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461Final Cut Pro User Guide
In many ways, you can work with role components as you would with standard audio
components. For example, you can:
• Skim over an individual role, or play it back using the Space bar or the J, K, and L
keys. See View and listen to an audio component.
• Remove a role from a multicam clip by deselecting its checkbox in the Audio
Configuration section of the Audio inspector. See Enable or disable an audio
component.
• Show expanded role components in the timeline, then edit them as you would a
standard audio component. You can adjust volume, pan audio, add audio effects,
and so on.
If you want to assign different roles to specific clips within the multicam clip, you can
open the clip in the angle editor and then assign subroles to individual components of the
constituent clips.
For more information about multicam clips, see
Intro to multicam editing in Final Cut Pro.
Manage role components in synced clips
When you have Final Cut Pro automatically analyze and sync audio and video clips, the
resulting synced clips are specialized versions of compound clips.
Final Cut Pro creates two sets of role components for each synced clip: one based on the
subrole assignments for all the clips in the primary storyline, and one based on the subrole
assignments for all the connected clips. For each set of role components, the same rules
apply as for compound clips or for angles in multicam clips.
1. Select a synced clip in the Final Cut Pro browser or timeline.
2. If the inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4).
• Click the Inspector button on the right side of the toolbar.
3. Click the Audio button at the top of the inspector.
Tip: Double-click the top bar of the inspector to switch between half-height view
and full-height view.