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Alternatively you could create a Nyquist plug-in to read a label text file and create a label track. For example: importlabels.ny You can of course modify the ";control" line to set your own default label track file name. When used from Python you would pass the file name as a parameter.

It would be nice to have a macro for ImportLabelFile If you are using mod-script-pipe, you can fairly easily read a label text file with your scripting language, then create the labels according to that data. Alternatively you could create a Nyquist plug-in to read a label text file and create a la...

I remember at the time that we all thought that the language was an interesting intellectual exercise but that no rational person would ever use it for a real task..... :D personally I don't think this tool should be used on more than a short (less that 60 second) test. This is the crucial question...

If the Mac has a "line in" socket. I think that most do, but you will need to check.

What's the advantage or disadvantage of using a mic that plugs directly into the USB port for recording dialogue ... as opposed to a mic which is also connected to a mixer USB microphones can be useful if you only need one microphone and you are on a tight budget, otherwise an XLR microphone with a...

I think the "Granular Scatter Processor" is part of the "Computer Music Toolkit" set of LADSPA plug-ins. As far as I'm aware this set of plug-ins is only available for Linux or as source code . The old (ancient) set of LADSPA plug-ins for Windows was the SWH plug-in. These are av...

Dan_Varkholme wrote: ↑

Fri May 29, 2020 1:01 pm

Can i have two sound files that do not overlap on the same row?

Like this do you mean?

karlkeymer wrote: ↑

Thu May 28, 2020 3:26 pm

I have folders with over 100 tracks each, and I need some advice on using the best settings to achieve a fixed volume throughout each folder?

An important question that, unless I missed it, hasn't been stated yet: How will you be playing these files?

Lotl wrote: ↑

Fri May 29, 2020 12:20 pm

Am I correct in saying a Mac is also a viable option?

An option for what? Running Audacity? Yes Audacity can run on a Mac (https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/).

If you select some audio + labels, then you can cut and paste. The only "trick" is that when pasting you must ensure that both the audio track and label track are selected. For a detailed step-by-step example, see my previous post . One feature that I think would help to make handling labe...