automatic audio sync

The “Use audio for synchronization” option makes precision sync adjustments using audio waveforms. You can use this option to sync angles in a multicam clip and to sync video and audio clips together into a compound clip.

An illustration showing waveforms in the audio portion of multicam clips synced by a common sync point

Note: Some audio recordings are not suited for use with this feature. Selecting this option may result in long processing times during which Final Cut Pro is not available for editing.