Final Cut Pro - Module III

II. Adding audio: Music from video: Page 1 of 3

Music tied to visuals has a long history. The earliest cinema, for example, had only music played live at the theater to accompany the film. More currently, music videos make specific songs the centerpieces of the experience, with visuals providing more of the story than what's told through the lyrics.

If carefully chosen, music also can cue viewers to what emotion is being conveyed in the visuals. For that reason, music should be chosen carefully to reflect the mood of the video - and in most straight news pieces, it should not be used at all except as natural sound at an event.

In this step, users will learn how to add a file created by choosing Audio Only when digitizing video. This step uses the audio file fife.mov, which should have been downloaded at the beginning of the module.

1. Look in the Timeline window. Two audio tracks show, each with the same audio for the clips March and Musket. One track was turned off in the previous step. It will be left off. Music files will be added to the clip sequence.
   
2. In the browser window, click on the file fife.mov, and drag it to the Timeline window. A third and fourth audio track will appear. Place the file at the start of the sequence on audio track three. Fife.mov was brought into Final Cut Pro using the Audio Only option, with both tracks, on Clip Settings tab when digitizing the video, as discussed in Module I.

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