Thanks Gene I've downloaded it fine and I look forward to hearing it. Thanks so much,once again!!!! 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 19:00 To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: tracks in 1 project I made the filename shorter to make the link shorter. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25812011/recording%20presentation.zip It appears to me that Drop box may have changed the structure of its public links and made them longer. I wonder if other people have had to change filenames for this reason as well. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:52 AM > 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%20D >> irect%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... > > 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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