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451Final Cut Pro User Guide
1. In Final Cut Pro, open the Roles pane of the timeline index by doing one of the following:
• Click the Index button in the top-left corner of the timeline (or press Shift-
Command-2), then click Roles at the top of the timeline index.
• Choose View > Timeline Index > Roles.
2. Do one of the following:
• Show an audio role in a separate lane: In the Roles pane, click the Audio Lane
button to the right of a role.
Audio clips with that role assigned appear in a separate lane in the timeline. A text
label appears at the left side of the lane in the timeline, identifying the role.
Repeat this step for each role that you want to show in a separate lane.
• Show all audio roles in separate lanes: Click Show Audio Lanes at the bottom of the
timeline index.
Separate lanes appear in the timeline for each role, with audio clips in the lanes
of their assigned roles. A text label appears at the left side of each audio lane,
identifying the role.
The lanes in the timeline appear in the order you define in the timeline index. See
Reorder audio roles in Final Cut Pro.