Final Cut Pro – Toggling Waveforms

Waveforms On/Off

Displaying waveforms in your timeline takes time to redraw every time you scroll the timeline to a different position. When you’re not editing audio waveforms, or if you are displaying a very large sequence, screen redraws happen faster with waveforms turned off.

Press Option+Command+W to toggle waveform display on or off.

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