[audacity4blind] Re: tracks in 1 project
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 13:07:00 -0500
It's unfortunate that Dropbox appears to have made its public links so
much longer. the link I sent the list in my last message is one many
people can probably use. However, later today, I'll make the link even
shorter. for now, try the link I sent and see if you can download the
file.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 PM
> 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
>>>
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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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