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259Final Cut Pro User Guide
Remove all clip effects from one or more clips
1. Select one or more clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. Choose Edit > Remove Effects (or press Option-Command-X).
All clip effects are removed from the selected clips entirely. All built-in effects on the
selected clips (such as Volume and Pan) are reset to their default values.
Turn off a clip effect
After you apply an audio effect to a clip, you can turn off the effect (but retain its settings)
in the Audio inspector or the Audio Animation editor.
1. Select the clip with the effect in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. In the Audio Animation editor or the Effects section of the Audio inspector, deselect the
effect’s checkbox.
Add the default audio effect in Final Cut Pro
You can set a default audio effect and quickly add it to your project clips using the Option-
Command-E keyboard shortcut or a menu command.
Final Cut Pro comes with the default audio effect set to Channel EQ, but you can change
the default effect to any audio effect in the Effects browser, including custom audio effects
presets. For more information about audio effects presets, see Save audio effects presets
in Final Cut Pro.
Add the default audio effect to project clips
1. In the Final Cut Pro timeline, select one or more clips that contain audio components.
2. Choose Edit > Add [effect name] (or press Option-Command-E).
Note: The name of the menu item changes depending on the current default audio
effect.
Set the default audio effect
1. Click the Effects button in the top-right corner of the Final Cut Pro timeline (or press
Command-5).
2. Control-click an audio effect or an audio effects preset in the Effects browser, then
choose Make Default Audio Effect.