Edit-and-Replace gaps (of silence)

[mafg1953]

My system does not have a “Punch Paste” command in that table of macro commands (Tools, Macros). I am Win10, Audacity 3.1.3 from just two or three weeks ago.

Chris,

Sorry, I forgot you need to download the plugin. The Punch Copy/Paste is a Nyquist Plugin that you can read about here:

Punch Copy/Paste

A pair of plug-ins for simplifying “punch in” editing. Unlike the standard paste function in Audacity, the “punch” paste replaces the selected audio with just the right amount of pasted audio to match the duration of audio being replaced, thus the speed and timing of the track is not changed by pasting. These plug-ins were developed from a feature request on the forum (https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/alternate-equal-length-paste-command-resolved/28836/1) to streamline the work flow of replaci…

… and download from here:

http://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=7345
http://forum.audacityteam.org/download/file.php?id=7344

… and there is an updated feature if you need it here:

Clicking Enter as part of a macro

Hi everyone, I’m a big fan of Audacity’s Punch Copy/Paste and Punch Paste plug-ins for using room tone for removing pops, lip smacks, bumps, ums and arrs etc from a track. https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/punch-copy-paste/28906/1 When I record double enders, I click my fingers three times at the start so three spikes appear in my Audacity track. My interviewee / co-host are then silent for 10 seconds to record their own room tone on their own local track and then when we’ve finished everyone …

Mike