Joe,
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Orozco
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 4:27 PM
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Mixing and Manipulating Individual Tracks
Thank you. Your instructions to align the tracks worked, but it does
not seem Audacity is consistently responsive to keystrokes. I’ve made
use of the starting and ending cursors, but they do not always seem to
register. Shortcuts that ought to work do not seem to work since
Audacity continues to see no audio selected when I need to make larger
changes. I thought it might be an issue with the JAWS scripts, so I
disabled them and at least benefit from hearing when I have pressed
the left and right brackets. If the learning curve here is going to be
cumbersome, I may as well jump in all the way and switch to Reaper
where I have at least found a complete tutorial where I can get some
step by step instruction. I have no illusions my experience there will
be easier, but all things being equal, except price, I may as well
learn the hard way but rely on a more consistent experience. Thanks
all for your awesome help to this point.
Joe
On 12/5/20, Ted Galanos <tr.galanos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good morning to you again, Joe!
I am not sure that the YouTube tutorial that you are referencing is all that
good an idea for what you are wanting to produce. Also, you are not moving
your markers correctly to select segments or full tracks. In my tutorial
sessions with other audacity newbies, I tell them there are two things you
are selecting. One. You are selecting the track as a whole. two. You are
selecting the contents within that track with the markers. you must
understand these two concepts in concert in order to manipulate the audio
effectively. Again, I can tutor you if you would like.
Ted Galanos
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On Dec 5, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Joe Orozco <jsoro824@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think I may’ve found a solution to my earlier question. I found a
YouTube video saying I can cut the second track and paste it into the
point in the first track where I want the merge to occur. Here’s the
thing, even though JAWS tells me Track 2 is selected, it won’t let me
use CTRL X. It says no audio is selected. This is the same error I get
when I try to remove a track. Even though JAWS tells me a track is
selected, I can’t use the Delete key to remove it. I thought it might
be a JAWS script issue. I removed the scripts, but no, Audacity still
refuses to acknowledge a track is selected. Rather frustrating. At any
rate, thanks in advance for any help.
Joe
On 12/5/20, Joe Orozco <jsoro824@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Thanks again to those of you who provided links to the JAWS scripts.
Very much appreciated.
I have a question, and so far I have not been able to figure it out
from reading the manual or listening to the few audio tutorials on
Audacity I’ve managed to uncover. If anyone has a lead on a good audio
tutorial, please let me know.
Here’s the scenario: I have two tracks. Track 1 is intro music. Track
2 is a voiceover. I start playing Track 1 and pause at the point I
want to mix in the voiceover. I use the left bracket to presumably set
the starting marker. Then I go to Tracks on the menu bar and use the
Mix and Render to New Track to, presumably, bring in the voiceover at
the starting marker. Except, Audacity is not doing this for me.
Instead, it’s starting Track 1 from the starting marker but bringing
in the voiceover track at the same timeframe as Track 1 rather than
mix in the voiceover from the beginning. Also, the third track just
gets labeled Voiceover, after the name of the original file, rather
than Track 3.
Can you help me properly mix, or insert, the two files?
Is there a better way of organizing the tracks so that I can see all
three tracks but individually manipulate them without disturbing the
rest of the project?
Forgive me. I hope I’m using the right terminology.
Thanks so much for helping out this clear novice. :)
Joe
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