Thanks to all
Thanks to all who helped me construct the audio file I have been toiling with for the past few weeks. Thanks in particular to David and Gary whose advice was invaluable. I have now produced the file using both Sound Forge and Audacity. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: New to audio production
Thanks a lot for that David. I shall try and put your very precise instructions into practice in the next few days. Shall let you know how I get on. Martin - Original Message - From: David Bailes david_bai...@yahoo.co.uk To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: New to audio production Hi Martin, here are some more detailed instructions for using Audacity to create the example you wanted. 1. Open audacity. 2. On the track menu, open the add new sub menu, and choose Audio track (ctrl+shift+n). 3. Open the Tone generator dialog from the Generate menu. In this dialog, the duration control is like a spin box. By default, the format is seconds which are grouped into two groups of three digits, and the default time is thirty seconds. To change this to one second, press End to move to the last digit, press left arrow to move to the digit 3, and then type in the digits 0 and 1. Note Jaws then reads out zero zero zero, but that's because the focus has wrapped around to the first group of three digits. 4. The generated tone is selected, so to deselect this and move the cursor to the end of this selection, press right arrow. 5. Open the silence generator dialog from the Generator dialog. Although the default duration is read out as zero, this is a bug, and in fact it's 30 again. So to change it to one, press end to move to the last digit, and follow the insructions in step 3. 6. The silence is selected. Select all the audio by pressing ctrl + A, and then choose duplicate from the edit menu. so that you now have two identical tracks. You can move the focus between the tracks by pressing up arrow and down arrow. 7. Both tracks are selected, and a time range covering all the audio is selected. To deslect track 1, move to the first track and press enter, which toggles the selection of a track. So with track two selected, choose the Reverse effect from the Effects menu. Track two now contains silence followed by the tone, rather than the other way round in track one. 8. Set the pan control of track one to fully right, and the pan control of track two to fully left. To change the pan of the focussed track, press shift+P which opens a pan dialog. Type in 1 for pan to right, and minus 1 for pan to left. 9. Select all the audio by pressing ctrl+a, and then open the repeat dialog from the effects menu. specify how many repeats of the selected audio you want. 10. Press home to move the cursor to the start, and then spacebar to play/stop. The Jaws guide I mentioned has more details: http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-1.3.8-Guide.html David. original message: I am a complete new comer to the world of audio editing. I would like to make an audio file consisting of two channels. That is to say, different information being presented to each ear piece simultaneously. Would this be possible using a programme such as Sound Forge. I have a demo copy of version 9, but it all seems rather daunting to me. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: For Gary Schindler
Thanks Gary. That makes life a lot easier. Martin - Original Message - From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:13 PM Subject: Re: For Gary Schindler you use the tab keys to select which channel you want to work with! pussing the tab key once gives you the left channel, push it again for the right channel and again to get back to the 2 channel mode. hope this helps. - Original Message - From: M BROWN mbrown...@btinternet.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 7:18 AM Subject: For Gary Schindler Hi Gary. Your idea sounds interesting. However, I am very new to Sound Forge, and I do not know how to move between channels in an audio file. I would be very grateful if you could elaborate a little further. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
For Gary Schindler
Hi Gary. Your idea sounds interesting. However, I am very new to Sound Forge, and I do not know how to move between channels in an audio file. I would be very grateful if you could elaborate a little further. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: For Robert Logue
Created them both using Sound Forge. Martin - Original Message - From: Robert Logue bobca...@telusplanet.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:42 AM Subject: Re: For Robert Logue Hi Martin. Afraid I don't know Audacity. Possible reason for the problem with the c0onstant tone using my instructions: The two files are different file types. Did you import them or did you create them with the same program? - Original Message - From: M BROWN mbrown...@btinternet.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:58 AM Subject: For Robert Logue Thanks for your advice Robert. I have done what you indicated; namely creating two separate files, and then bringing them together. However, this latter part is where I have ran into a problem. The two files merge, and as a result, I just get a constant tone in one ear piece. Another helpful member on a different list has given me very precise instructions on how to achieve what I am trying to do with a programme called Audacity. Again, my problems in producing the audio file I am after is probably my lack of experience. In this latter case, I am not sure how to move between tracks in order to select that audio track in order to manipulate it in the way indicated. Furthermore, the instructions tell me to pan one track to the left and the other to the right. Only problem is, that within Audacity, I can find no menu item referring to pan either left or right. Thanks for your help Bob. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: For Robert Logue
I am trying to make a file that will give me a tone in each ear piece in an alternating fashion. For example. a 1 second tone followed by a 1 second silence in one ear piece. In the other ear piece the reverse would be true, a 1 second silence followed by a 1 second tone. Martin - Original Message - From: robert Doc Wright talmi...@wrightplaceinc.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:44 PM Subject: Re: For Robert Logue I'm late on this thread. What exactly are you trying to do with these files? - Original Message - From: M BROWN mbrown...@btinternet.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:58 AM Subject: For Robert Logue Thanks for your advice Robert. I have done what you indicated; namely creating two separate files, and then bringing them together. However, this latter part is where I have ran into a problem. The two files merge, and as a result, I just get a constant tone in one ear piece. Another helpful member on a different list has given me very precise instructions on how to achieve what I am trying to do with a programme called Audacity. Again, my problems in producing the audio file I am after is probably my lack of experience. In this latter case, I am not sure how to move between tracks in order to select that audio track in order to manipulate it in the way indicated. Furthermore, the instructions tell me to pan one track to the left and the other to the right. Only problem is, that within Audacity, I can find no menu item referring to pan either left or right. Thanks for your help Bob. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4329 (20090812) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
For Robert Logue
Thanks for your advice Robert. I have done what you indicated; namely creating two separate files, and then bringing them together. However, this latter part is where I have ran into a problem. The two files merge, and as a result, I just get a constant tone in one ear piece. Another helpful member on a different list has given me very precise instructions on how to achieve what I am trying to do with a programme called Audacity. Again, my problems in producing the audio file I am after is probably my lack of experience. In this latter case, I am not sure how to move between tracks in order to select that audio track in order to manipulate it in the way indicated. Furthermore, the instructions tell me to pan one track to the left and the other to the right. Only problem is, that within Audacity, I can find no menu item referring to pan either left or right. Thanks for your help Bob. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
New to audio production
I am a complete new comer to the world of audio editing. I would like to make an audio file consisting of two channels. That is to say, different information being presented to each ear piece simultaneously. Would this be possible using a programme such as Sound Forge. I have a demo copy of version 9, but it all seems rather daunting to me. Any suggestions would be very helpful. Martin To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Which sound editor to use?
Would those JAWS scripts work with the latest version of Sound Forge, which I think is version 9? Martin - Original Message - From: Dave Marthouse dm...@pure.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:20 PM Subject: Re: Which sound editor to use? I have been using SoundForge6 as my editor of choice for commercial broadcast work for the last few years. I find it very much up to the task of producing broadcast grade high quality production. With that said you must have the Jim Snowbarger jaws scripts to take full advantage of the SoundForge feature set. The scripts are available at www.snowmanradio.com. It is worth the $30 cost of the scripts. I haven't played with GoldWave much but I've heard equally fine work produced by people who are more familiar with it. I've looked at the features in subsequent SoundForge upgrades and have found that they don't seem to be worth the upgrade price for what you get. I hope this helps. . Dave Marthouse dm...@pure.net d...@wodiradio.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
