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224Final Cut Pro User Guide
Add audio
Add music and sound in Final Cut Pro
You can add music and sound files directly to a project or an event from your Music library
or other sources.
Final Cut Pro also includes a number of built-in Foley and other sound effects that you can
insert as connected audio clips.
If you have a clip that contains both audio and video, you can choose to insert only the
audio portion of the clip. See
Add only a clip’s video or audio in Final Cut Pro.
1. In Final Cut Pro, open the Photos and Audio sidebar by doing one of the following:
• Click the Photos and Audio button in the top-left corner of the Final Cut Pro window.
• Choose Window > Go To > Photos and Audio (or press Shift-Command-1).
2. In the Photos and Audio sidebar, select the sound category or app you want to browse.
The audio clips in that category appear in a list in the browser.
The Photos and Audio sidebar includes a Sound Effects category and a list of music
and sound apps, such as Music, GarageBand, or Logic Pro (the apps you see depend on
which apps you’re using on your Mac).
3. To find the music or sound you want to use, do any of the following:
• Search and filter the collection: Use the pop-up menu at the top of the browser to
filter the items shown in the browser. For example, you could select Music in the
sidebar and then choose Purchased from the pop-up menu, or select Sound Effects
and then choose Final Cut Pro Sound Effects > Impacts & Crashes.
• Preview an item: Select an item in the list, then click the Play button
.
• Select more than one item: Command-click each item.