Unlinking audio from video
In FCPX, when you edit a video clip in a project, the clip's video and audio appear as one unit in your timeline. This can be a bit disconcerting at first for long-time digital video editors, who are used to seeing video and audio as separate entities in the track-based timeline used in FCP7. Video and audio are not tied together permanently, however, and can be separated and manipulated individually in the timeline.
Getting ready
In a documentary project, you may have a talking head clip where you decide you only want to use the spoken words, rather than see the speaker's face, and then use that spoken portion as voiceover for some b-roll. Instead of removing the clip, go back to your Event Browser, find the clip again, and re-edit the audio portion into your timeline. It's much faster to unlink the audio in the timeline and drag it wherever you want.
How to do it...
1. Right-click on the clip in your timeline that you want to detach the audio from and select Detach...
