[audacity4blind] Re: Adjusting the volume of part of a track
- From: Steve the Fiddle <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:40:05 +0100
Thanks Robbie. That's the way that I use it too.
Anyone else care to comment?
Steve
On 2 August 2012 16:18, Robbie <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Steve!
> I have used Text Envelope several times, but never for multiple
> adjustments. The aim was always to fade the volume to a certain level and
> fade up again after a certain amount of time. If I had to do more than one
> adjustment on one track, I'd rather apply Text Envelope repeatedly, than
> calculating the values for several adjustments and entering them in one
> long command line.
>
> Cheers, Robbie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve the Fiddle
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 11:59 PM
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Adjusting the volume of part of a track
>
> Thanks for the comment Robbie. This is exactly the kind of user feedback
> that I need.
>
> "Text Envelope" is a plug-in written in the "Nyquist" programming
> language. There are a lot of constraints to what can be done in the
> interface of a Nyquist plug-in, so there needs to be a careful balance
> between providing enough features and flexibility without becoming too
> complicated.
>
> In the recent project where you needed to use "Text Envelope", did you
> need to use multiple volume adjustments over time, or was it just that you
> needed separate control of fade out and fade in times? I'm just trying to
> get an idea of how much control and flexibility is needed to make it both
> user friendly and useful.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 30 July 2012 19:24, Robbie <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Steve!
>> I use the Text Envelope occasionally. For a simple voice over I use
>> Auto Duck, but recently for instance I recorded a song and I wanted
>> most of the tracks to play low during the last verse. Without Text
>> Envelope I would not have been able to do this. Only I whish the
>> parameter input could be a little mor intuitive. I know you want to
>> provide an option to do several volume adjustments over time, but I
>> think the classic usage is fade to low and after a while fade to
>> normal again. Why not introduce a "classic" option with input boxes
>> for the fade length and the target DB value .
>>
>> Cheers, Robbie
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve the
>> Fiddle
>> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 11:43 AM
>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [audacity4blind] Adjusting the volume of part of a track
>>
>> Audacity has an "Envelope Tool" for smoothly adjusting the volume
>> level over time. Unfortunately this tool is not accessible for blind
> users.
>>
>> I have written a plug-in that aims to make this feature available to
>> VIP's and other non-mouse users.
>> The plug-in is called "Text Envelope" and is available from the
>> Audacity
>> wiki: I'm not sure if direct links are allowed on this mailing list,
>> but if they are, this is it:
>> http://wiki.audacityteam.org/w/images/0/02/TextEnvelope.ny
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>> 1) Is this type of feature of interest to anyone?
>>
>> 2) Has anyone on this mailing list used the text envelope? If so, how
>> did you get on with it? Are there any improvements that you would like
>> to suggest?
>>
>> 4) Does anyone use other methods or techniques for adjusting the
>> volume level of a track over time?
>>
>> 4) Is there some other approach to adjusting the level of part of a
>> track that you would like implemented? For example, would you like to
>> be able to make part of track go quieter and then return to the original
> volume?
>> Would you like a fade effect that allowed fading smoothly to a level
>> other than silence?
>>
>>
>> If you would like to try the text envelope but need help installing or
>> using it, please ask and I can provide detailed instructions.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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