SilenceScout Setup for Final Cut Pro Users

The first time you use SilenceScout in Final Cut Pro, and press the Process button, macOS will ask for permission to let Final Cut Pro control your computer:

SilenceScout uses this ability to detect and manipulate information on your timeline. Click the Open System Settings button. When the Accessibility panel appears, toggle Final Cut Pro on:

Next, locate the SilenceScout app on your system in the Applications folder and launch it. It will immediately warn you that the app requires similar permissions.

Click the Open Accessibility Settings button:

When the Accessibility panel appears, toggle SilenceScout on as well:

When you go back to the app, confirm that its says Accessibility: Granted:

You’re now ready to use SilenceScout.

FAQs

What About Compound Clips?

When using SilenceScout in Final Cut Pro, please remember to apply it only to video clips. In this first release, SilenceScout does not work if applied to Compound Clips.

Workaround: double-click the Compound Clip to view its contents, and apply SilenceScout to video clips inside it.

What About Multicam Support?

SilenceScout 1.0 does not handle Multicam clips. The plugin needs access to the original media (it analyzes audio by accessing the source file directly). A Multicam clip is a compound of multiple angles inside your Final Cut Pro library — there is no single media file to analyze. The plug-in will exit processing without performing any analysis.

Workaround: right-click the Multicam clip and select Open in Angle Editor, then apply SilenceScout to a specific angle clip inside. Each angle's source clip is a regular media file, so analysis runs normally on that angle's audio.