Hi Andrew,
the outro doesn't have to be on the same track. Autoduck acts on the
selected audio, which can be in one or more tracks. The control track,
which is not selected, must be positioned immediately after the last
selected track. See:
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/auto_duck.html
David.
On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 22:40, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Ted and Sarah
The outro does not have to be on a separate track. In fact, if Sarah
wants the outro to autoduck it will have to be on the same track as the
intro. By way of example, I just recorded four seconds of nonsense.
Having selected it, I then, by using the left square bracket, put the
cursor at the ten second mark and pasted. The track then had two instances
of my nonsense separated by six seconds. By way of warning, if you are
going to copy the intro music and use it for the outro, copy before you
apply autodocking.
Andre
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Ted Galanos
*Sent:* Friday, 11 September 2020 1:10 AM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Autoducking / inserting silence
Sarah,
If your intro music is a track by itself, duplicate it and then you can
use it as Outro music as well. The Outro should be a separate track but it
can be the same music.
Ted Galanos
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On Sep 10, 2020, at 10:04 AM, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter <
sarahlstephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Andrew,
Well as ever I’m in your debt!! After a bit of playing around I’ve
finally got it…thanks to your excellent step by step description!!!
I still need to perfect it but feel I’m getting somewhere!!!
The only thing I still can’t work out is if I’ve already got my music as
track 1 and used it for the intro using the autoduck can I use the same
track for the outro – I tried and it just moved the autodocking….not sure
I’ve explained that well enough but may revisit it in another email.
Thanks again, this group is fantastic!!
With very best wishes,
Sarah
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Andrew Downie
*Sent:* 10 September 2020 11:12
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Autoducking / inserting silence
Hi Sarah
Firstly to audoducking, but read the remainder before doing it. You are
nearly there.
1. Your music track needs to be above your vocal track.
2. Make sure the vocal track is not selected (pressing Enter toggles
selection).
3. Make sure the music track is selected.
4. Select the audio on the track by pressing j and then shift+k.
5. Apply the autoduck. Note that if you do not like the amount of
ducking you can adjust that in the autoduck dialog.
Now to moving your vocal so that it starts 15 seconds after the music
starts (do that before applying autodocking or you will be forced to utter
unpleasantries).
The most elegant solution is to use the Align Tracks facility.
1. Deselect the vocal track and select the music track
2. Having arrowed up to the music track, move to the point where you
want the vocals to come in.
3. Deselect the music track.
4. Arrow down to the vocal track and select it.
5. Press alt+t to open the Tracks Menu.
6. Arrow down to Align Tracks and press Enter.
7. Arrow down to Start to Cursor/Selection and press Enter.
Your vocals will then start at that point.
Another option is to select the vocal track and press j to go to the
beginning and then insert 15 seconds of silence. To do that open the
Generate Menu with alt+g and press s. You can set the amount of silence in
that dialog. Then press left arrow to clear the selection to avoid hearing
nothing but silence.
Finally, to set up the music for the conclusion. I will assume you have
the music on an external file but vary the following suggestions as
relevant. Import the music from the File Menu. It will be placed on a new
track. If you want to autoduck the music, you will have to copy or move it
to track 1. Select the contents and copy with control+c. Deselect that
track and arrow to track 1. Move to where you want the music to start and
paste with control+v. Then apply autoduck.
If you want to gradually fade up the music you could keep it on the new
track. Then use Align Tracks as described above to have it start where you
want it.
I suggest you practise before applying to the real project. What becomes
second nature can initially seem complicated.
Andrew
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Sarah
Stephenson-Hunter
*Sent:* Thursday, 10 September 2020 6:27 PM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Autoducking / inserting silence
Hi all,
Yes me again!!
So I’m still struggling to get my head around getting auto duck to work
even though I know it should be simple!!
As you may recall I’ve started a podcast and have some music I use for
intro / outro. I have the vocal track as track 1 and the intro music as
track 2, I select autoduck and it says something along the lines of “need
to select control track”. I’ve tried switching things round i.e. music as
track 1 and vocals as track 2 but get the same response – what am I doing
wrong?
Also presuming I can get the above to work how do I insert some silence
into the vocal track so that part of the music plans before the vocal track
comes in i.e. say it’s a 30 second intro and I want the vocals to come in
15 seconds into the intro music and vice versa at the end.
Hope this all makes sense!!
With best wishes as always,
Sarah
Sarah Stephenson-Hunter
