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223Final Cut Pro User Guide
The soloed clip appears highlighted, and other clips appear dimmed.
To turn off solo, click the Solo button, or choose Clip > Solo (or press Option-S) again.
Disable clips or ranges
1. In Final Cut Pro, select one or more clips in the timeline.
Note: If the selected clips contain both video and audio, and you want to mute the audio
only, choose Clip > Expand Audio or Clip > Expand Audio Components, then select the
audio portion only (or drag to select a range).
2. Choose Clip > Disable (or press V).
Disabled clips are both invisible and silent and do not appear in the viewer or in any
output. The filmstrips of disabled clips appear dimmed in the timeline.
To reenable the disabled clips, select them in the timeline and choose Clip > Enable (or
press V).
Silence clips or ranges
You can silence a selected clip or range. This technique is simply a quick and easy way to
adjust the volume.
1. In Final Cut Pro, select one or more clips in the timeline, or select a range.
2. Choose Modify > Adjust Volume > Silence (–∞).
The selection is silenced, and the volume control for the clip or range is set to –∞ dB.
(You can confirm this level in the Audio inspector.)
To restore the original audio level for the selected clip or range, choose Modify > Adjust
Volume > Reset (0dB).
Important: If you import clips with unwanted audio that you will never use, you can ensure
the best playback performance by deselecting the audio components of these clips in the
Audio inspector. See Disable a clip’s audio.
You can also solo or disable video clips. See
Solo or disable clips in Final Cut Pro.