I apologize in advance if my issue has be addressed elsewhere. I searched the entire forum then the Macros and Scripting forum and I could not find it addressed.
And I apologize if this is posted in the wrong forum.
Here is my issue, or what I am trying to accomplish.
I created a new macro that truncates silence exactly as I wish it to but it will only work on a single file not a batch. I have to export that single file as an mp3 to where I want it stored. I have 123 mp3 files that I want to process.
The only other macro I used on a batch, FLAC to MP3, put the batch output to a Macro folder in the directory I was working in.
I don’t use the macro feature very often so I am not too familiar with it and what I may be doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
I answered my own question through trial and error(s)
Open Audacity
Effects>Special>TruncateSilence
Set this effect as you wish. Test it on a file with silence and observe the effect. Adjust as needed.
Create two folders. Name them, as example, Working 1 and Working 2
Copy all files you want to TruncateSilence into BOTH folders. That way, if you mess up, you will have back up
After you have copied the files to these two folders, go to both and sort them alphabetically. I’ll explain later.
Tools>Macro Manager>New
Name the Macro as you wish
Click on Insert
Browse to TruncateSilence
Highlight and click OK
Click on Insert again
Browse to Export as FLAC or MP3 or whichever format you want.
Make sure the steps in the Macro are numbered as 1 TruncateSilence, 2 Export to (?), 3 End
Move steps up or down as needed
Click on Files
Navigate to one of the folders you created above
Highlight all, or which ever files you want to TruncateSilence
Click on Open
Audacity will now process the files and put them in a folder named macro-output. I put a shortcut to this folder on my desktop for easy access.
Now, why sort the files alphabetically?
Audacity may error out and close. If it does, navigate to macro-output and see which files it completed and don’t select these next try.
Go back to the select files step and start again.
Sometimes I have to re-start Audacity 2 or 3 times if I have a few hundred to convert.