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.
@johnyoung44096 ай бұрын
Thank you, it helps me a lot.
@cajun54546 ай бұрын
Great! Keep on recording.
@Herozonex2003 жыл бұрын
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.
@musicalneptunian2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. What I was looking for.
@ioanavoine2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@cajun54542 жыл бұрын
I am so happy you found it useful.
@Bhtflangd2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This was very helpful
@lazerrazor790510 жыл бұрын
Looks like Conswella got it going on. lol
@paperthyme3 жыл бұрын
From Nov 28 2020, thank you!
@CarabaoTravelChannel7 жыл бұрын
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!
@cajun545410 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome! Happy editing.
@paragthorat80264 жыл бұрын
Nice
@victoriawallacehunter34483 жыл бұрын
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.
@cajun54543 жыл бұрын
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.
@mirandagroupschool4 жыл бұрын
LOL hey Charlie!!! love it. thank you!!
@cajun54544 жыл бұрын
Haaaaay Paul! Glad you liked it. I think it's time to do a newer version; what do you think?
@mirandagroupschool4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@cajun54544 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@mirandagroupschool4 жыл бұрын
@@cajun5454 you are probably right. I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Will do!
@mglenn26873 жыл бұрын
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?
@cajun54543 жыл бұрын
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?
@mglenn26873 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@cajun54543 жыл бұрын
@@mglenn2687 Cool! Love it when I can help!
@halls5111 жыл бұрын
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?
@emregdrive318610 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice video.
@realraven20007 жыл бұрын
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
@Verbalaesthet2 жыл бұрын
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).
@cajun54542 жыл бұрын
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.
@cajun545410 жыл бұрын
Aw.. shucks! thanks Christy. Be cool and have fun snipping those errors
@cajun545412 жыл бұрын
An excellent comment: you must STOP before trying to cut, save or anything. Pausing just leaves you frustrated.. ha
@anyimiguel5 жыл бұрын
what if i want to continue recording where it was silent?
@cajun54545 жыл бұрын
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!
@cajun545412 жыл бұрын
thank you bsangi0626 for that cogent comment.
@riot.96 жыл бұрын
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...
@cajun54546 жыл бұрын
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.
@riot.96 жыл бұрын
Starting with small steps would be wiser, you're right.
@goldenf0x4247 жыл бұрын
he sounds like wight version of Morgon freeman.
@ryanbreeze23127 жыл бұрын
white right white right white right
@ericboone1825 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting. You never actually teach, how to use the cut preview!!! All you say is to press the letter "C" which does nothing!!!
@cajun54545 жыл бұрын
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.