Is it possible to add pause for user input in a macro?

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Specifically to allow user to select noise reduction selection

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Macros can’t make decisions. They can’t do IF THIS…THEN DO THAT.

So it’s two macros.

However, as long as you don’t close Audacity, Noise Reduction > Profile is sticky and hangs around. So you can make a Profile in the morning over coffee and use the Macro all day (if that’s possible from your work flow).

There is one other option. Audacity will try to figure out its own Profile if it doesn’t find one. I’m not sure it’s the best quality when it does that, and I don’t remember which Audacity version qualifies. I’m pretty sure 3.0.3 does.

Koz

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Is it possible to add pause for user input in a macro?

No it isn’t.

Noise Reduction is difficult to use in Macros. If you must use Noise Reduction in a macro, one way is:

  1. Restart Audacity
  2. Manually run the Noise Reduction effect to get the “noise profile”
  3. That noise profile may now be used in your macro.
    If you need to change the noise profile, you must do so manually.
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  1. Restart Audacity

Why is a restart required? Doesn’t the Noise Reduction > Profile act automatically clear out any other profiles?

Koz

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Strictly speaking, it probably isn’t required, but personally I always like to begin big tasks from a clean start.