These videos have made me realize that Audacity is far more powerful than I imagined. Zero crossing and cut preview are beyond helpful for me. My editing just got simpler.
So how about if I have a video recorded outside let's say in a windy weather for example and I record the new part on my computer at home, is there a way to make it sound more natural and like part of the original clip or what would be the best way to do it? Thanks!
Any way I can copy over some words _without_ moving the original track to the right - I need this to for a singer who only has audacity to overdub vocals in time with a music track
@@cajun5454 yeah that'd be appreciated I'm trying to make a whole class online and having issues between my tone in between cuts when I have to stop and think
@@mirandagroupschool You are probably worrying about nothing; changes in tone between pauses sound big to us but most people never even notice them. I've paused and stopped for days and weeks and then picked up and noone ever can even notice them even though the sound terrible to me. Try it, ask others and see. Save your concern for other stuff.
The problem I'm running into is that my Audacity doesn't automatically create a new track when I click Stop and place my cursor at a certain spot in the original track to try to record an addition or replacement. It jumps my original track all the way to the Right (end), and starts recording at the end there. I can record additions, and then essentially cut/paste them from the end to wherever I need it in the middle, but it is a hassle to scroll sideways so I can find the correct spot again, after being forcefully dragged to the end. When I go to the Track tab, to manually create a second (mono) track to record below the original track, I have to make sure I click on the second track to place my cursor where I want to record, otherwise it bumps me to the end of the original again. That's fine, but Audacity does this weird thing where it plays the original track simultaneously as I'm trying to record on the second one, which throws me off. I can turn the speaker down, to solve that problem, but... I guess I'm just not sure I'm doing it right, if I'm running into all these different problems... Any advice?
1. be certain you are using the I beam 'tool' known as the Selection tool. 2. Put this at the spot in front of your boo-boo. 3. press Shift+Record to make a new track; if you just click Record it will just start at the end of your recording as you say. This is new with newer editions of Audacity. 4. make your fix, copy and stick it into your original, then erase the extra track. Otherwise you will hear both of them as you say. Try that and get back to me. Hang in there it will get easier and easier. I really need to make a new video, eh?
@@cajun5454 "shift+record" is EXACTLY what I was missing. Thank you! This secondary track solves a real annoyance I have been encountering in my editing process, and this updated How-To makes it easily doable. So Thank you Thank you Thank you. The things you don't realize are options until you start exploring- essentially, the things you don't know you don't know- I find it fascinating.
Good tutorial! What I'm trying to do is replace a part of the audio track with a part of a different audio track. For example lets say I wanted to censor bad words and every time someone says a bad word I would want a beep sound. And I have a 20 seconds beep sound. I want to mark, so highlight, the parts to be replaced and then put in the beep sound that I copied into the C&P memory. If I paste over the marked part it will also shorten or expand the full length of the audio track if the marked part differs in length from the pasted part. But I don't want that to happen. So my question is: How can I replace ONLY the marked part without changing the length? Is there any other way than copying a part of the exact same length (which is really hard to do).
I suggest trying t he latest version of Audacity. they specifically built in things to edit mult iple tracks and do what you are wanting to do. Other than that i can't offer any suggestions, this is way beyond my competence. Good luck.
Phil, is there a way to highlight words, phrases and paragraphs that need to replaced? (I am making my way through your videos, which are extremely helpful.) I am spending a lot of time trying to (re)find the error after I have recorded the right word, phrase or paragraph.
Do you mean you are editing, notice a mistake, record the right word and then not knowing where to stick it in the track? Yeah, that is frustrating. Just put your Selection tool (I beam)/ curser at the spot where the word will be inserted. Then start a new track right underneath (shift+record) and you will always know exactly where to put it. easy peasy.
Where it is silent? Do you mean at the end? You can continue recording on the same track if you do Shift+R (in older Audacity like this one) or just R in the latest version. If you mean somewhere in the middle, I can explain that too. Just let me know and I'll make a video for you!
Phil I have a question. I wish to record a long file (a three hour live music broadcast) and then later split it into segments that I can work with. This would be much like reading an entire book then splitting it into chapters. Any suggestions on how this could be easily done?
Looks like hell. Wanted to record some books for librivox, but looks like it will take too much time to edit. For example, for 4 hours of recording it probably takes a month to edit...
Not at all! I spend about 45 minutes editing a 30 minute recorded section. But then i have done a lot of it. don't be put off by this, the finished product is well worth it so give a short poem a shot! We promise to help.
I did not realize that. The letter 'c' plays the track minus whatever is highlighted so I can hear what it will sound like if I cut that out. I have been using that tonight so it must work in the latest version. Sorry if I did not demonstrate that because it is very valuable tool.
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These videos have made me realize that Audacity is far more powerful than I imagined. Zero crossing and cut preview are beyond helpful for me. My editing just got simpler.
Thank you, it helps me a lot.
Great! Keep on recording.
Thanks dude. I stumbled across a word that I kinda spoke to fast of and I wanted to know how to replace a new one. This actually helped. Thanks.
Thank you! This was very helpful
So how about if I have a video recorded outside let's say in a windy weather for example and I record the new part on my computer at home, is there a way to make it sound more natural and like part of the original clip or what would be the best way to do it? Thanks!
Any way I can copy over some words _without_ moving the original track to the right - I need this to for a singer who only has audacity to overdub vocals in time with a music track
LOL hey Charlie!!! love it. thank you!!
Haaaaay Paul! Glad you liked it. I think it's time to do a newer version; what do you think?
@@cajun5454 yeah that'd be appreciated I'm trying to make a whole class online and having issues between my tone in between cuts when I have to stop and think
@@mirandagroupschool You are probably worrying about nothing; changes in tone between pauses sound big to us but most people never even notice them. I've paused and stopped for days and weeks and then picked up and noone ever can even notice them even though the sound terrible to me. Try it, ask others and see. Save your concern for other stuff.
@@cajun5454 you are probably right. I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Will do!
The problem I'm running into is that my Audacity doesn't automatically create a new track when I click Stop and place my cursor at a certain spot in the original track to try to record an addition or replacement. It jumps my original track all the way to the Right (end), and starts recording at the end there. I can record additions, and then essentially cut/paste them from the end to wherever I need it in the middle, but it is a hassle to scroll sideways so I can find the correct spot again, after being forcefully dragged to the end.
When I go to the Track tab, to manually create a second (mono) track to record below the original track, I have to make sure I click on the second track to place my cursor where I want to record, otherwise it bumps me to the end of the original again. That's fine, but Audacity does this weird thing where it plays the original track simultaneously as I'm trying to record on the second one, which throws me off. I can turn the speaker down, to solve that problem, but... I guess I'm just not sure I'm doing it right, if I'm running into all these different problems...
Any advice?
1. be certain you are using the I beam 'tool' known as the Selection tool. 2. Put this at the spot in front of your boo-boo. 3. press Shift+Record to make a new track; if you just click Record it will just start at the end of your recording as you say. This is new with newer editions of Audacity. 4. make your fix, copy and stick it into your original, then erase the extra track. Otherwise you will hear both of them as you say. Try that and get back to me. Hang in there it will get easier and easier. I really need to make a new video, eh?
@@cajun5454 "shift+record" is EXACTLY what I was missing. Thank you!
This secondary track solves a real annoyance I have been encountering in my editing process, and this updated How-To makes it easily doable. So Thank you Thank you Thank you.
The things you don't realize are options until you start exploring- essentially, the things you don't know you don't know- I find it fascinating.
@@mglenn2687 Cool! Love it when I can help!
Good tutorial! What I'm trying to do is replace a part of the audio track with a part of a different audio track. For example lets say I wanted to censor bad words and every time someone says a bad word I would want a beep sound. And I have a 20 seconds beep sound. I want to mark, so highlight, the parts to be replaced and then put in the beep sound that I copied into the C&P memory. If I paste over the marked part it will also shorten or expand the full length of the audio track if the marked part differs in length from the pasted part. But I don't want that to happen. So my question is:
How can I replace ONLY the marked part without changing the length? Is there any other way than copying a part of the exact same length (which is really hard to do).
I suggest trying t he latest version of Audacity. they specifically built in things to edit mult iple tracks and do what you are wanting to do. Other than that i can't offer any suggestions, this is way beyond my competence. Good luck.
Thank you. What I was looking for.
Phil, is there a way to highlight words, phrases and paragraphs that need to replaced? (I am making my way through your videos, which are extremely helpful.) I am spending a lot of time trying to (re)find the error after I have recorded the right word, phrase or paragraph.
Do you mean you are editing, notice a mistake, record the right word and then not knowing where to stick it in the track? Yeah, that is frustrating. Just put your Selection tool (I beam)/ curser at the spot where the word will be inserted. Then start a new track right underneath (shift+record) and you will always know exactly where to put it. easy peasy.
what if i want to continue recording where it was silent?
Where it is silent? Do you mean at the end? You can continue recording on the same track if you do Shift+R (in older Audacity like this one) or just R in the latest version. If you mean somewhere in the middle, I can explain that too. Just let me know and I'll make a video for you!
Phil
I have a question. I wish to record a long file (a three hour live music broadcast) and then later split it into segments that I can work with. This would be much like reading an entire book then splitting it into chapters. Any suggestions on how this could be easily done?
Thank you so much!
I am so happy you found it useful.
You are most welcome! Happy editing.
Looks like Conswella got it going on. lol
Looks like hell. Wanted to record some books for librivox, but looks like it will take too much time to edit. For example, for 4 hours of recording it probably takes a month to edit...
Not at all! I spend about 45 minutes editing a 30 minute recorded section. But then i have done a lot of it. don't be put off by this, the finished product is well worth it so give a short poem a shot! We promise to help.
Starting with small steps would be wiser, you're right.
Nice
thank you bsangi0626 for that cogent comment.
From Nov 28 2020, thank you!
Thanks for the nice video.
Aw.. shucks! thanks Christy. Be cool and have fun snipping those errors
An excellent comment: you must STOP before trying to cut, save or anything. Pausing just leaves you frustrated.. ha
he sounds like wight version of Morgon freeman.
white right white right white right
Very Interesting. You never actually teach, how to use the cut preview!!! All you say is to press the letter "C" which does nothing!!!
I did not realize that. The letter 'c' plays the track minus whatever is highlighted so I can hear what it will sound like if I cut that out. I have been using that tonight so it must work in the latest version. Sorry if I did not demonstrate that because it is very valuable tool.