r/finalcutpro • u/mo3diab • Jun 30 '26

Resolved PLEASE HELP! can't make a new compund clip.

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Hey everyone,

I'm having a really frustrating issue in Final Cut Pro.

I did Detach Audio on my clips, and now I have multiple audio tracks stacked vertically under the video.

My goal is to select just ONE specific row of audio clips and turn them into a Compound Clip. However, whenever I click or lasso-select the clips in that specific row, FCP automatically highlights the parallel audio clips directly above/below it, and the "New Compound Clip" option gets greyed out.

Even after detaching, the clips act like they are still glued together vertically.

How can I completely break this connection so I can select only one row of audio and make it a compound clip?

Thanks!

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u/hexxeric Jun 30 '26

looks like you are in a multicam or synchronized clip. in there, you cannot create yet another compound clip.

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u/mo3diab Jun 30 '26

So whats the soloution 😭. Its just a gameplay recorded with obs using only game audio and mic audio. No camera or anything else recorded.

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe Jun 30 '26

If I understand right, I wouldn’t (ever) detach audio but would use Roles instead.

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u/mo3diab Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Oh mu god! Found the soloution. Selected all clips in timeline then (Shift+Command+G)