music in final cut express

[zeddie1]

hi guys,i am editing a movie at the moment in fce and i was woundering how you put music in it.

i have created a garage band piece that i would like to use and then shared it into itunes and when i try to iimport a file in fce,i look for it ,and then when i find it ,it is shaded.

i have also tried importing it as a garage band file and that does not work either.

is there a special import audio button in fce?

do i have to do something to it in garage band?please help
me.

[DJcopydog]

Glad you went with FCE. You liking it so far?

To import music, you must first export/save a correct file. In this case, in Garage Band, save the file as a WAV or MP3. Place it somewhere on your computer, where you know it is (and a place where it won't move when you are editing your project).

Now that you have the music file saved in the proper format, open FCE, and select: FILE>IMPORT>FILES. Find your music file, and drag it onto the timeline. BAM.

There are a bunch of great tutorials on how to use FCE on Apple's site: http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/tutorials/

Good luck.

[zeddie1]

i am loving it thanks,ok thats a great help,but i just discovered im free music project,which is a bit better than any music i make!

thanks for the help

edward

[atomic9studios]

If you had the older version of FCE (3.5 or lower), it came with a free sound track editing program known as Soundtrack

If you have any questions about FCE, just ask! I've just switched to FCP and i have alot of tips for people who are just starting out. :)

[iggzy]

For future reference, I believe to make music made in Garage Band able to be used in FC you had to do a few extra steps as the format of the general file did not always work. Now, mind you, this is from memory as I haven't done it in a year so its only the basic idea, not likely to be any of the actual step names:

1) In Garage Band, export the finished song to iTunes
2) In iTunes double check that the file came in as you want
3) Drag the song file out of iTunes to the desktop or a preset folder (the song should be in the iTunes format which I always forget the name of. This is different from the format it is in if you just export from GB to the desktop and works with FC)
4) In FC, import the clip and test it, then put in the timeline where needed.

[The_Count]

For future reference, I believe to make music made in Garage Band able to be used in FC you had to do a few extra steps as the format of the general file did not always work. Now, mind you, this is from memory as I haven't done it in a year so its only the basic idea, not likely to be any of the actual step names:

1) In Garage Band, export the finished song to iTunes
2) In iTunes double check that the file came in as you want
3) Drag the song file out of iTunes to the desktop or a preset folder (the song should be in the iTunes format which I always forget the name of. This is different from the format it is in if you just export from GB to the desktop and works with FC)
4) In FC, import the clip and test it, then put in the timeline where needed.

You on about converting it to AAC version in itunes?

[iggzy]

You on about converting it to AAC version in itunes?

That's the format name I was looking for. Yeah, at least last time I tried it, it was the best way we could find for easily making you GB workable in Final Cut