[audacity4blind] Re: Timeshifting regarding aligning tracks
- From: Eric Lueck <echodash19@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:55:59 -0700
the thing is it shouldn't have to be that hard. There needs to be a
definitive way to make it easier when a fully sighted user can just
select a time length and shift tracks appropriately.
On 3/30/14, Robert Hänggi <aarjay.robert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> there are some recent posts to this topic in the archive.
>
> Here's my method:
> I've installed the 4 plug-ins attached.
> All they do is shift the audio 1 or 10 ms left or right respectivly.
> It is of course not handy to call them from the effect menu each time.
> Therefore, I've created 4 short-cuts such as
> - Control-Left (shift 10 ms left)
> - Control-Right (shift 10 ms right)
> - Control-Alt -Left (shift 1 ms left)
> - Control-Alt -Right (shift 1 ms right)
>
> The shifting is done by either inserting silence at the beginning or
> deleting audio from it.
> It is therefore best to firstly select the track that's farther to the
> right (if the other track starts without gap) and secondly always to
> select from the start of the track (the length is not essential.
>
> This works great if you can control the alignment right at the start.
> Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
> In order to be able to control in the middle of a track, we have to
> use a little trick:
> - Search a point where you can easily hear if the tracks are in sync.
> - Select this region and go to the edit menu.
> - Choose "Play Region" --> Lock
>
> From now on, always the same region will be played, regardless how the
> cursor is moved.
>
> We can now start to shift the audio
> - Select the track you want to move and select to the start of it
> (Shift-Home)
> - Use the plug-ins I've mentioned to align the tracks and listen
> frequently to the result.
> When you're done, don't forget to unlock the region.
> Again, I've assigned shortcuts- Q to lock and
> - Shift-Q to unlock the region.
>
> This all might sound complicated but it really isn't once you've
> installed the plug-ins and have set up the key combinations.
>
> For instance, You could load the two tracks with the communication.
> Let's say the second track is 82 ms later. The sequence could be
> (second track selected):
>
>
> Space -- Play
> Shift-A -- to stop and set the cursor, optionally further cursour movement
> Q -- to lock the region
> Shift-Home -- expand selection to the track Start
> Control(-Shift) arrow keys -- to move the track
> Space -- to control the alignment
> ShiftQ -- to unlock the region
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards
> RJ
>
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