[audacity4blind] Re: Removing Buffer Stops and Starts in YouTube Songs
- From: Gale Andrews <gale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 03:32:37 +0100
> From "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:06:12 -0600
> Subject: Removing Buffer Stops and Starts in YouTube Songs
> Is there an Audacity manual in laymans terms for extremely new
> people to sound editing that woould explain what the different
> technical sound terms mean and what each keystroke actually does?
Hi Linda,
Yes here is the official Audacity Manual:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/ .
Here is the Glossary:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/glossary.html .
You should also read David Bailes' JAWS Guide to Audacity
if you use JAWS:
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-2.0.5-Guide.html .
You asked:
> Is there a list of keystrokes somewhere that will tell me the
> difference of when to use the arrows and when to use J, K, Comma,
> and which functions need to work during playback and which ones
> need to work after pressing the spacebar to stop the sound?
Yes, in the Manual:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/keyboard_shortcut_reference.html .
This section of the Keyboard Shortcut Reference is most pertinent
to shortcuts for playing and recording:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/keyboard_shortcut_reference.html#transport
.
You will find in the Transport list the shortcut SHIFT + A for
"Play/Stop and Set Cursor". That starts playback the same as
SPACE does, but when you use SHIFT + A to stop, it sets the
cursor at the stop position.
You can change the shortcut for "Play/Stop and Set Cursor"
to another binding by using the Keyboard Preferences:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/keyboard_preferences.html#change .
To prevent a click where you delete a selection, use shortcut Z
before the delete to adjust the selection so that it starts and
ends at a zero crossing point. These are points where a digital
audio sample is silent, so it is safe to delete there without causing
a volume discontinuity in the audio that remains. This should work
perfectly on mono tracks. Please read this for more information:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_editing.html#clicks .
Gale
> I have just begun to use Audacity as a sound editor to get rid of the stops
> and starts found in most YouTube songs. I have removed these bits of
> silence with open bracket, closed bracket, spacebar to stop the music,
> and then backspace to delete. This works, but the music has a sound as
> though I had stopped a cassette recorder instead of pausing. How do I
> make the music smooth as I delete those silences so that that break is
> not heard? I have tried counting seconds between the silences, but I
> just dont seem to be fast enough to respond.
>
> Audacity seems to keep playing music even when you stop arrowing. Is
> there any way for me to get better control or coordination of the
> deleting silences process?
> Linda Adams
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