Hi,
The is not intended as a direct answer to the original question. It's just
to point out another way of selecting the overlapping audio between two
tracks. Assume that the audio in the second track starts before the end of
the audio in the first track, and ends after the end of the audio in the
first track.
Then one way to select the overlapping audio in a manner similar to
Andrew's description is to:
1. With only track 2 selected, press j to move the cursor to the start of
the audio in the second track.
2. With only track 1 selected, press shift + k to select a time range from
the cursor position (the start of the audio in the second track) to the end
of the audio the the first track.
3. Select the second track. Both tracks are selected and there is a
selected time range which covers the overlap.
Another way of doing the same thing is to make use of the commands which
work with clip boundaries.
1. Select both tracks.
2. Press j to move to the start of the audio in the first track.
3. On the transport menu, open the cursor to sub menu, and choose next
clip boundary. The cursor in now at the start of the audio in the second
track.
4. On the Select menu, open the Clip boundaries sub menu, and choose cursor
to next clip boundary.
David.
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 08:43, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yes, you are correct about crossfading. Assuming you are using the
current or fairly recent version of Audacity, you want Crossfade Tracks
under the Effects menu.
The following may sound daunting. Once you get the hang of it, though,
the process works well.
The first step is to position your outro track so that it starts the
several seconds before the podcast track ends. Here, Align Tracks under
the Tracks Menu is your friend. Let us know if you have trouble with
that. Importantly, your outro track must be below the podcast track.
Having positioned the tracks to give the amount of overlap you desire, you
now want to apply the crossfade. I found the following process to work
well.
Select the podcast track and deselect the outro track. Position the
cursor on the podcast track where the outro track starts and select to the
end of the podcast track. Then arrow down to the outro track and select
it. That will highlight the same amount of audio on both tracks.
From the Effects Menu, select Crossfade Tracks. There are several
options, described in detail in the manual. They suggest Constant Power 1
for many situations, but experiment to see what works for your situation.
Bear in mind that if you do not like the result you can always undo.
I suspect you will want more than a few seconds of overlap but, again, see
how it sounds.
Let us know how you get on.
Andrew
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Hello. I have two tracks in my podcast. I want to start the outro a few
seconds before the actual podcast ends. How is this done? I’m thinking that
some one of the fading features would be used. Is this correct? If so, How
do you use these to greatest advantage? Thanks for any help you can give me.
