[audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
- From: "Sean Paul" <newsandtraffic@xxxxxxx>
- To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:27:46 -0500
David:
Thanks so much for all of your help. I had first edited the tracks that I
was working with first. Saved them then recorded the small track & imported
the other finished product back in to the new project & did much as you told
me to do earlier. Somehow I was able to get it to work. Don't ask me how
but, I did. I now have my first episode of my podcast finished & on my
website. Again, thanks so much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bailes" <david_bailes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 09:12
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Hi Sean,
I'm assuming that you've imported the small voice track, and this is now the
third track in the project. So what you want to do is time shift the first
two tracks, so that the audio in them starts at the end of the audio in the
third track. To do this:
1. set the first two tracks to unselected, and the third track to be
selected.
2. press the letter k, which moves the cursor to the end of the audio in the
selected tracks, which in this case is the end of the third track. (in
passing, the letter j moves the cursor to the start of the audio in the
selected tracks).
3. deselect the third track, and select the first two tracks.
4. Apply the align with cursor command, which moves the selected tracks so
that the audio
in those tracks starts at the cursor position.
David.
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From: Sean Paul <newsandtraffic@xxxxxxx>
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2011, 23:07
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
David:
Thanks so much for that. We got that finished &
working great. Now one more question. For now at least. I'm wanting to put a
very small voice track ahead of where the music starts. Best way to make
this
happen? Got it recorded & it's like 7 seconds long. Then I want the music to
start upon the smalltrack ending. I've tried several different things. Like
setting a cursor & trying to aline with no luck. It's over the first part of
the music. &, I'm wanting the music to start right after it ends. Thanks
again for all of your help.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Bailes
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 16:29
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Hi Sean,
just a few points:
1. When you align with cursor, this shifts all selected tracks, so in your
case the voice track should be selected, and the music track unselected.
2. When you playback in audacity, it plays back all tracks, unless some
tracks are set to solo or mute (see the more advanced editing section of
the jaws guide for more details). It doesn't depend on whether or not the
tracks are selected.
3. I presume that after positioning the cursor and before using align you
didn't press home or end which would have moved the cursor.
David.
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From: Sean Paul <newsandtraffic@xxxxxxx>
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2011, 20:21
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Heyya David:
I have the voice track edited down to have almost no silence at the
beginning of it. I was able to make & edit the files with no problems once
I got the hang of doing it. I recorded the voice track & edited it. Found
the music track I wanted to use, edited & faded it. Then saved both files.
I did both of these as separate projects & then exported them & saved them
to the desktop. Then I went back & imported them both in to a project with
to different tracks there. I first went to the music track, selected it,
found the place where I wanted the voice track to come in, set the cursor
using shift A, then deselected that track. I then went down & made sure the
voice track was there, played it, I did not do anything with it other than
play it. I then went & found aline with cursor in the tracks menu. Then,
nothing, the music file was in both places then. Hope this helps. I don't
think I left out any steps as I wrote this.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Bailes
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 14:44
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Hi Sean,
you appear to be doing the right sort of thing, so it's a question a
working out what's going wrong.
After you shift the voice track using the align with cursor command, then
the position of cursor should remain unchanged, that is its where you
wanted the voice track to start. So if you press space to start playback,
you should hear the start of the voice track.
If this isn't the case, maybe try something simpler first:
1. Just import the voice track into a project.
2. move the cursor to a few seconds into this voice track.
3. time shift the voice track so that is starts at the cursor position.
4. if you press spacebar it should start to play from the beginning of the
audio in the voice track.
5. If you then press home to move the cursor to time zero, and press space
bar, there should be a few seconds of silence before the audio starts.
Does this simple example work?
David.
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From: Sean Paul <newsandtraffic@xxxxxxx>
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2011, 13:56
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Well, apparently I just can't get this. That didn't work for me either. I
imported both files, selected the music track, found the location where I
wanted the voice track to come in, placed the cursor, unselected the music
track, selected the spoken or voice track, alined the tracks using the
aline with cursor, & had the music track in both tracks in the table then
with no spoken track @ all. Exported it in MP3 just to make sure, & played
the exported MP3 track which was just the music track.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Paul
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 08:40
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Perfect,
I'll give this a try. Thanks so much.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robbie
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 08:31
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Help using audacity
Hi Sean!
Using the music track, you need to put the cursor where you want the
spoken word track to begin. You can set the cursor by pressing shift-a,
then adjust it with the arrow keys. Next make sure to unselect the music
track and select the spoken track. Now you need to align the selected
track with the cursor position. You’ll find this option in the Align
Tracks submenu located in the Tracks menu. Note that if you change the
length of the music track later on, this will effect the position of the
cross fade.
Cheers, Robbie
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Paul
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:46 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Help using audacity
Hello:
Thanks so much for this list & any help which anyone is able to give me
going forward.
I have read the manual several times but I'm not able to figure out
exactly what it is that I'm doing wrong.
I am attempting to put together my first podcast. I have both the files
I intend to use. My intro music & my recorded spoken audio. I am wanting
the spoken audio to come in when the music begins to fade. I've already
got the file set, the music fading in the right place but I'm not
exactly sure how to place the spoken audio where I want it to go. I've
tried pulling both files in to a table, selecting all of the audio on
the spoken file & pasting it where I want it in the music track. No go.
What is the best way to make this happen? Thanks again.
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