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156Final Cut Pro User Guide
Solo or disable clips in Final Cut Pro
Sometimes, it’s helpful to compare how a project plays with and without certain clips. In
Final Cut Pro, you can quickly play one clip’s audio, excluding audio from other clips. This
feature, called solo, works by disabling the audio in all unselected clips in the timeline. You
can also disable (rather than delete) selected clips, making them invisible and silent during
playback. Disabled clips don’t appear in any output. You can just as easily reenable them.
Solo selected items
1. In Final Cut Pro, select the clips in the timeline that you want to isolate.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Clip > Solo (or press Option-S).
• Click the Solo button in the top-right corner of the timeline.
When solo is turned on, the Solo button turns blue, and the soloed clips are outlined in
yellow. Nonsoloed clips are shown in black and white.
3. To turn off solo, click the Solo button again.