Evidently, the link is too long to be worked with in some or many e-mail programs. I'll either have to reupload the file or figure out how to change the link. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Cox" <lynn.cox1@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:34 AM > Hi Gene > > > I'm finding this discussion great. I'm just learning too and want my > recordings to sound professional. > > I can't download your recording. Do I need to be logged into anything > first. > > > Love > Lynn > > Warmest > Lynn Cox > > Churchill Fellow 2013 > Project: Diving Into Darkness > www.WCMT.org.uk > > Director > Arts Coaching Training (ACT) > > T: +44 (0) 20 8544 9681 > M: +44 (0) 7818 437 651 > E: lynn.cox1@xxxxxxxxxx > Skype: Lynn_C_Cox > Twitter: lynn_c_cox > > ACT Now!!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene > Sent: 20 May 2013 18:08 > To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: tracks in 1 project > > You will probably continue to hear the audio. Make a test recording to > find > out. I am not familiar with certain settings in audacity that may affect > what you hear but if you are using default Audacity settings, you should > hear the audio whether Audacity is paused or not. If you don't hear the > audio, let the list know and people who know more about certain audacity > settings may discuss what to change. but I don't think you will have such > a > problem. > > I don't know how good you are at pausing a recording and resuming at the > right place. When people recorded using tape recorders, pausing the tape > is > what people usually did and their recordings sounded like it, too. > Pauses would be of different lengths, bits of unwanted material would > often > be included at the point where the recording was paused, in other words, > the > results were sloppy. If you want good clean breaks, let the recorder > continue to record and edit the recording after you finish. I'm not > telling > you what to do. I'm saying that, unless you are both skilled and lucky, > breaks you create with pause are often going to be sloppy. And if you > learn > to edit, you don't have to worry about starting a recording early and > letting it run late. You will be able to edit out the unwanted material > before and after the program. If you are pausing the recording and making > recordings just for your own listening, you may not want to edit them. > You > may want to use pause as we have been discussing. but if you are > concerned > about making a higher quality recording with clean breaks, then pause is > not > the way to do so. > > this presentation, by me, introduces the listener to information about > using > audacity, including basic editing. At this point, it sounds as though you > are learning in a disorganized manner, picking up bits of information here > and there. You need some sort of organized way of learning, at least for > a > time when you start to learn about Audacity. > You can download the presentation at: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25812011/Audacity%20And%20Mp3%20Direct%2 > 0Cut.zip > the first part deals with Audacity. The second part deals with Mp3 Direct > Cut, another recording program you may or may not be interested in. > > Gene > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron" <facup1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:21 AM >> I'm not recording a record, rather a continuous broadcast from the >> radio. >> Sometimes I stop the recording because I don't want to record certain >> parts of the broadcast. However, I'm wondering if when you press >> pause, the sound would stop playing through your computer, to show you >> were not recording. >> >> Ron >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:14 PM >> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: tracks in 1 project >> >> >>> I'm not sure what sound you are asking about. the recording will be >>> paused. Whether the recorder is paused or not has nothing to do with >>> whether you hear audio in general such as your screen-reader. >>> >>> I don't see how you are going to forget if you pause a recording. >>> You are recording something, for example, you pause the recording to >>> turn over the record, then you start recording again by once again >>> pressing p. How are you going to forget whether you paused the >>> recording or not during the time you turn the record over. >>> >>> Gene >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ron" <facup1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:50 AM >>>> I get it I think. So, moving on from that, if you press p for pause >>>> will the sound stop working? I ask this because you may have >>>> forgotten whether you have paused or not. >>>> >>>> Another question I have is concerning amplification. >>>> >>>> I recently recorded something where the sound seems too quiet for >>>> comfortable listening. Having tried the Amplify effect nothing >>>> seems to happen. >>>> >>>> Having read in the forums previously about peek amptitudes etc, it >>>> said something about zooming in to the loudest part to check the >>>> levels. >>>> Can >>>> someone please explain how I might do this? >>>> >>>> Many thanks. >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:28 PM >>>> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: tracks in 1 project >>>> >>>> >>>>> That is not what a track is. You are, evidently, stopping the >>>>> program from recording and then starting to record again. Unless >>>>> you know how to do this correctly, every time you stop and start >>>>> recordding again, you will be adding a track. Adding tracks would >>>>> be used in situations where, for example, you want to record an >>>>> instrument playing, then later, add a track with you singing. For >>>>> just straight recording of an album, either just let the recorder >>>>> record until the end or, if you want to stop and resume recording, >>>>> use the pause command, the letter p. You will pause the recording, >>>>> for example, to turn the record over, and then p resumes recording >>>>> and no additional tracks will be added. >>>>> >>>>> Gene >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Ron" <facup1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:22 AM >>>>>> Hi all. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm struggling with the idea of having more than one track in a >>>>>> project. >>>>>> I can't qquite grasp the concept. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> One project is open and as you cursor key down it says, "table track >>>>>> one >>>>>> select on". Go down and its 2, 3 4 etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> If I go to track one with the cursor and press space for play, it >>>>>> plays >>>>>> the same on each track which ever one I press the space bar on. >>>>>> >>>>>> I understand tracks to be songs, 7 one side of an lp for example. >>>>>> >>>>>> Therefore, if track one is selected you should be able to hear and >>>>>> work >>>>>> on >>>>>> that track alone. >>>>>> >>>>>> But this doesn't seem to be the case. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can anyone shed more light on this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The audacity4blind web site is at >>>>> //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind >>>>> >>>>> Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, >>>>> Audacity keyboard commands, and more... >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to >>>>> audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> with subject line >>>>> unsubscribe >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The audacity4blind web site is at >>>> //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind >>>> >>>> Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, >>>> Audacity keyboard commands, and more... >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to >>>> audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with subject line >>>> unsubscribe >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The audacity4blind web site is at >>> //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind >>> >>> Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, >>> Audacity keyboard commands, and more... >>> >>> To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to >>> audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with subject line >>> unsubscribe >>> >> >> >> The audacity4blind web site is at >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind >> >> Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, >> Audacity keyboard commands, and more... >> >> To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to >> audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with subject line >> unsubscribe >> >> > > > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > > > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > > The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... 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