<p>There are 2 methods that might help with this.</p>

<ol>
<li>Press the I and O keys to mark a range around the audio you want to fix. Then press CTRL+OPT+L and type a number value for the amount you want to the audio to drop (eg:-60db)</li>
<li>Make your keyframes, select them, then OPT+SHIFt+C to copy them, then OPT+SHIFT+V to paste them where you need them.</li>
</ol>

<p>Method 1 is probably more flexible as you can customise the range if need be.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8jwck.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8jwck.png" alt="Method 1"></a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xo0Qh.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xo0Qh.png" alt="Method 2"></a></p>

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2017-03-05T04:30:41.697Z
Thanks, it's much faster to make the keyframes with in-out points and then adjust the curve/handles manually than to do all of them with ALT+K.
Patrick Kenny
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2017-03-01T23:44:08.377Z
2017-03-01T23:44:08.377Z
alexh
<p>I'm editing audio in Final Cut Pro X; I have exported the audio from Davinci Resolve because FCPX has a variety of equalizers and noise reduction built-in.</p>

<p>In this audio, I am talking but I occasionally smack my lips together and make other unpleasant sounds.  So, I am trying to remove them as fast as possible.</p>

<p>I realize that there is no good way to automatically identify them, so I am listening to the track and, when I hear an unneeded sound, making four keyframes using <code>ALT+K</code> as shown in the photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/dZEjc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dZEjc.png" alt="audiokeyframes"></a></p>

<p>This isn't too difficult to do but it is a little inconsistent for the following reasons:</p>

<ul>
<li>After I make the four keyframes with the keyboard shortcut, I have to select the middle two keyframes to pull the audio down with the mouse, and making this selection is tricky sometimes even with the timeline zoomed in.</li>
<li>When I pull down the audio, it's usually about -30 db, but it's hard to precisely line up; when I do this several times per file, I am unlikely to make them all exactly the same.  This probably isn't a big deal but it is inconsistent.</li>
<li>There's no way (I can tell) to copy-and-paste sets of keyframes.</li>
</ul>

<p>Is there a faster way to do this, or is what I'm doing about as good as it gets?</p>

<audio><final-cut-pro-x>
How to quickly remove unnecessary sounds in FCPX?
Patrick Kenny
# How to quickly remove unnecessary sounds in FCPX?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-01)

I'm editing audio in Final Cut Pro X; I have exported the audio from Davinci Resolve because FCPX has a variety of equalizers and noise reduction built-in.

In this audio, I am talking but I occasionally smack my lips together and make other unpleasant sounds. So, I am trying to remove them as fast as possible.

I realize that there is no good way to automatically identify them, so I am listening to the track and, when I hear an unneeded sound, making four keyframes using `ALT+K` as shown in the photo:

[![audiokeyframes](https://i.sstatic.net/dZEjc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/dZEjc.png)

This isn't too difficult to do but it is a little inconsistent for the following reasons:

* After I make the four keyframes with the keyboard shortcut, I have to select the middle two keyframes to pull the audio down with the mouse, and making this selection is tricky sometimes even with the timeline zoomed in.
* When I pull down the audio, it's usually about -30 db, but it's hard to precisely line up; when I do this several times per file, I am unlikely to make them all exactly the same. This probably isn't a big deal but it is inconsistent.
* There's no way (I can tell) to copy-and-paste sets of keyframes.

Is there a faster way to do this, or is what I'm doing about as good as it gets?

**Tags:** audio, final-cut-pro-x


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-03-01. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

There are 2 methods that might help with this.

1. Press the I and O keys to mark a range around the audio you want to fix. Then press CTRL+OPT+L and type a number value for the amount you want to the audio to drop (eg:-60db)
2. Make your keyframes, select them, then OPT+SHIFt+C to copy them, then OPT+SHIFT+V to paste them where you need them.

Method 1 is probably more flexible as you can customise the range if need be.

[![Method 1](https://i.sstatic.net/8jwck.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8jwck.png)

[![Method 2](https://i.sstatic.net/xo0Qh.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/xo0Qh.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, it's much faster to make the keyframes with in-out points and then adjust the curve/handles manually than to do all of them with ALT+K.  

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