[audacity4blind] Re: Does Audacity Have a Pause Function?
- From: Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:59:30 -0700
the best editor I've seen for this is studio recorder, but it is not
free, and is not multi-track.
I use it all the time when editing the "books and beyond" show, and
believe me, I made many a thousand tiny edits which were not hearable
because of pops or clicks.
:)
Curtis Delzer.
HS.
K 6 V F O
San Bernardino, CA.
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:40:56 -0600
"Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Gene. Thank you. I'm glad to hear that it's not all me. I like the
> majority of my music to be .wav, so I probably wouldn't use the MP3 editor.
>
> Audacity would be good for a project that I'm working on for preserving
> family members' voices, their dog barks, singing, etc. It sounds silly, but
> once older family members have passed away, other family members treasure
> these recordings. Then those awkward clicks won't matter.
>
> Just tonight, I discovered that Amazon MP3 Store is back to being simple to
> use again, and since YouTube seems to have stops and starts in all their
> songs now, I probably won't use it anymore.
>
> Thank you for all your patience.
>
> Linda Adams
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Gene
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:30 PM
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Does Audacity Have a Pause Function?
>
> Is there a way to move the cursor by tiny increments and hear where it is
> after each movement? The same question for the right marker as well. I'm
> not aware of any way to do this. If list members can provide such a way,
> you will be able to edit as you want.
>
> If you want to produce these kinds of very smooth edits and if the file is
> going to be an mp3 file, you may want to use Mp3 Direct Cut to record and
> edit files. Mp3 Direct Cut allows you to hear exactly where the left and
> right markers are, move them by tiny increments, and hear exactly where
> they are after you move them. You can move them and check where they are
> as many times as you want.
>
> But Mp3 Direct Cut is not a multitrack editor and it only records, plays,
> and edits Mp3 files.
>
> Also, I'm skeptical about whether using pause in Audacity makes editing
> easier. It may make it more difficult. I did some experimenting editing
> in Audacity and I pressed the left bracket and right bracket while the
> file was playing. there is a slight lag of a part of a second, perhaps
> just a small fraction between the time you press the left and right
> bracket keys and the time the cursor and the right marker is set. So to
> get an edit to be at the places you want to remove, you have to press
> these keys a fraction of a second before the place where you want them to
> be. I haven't used pause in editing but I suspect pause has the same
> delay. In addition, it's an extra key stroke. I'm not expert in audacity
> and those who know more may present advantages in using pause I don't know
> about. but with my present knowledge, I don't see any.
>
> Gene
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Thank you for answering. I'm not sure whether it's just me, but I never
> > seem to be able to get the cursor to just the right smidgen to make it a
> > smooth-flowing recording. I used to do it with two cassette decks all the
> > time. I don't know if I'm just not coordinated enough for digital audio
> > or
> > what my problem is. Maybe just more practice--I don't know.
> >
> > Linda Adams
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dang Manh Cuong
> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 7:38 PM
> > To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Does Audacity Have a Pause Function?
> >
> > Hi Linda Don't have time to read other member's answer, but I'll give you
> > a
> > resource about find 0 crossing. To access this feature, press z after
> > making
> > selection. Note that you must exit the pause function before pressing, and
> > I
> > recommend you always do this after making your slelection. Read more at
> > http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-2.0.5-Guide.html
> > HTH
> > HTH
> > Cuong
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:49 PM
> > Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Does Audacity Have a Pause Function?
> >
> >
> >> Hi, Justin. When using the Pause and Left and Right bracket to edit
> >> things out, do you still get noisy clicks when you used Pause?
> >>
> >> Robert said that Shift A and Z need to be used to avoid the clicks at
> >> borders. Would you are someone please give me a sequence of exactly
> >> when
> >> to press each key from the point that I pause at the silence beginning
> >> to
> >> saving my edited selection that no longer contains the silence? That
> >> would be so amazingly helpful. The problem with the manual broken up
> >> into
> >> the links is that for each section, you only get to know one aspect of
> >> using a function. If it were a true one-piece manual, it would be more
> >> likely to contain:
> >> 1. First you ----.
> >> 2. Then you ----.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your help.
> >>
> >> Linda Adams
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Justin Trevino
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:13 PM
> >> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Does Audacity Have a Pause Function?
> >>
> >> Linda,
> >> I do use the pause function for editing sometimes.
> >> Once you've pressed P to pause the audio, you can press left or right
> >> bracket to set selection boundaries.
> >> Left bracket sets the selection start wherever you paused the audio.
> >> Right bracket sets the selection end wherever you paused the audio.
> >> Once you've established a selection boundary you then must press space
> >> bar to stop before doing any actual editing.
> >> Hope this is helpful.
> >> Justin
> >> On 4/19/2014 3:23 PM, Robert Hänggi wrote:
> >>> 2014-04-19 4:26 GMT+02:00, Linda Adams <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>> Thank you. This might help for smoother editing, also. Anyway, I
> >>>> hope
> >>>> so.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Linda
> >>> No, it won't. Effects, deleting and so on does not work when playback
> >>> is paused. You should use Shift-a to stop the playback and set the
> >>> cursor at the new position.
> >>> Another useful key for smooth cuts is "Z" which searches for the
> >>> nearest zero crossing, i.e. you do not have an ugly click at the
> >>> border.
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