Audacity Forum

Steve, As for the GUI design, I would code it very similar to what Apple does for complex finds using the Finder: GUI.png The first (from left to right) dropdown dialogue box can list the required function (find silence, find sound, etc.), with as many subsequent dropdowns that are needed to refine ...

Gentlemen, If I may, wouldn't it be easier to combine both of the plug-ins (Sound Finder and Silence Finder) together? This way, you could add conditions to find any combination of sound and silence. For example, using the same sound file that you are both referencing, I could set a condition to fin...

Awesome and thanks! Will keep an eye out.

Ok, got it. I assumed that when I converted the track to mono or got rid of either the left or right channel that I was getting rid of half of the data. Good to know! Don't know if you could answer a question about the Sound Finder plug-in, but when tabbing through the labeled items/sounds/(don't kn...

Steve, when I convert the track to mono using "Tracks -> Stereo Track to Mono", it gives me no file size savings and no choice under the .mp3 export options to save as a mono file. I also tried splitting the track from stereo to mono from the "Audio Track" dropdown and exporting as well as splitting...

I sampled at 44.1KHz, will try at half that with the other settings you suggest. I was thinking that the files were going to be much bigger, around 40-100k, so expectations exceeded! Honestly, with the files the size they are now, they are quite reasonable given bandwidth and ubiquitous storage avai...

Trebor, I have fiddled with the export options for the .mp3s and I am averaging ~25k for each file at 128k encode. I couldn't get rid of the distortion below that, even with the variable options, and am quite happy with that file size. Thanks!

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Well, it probably would have helped if I had copied over the entire Audacity folder with all the plug-ins upon installation. A new install of the latest version has the Sound Finder plug-in that Steve references--I did not have that with my previous install. Works beautifully and turns out that the ...

Steve: yes, I am making very small .mp3s of each word, all separate files. Sorry, don't know the proper terms here, still learning. I am selecting each portion of the audio, naming it and exporting it as an .mp3. I am using Butler to input all the other keystrokes (with just one keystroke combinatio...

Ok, I am somewhat limited in my capabilities with the software but have managed to digitize my entire tape collection and do some audio recording for the kids. I have searched the plug-ins and these forums, but I am not completely up with the lingo, so this is probably my shortcoming in finding an a...