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256Final Cut Pro User Guide
Add audio effects to a clip
1. Click the Effects button in the top-right corner of the Final Cut Pro timeline (or press
Command-5).
2. In the Effects browser, select an audio effect.
You can do any of the following to help make your selection:
• Preview what an effect sounds like using the audio from the currently selected
timeline clip: Move the pointer over the audio effect thumbnail.
• Preview changing an effect’s primary control: Hold down the Option key while
moving the pointer over the audio effect thumbnail.
• Filter the list of effects that appear: Type text in the Effects browser search field.
3. Do one of the following:
• Drag the effect to an audio clip (or a video clip with audio) in the timeline.
• Double-click the effect icon to apply the effect to the selected clip.
The effect appears in the Effects section of the Audio inspector and in the Audio Animation
editor. You can now adjust the effect.
Change the order of effects
After you apply audio effects to a clip, you can change the order in which they appear in
the Audio inspector or the Audio Animation editor.
1. In the Final Cut Pro timeline, select a clip you’ve added effects to.
2. Do one of the following:
• In the Effects section of the Audio inspector, drag an effect up or down.
• In the Audio Animation editor, drag an effect up or down.
Copy all of a clip’s effects to another clip
You can copy effects and their settings from one clip to another. This can be especially
useful if you’ve made adjustments to effects in a clip that you want to preserve and use
with other clips.
1. Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline, then choose Edit > Copy (or press
Command-C).
2. Select the clip or clips you want to apply the effects to, then choose Edit > Paste
Effects (or press Option-Command-V).
If a clip has more than one effect applied to it, all of the effects and their settings are
applied to the other clip.