[audacity4blind] Re: tracks in 1 project

  • From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:06 -0500

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
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> 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
>>>>>
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