Speed Change

Afternoon everyone -
Quick question; I am using the speed change dialogue (command + J) to do some speed changes to HD video in the timeline. I am slowing the same footage down in two different spots within a sequence. I slow it down to 50% in one spot and 5% in another. The speed change is working perfectly for the video but not for the audio. I would like the audio to play back at the adjusted speeds. The clip slowed down to 50% is working (both video and audio). The audio pitch is lower and in sync with the video (this is exactly what I want). When I play back the video slowed to 5% it is jacked up... real technical term I know. The video plays back at the right speed but the audio is clicking, skipping, and playing back nonsense. When I first made the adjustment the audio was playing perfectly in sync with the video and very much pitched down (this again is what I want). Now all it does is stutter and not even come close to what I think it should be doing. So... my question is, what am I doing wrong? Can FCP 7 play back audio slowed down with the speed change dialogue as slow as 5%? I could just fade the audio out at this point in the timeline but I would rather not. I am hoping someone might be able to help me figure out what I am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
Matt

Not easy for me to answer, all of my intricate speed changes have been in the olden days of silly ol'DV. But you have a folder called audio renders. You might try locating the file associated with this effect and deleting the audio render. that will force a re-render.
However, 5% may exceed the abilities of FCP's limited rendering engine to resolve the audio waveform. I don't know for sure and I'm not on my FCP machine to check for you and you haven't given us anything to go one except "HD," which does nto help much.
5% audio is unintelligible so this is an effect you can fake with some time and creativity. You'd find a suitably compatible sped range, might be 15% or less, that gives you a workable result. Exprt it, bring it back in as an auio-only movie, and slice it into your sequence.
It is the collective experience of many of the profiessional filmmakers here that the best effects–both visual, aural and emotional–are not always literal; they're implied, they encourage and allow the audience do the work.
bogiesan

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