not covered, such as Delete and Close Gap - the gap will not close. It would be the same, if you had a Video Clip above the one that you were editing. Still, for most editing functions, that should not be an issue, but it will depend on how you have edited your Clips to that point. For Stills, you can Ripple Edit, and change the Duration up/down, as needed. If you are working with Video Clips, and have enough extra Frames (referred to as Handles, when dealing with Transitions), you can do the same with them. If they do not have adequate Frames, then you might have to shuffle things around a bit.
By Exporting/Sharing the Audio to a single file, you have, in essence, Locked that Audio Track.
As a side-note, some users have encountered issues with both of the Fixed Audio Tracks, Soundtrack and Narration. The usual "fix" is to just use one of the free "regular" Audio Tracks - just exactly as you have done already. I refrain from using Soundtrack, or Narration (though I have never had those problems), because so many others have reported them.
Good luck, and maybe we will all get lucky, and Adobe WILL honor some feature requests for Track Locking.
Hunt

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I discovered, again on accident :-) that if you hold down the shift key and select the Lock Track Icon on the audio or video, it locks, and unlocks all the tracks.
Works with selecting the "eyeball" icon, selecting all tracks and turning audio on or off for all tracks too
I found this pretty helpful on the project I am working on.

That's great. A simple adjustment and it works like a charm. Voila! One click of the mouse and the locks all snap like a year old bagel.
Thanks once more for your help, Tom.

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If I place a video track on the timeline, the audio comes along and is automatically locked with the video track. If I want to add a NEW audio track (recorded separately), there doesn't seem to be a way to lock that audio with the video track once it's synced. Or am I missing something?

Select the video & audio tracks and then do *Modify > Link*
And to double-protect the sync'ing, put a marker on each of the video & audio tracks at a common point (playhead at the same point in the timeline) so that if they ever get separated it will be easier to line them back up.

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Hi,
I am looking for a way to lock my audio regions so that their length cannot be modified. Lock SMPTE position does not accomplish this...
Is there a way?
-patrick

Greetings IA,
Sorry but I don't know of a way of doing that. There's no keyboard shortcut, no Edit command and no combination click. You might be able to help yourself by using the local menu Edit > Select Used to identify those bits of audio in your arrange window or you can:
Go to the arrange window
Edit > Select All
Return to the Audio Window
View > Group files by > Selection in Arrange
That gives you an Audio Window view with all your used files bundled together so you can lock the individual clips. Sorry I can't help any more than that.
Looks like an omission to me and you could always pass it to Apple as an enhancement request.
Pete

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Hi,
I'm trying to figure out how to lock my audio editor to a fixed length. I don't need anything fancy like pitch shifting/time stretching. I'd love to be able to slide the region start/stop points at the same time once I have the length set. I've tried this in Soundtrack Pro too, but this feature doesn't seem to exist.
And a more general question, what is the best way to create simple loops in Logic Studio without getting too complicated?
Thank you for any tips! I'll keep trying

I´m not sure I understood the question, but looping things is real easy. Select the region you want to loop and press "L" on the computer keyboard.
Or you can use the loop tool which the pointer turns to if you hover over the upper right corner of the region, hold down the mouse and move the tool to the right. You need to be zoomed in sufficiently in order to see this tool.
/juhani

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