Replacing low-res audio tracks with high-res in FCP timeline

I have some low quality .m4a audio tracks in my FCP timeline that I wish to replace with higher-quality .aiff tracks.

The audio tracks are heavily-edited (various cuts, volume adjustments etc.) and I do not want to re-edit the whole project by hand...

Any tips?

Posted on Apr 27, 2023 3:21 AM

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2 replies

Tom Wolsky

Level 10

152,771 points

Apr 27, 2023 3:53 AM in response to jblfv

The reconnect function doesn’t work to connect to the new file on the hard drive?

jblfv Author

Level 1

9 points

Apr 27, 2023 6:26 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

That worked, great!

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