Is there a way to detach the pitch/intensity from one audio file and then apply it to another audio file?
Also, when playing two audio files simultaneously, how can I turn up or down the volume without changing the other’s volume?
Thanks!
I figured out the volume issue with amplify, but am still struggling with taking the pitch from one audio file and applying it to another.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks so much!
You can change the pitch with the “Change Pitch” effect: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/change_pitch.html
Hi Steve,
Thanks so much for your help! Do you know if I can take the volume/intensity/pitch from one audio file and apply it to another audio file?
Thanks!
Is there a way to detach the pitch…
Not really… Do you understand what pitch is? The pitch changes from moment-to-moment every time a different note is played, so if the pitches match throughout the song, they are both the same song.
You can change the musical key with the Change Pitch effect (that’s called transposing) and if both songs use the same scale you can make them sound “nice” together. The Change Pitch effect changes all of the pitches in the song (including the simultaneous notes/chords/harmonies/overtones by the same percentage, or by the same number of notes.
If you want to “match” two songs, it really helps if you have some musical training, a “good ear”, and a keyboard or other instrument to detect the key of both songs.
…intensity from one audio file and then apply it to another audio file?
To some extent you can do that manual with the Envelope tool, or with DAW software that has “automation”. (You have to sort-of “program” the automation, so it’s mostly manual although you don’t have to do it in real time.)
Also, when playing two audio files simultaneously, how can I turn up or down the volume without changing the other’s volume?
Audacity doesn’t do anything in real-time, but you can load two (or more tracks) and adjust the volumes individually before rendering (exporting) the mixed audio. Or for example, you can do a cross-fade, where one song fades-out while another fades-in at the same time.
If you have two separate sources (two CD players, or a guitar and a microphone) that can be done with a [u]mixer[/u]. There are DJ applications that allow you to mix audio files in real-time.
Can impose the volume variation of one track onto another using an envelope-follower …
Plugins are available which will shift the pitch of one channel to match the other …
Thank you for all of your help!
Trebor you said, “Can impose the volume variation of one track onto another using an envelope-follower …”
How can you do this? Yes, I agree, pitch is not the right jargon. Perhaps volume is?
Does anyone know the steps I can take to do this/get to this too?
Thank you so much!!!
An envelope-follower plugin for Audacity is attached to this post …
For instructions how to install plugins into Audacity, see here.
Hello!
Thank you so so much for all of your help with this! I’ve followed the steps you suggested, but when I tried actually using the envelope follower nothing happened. I highlighted both tracks, went to the effects menu, clicked the envelope follower, and confirmed it. I’m not sure what I may be missing.
Do you have any ideas?
Thank you so much!!
Select two tracks, (one to be followed is the upper one).
Then choose envelope-follower from the effect-menu, then press “OK” …
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If nothing happens maybe you need to upgrade to the latest version of Audacity.
( I can testify that envelope-follower plugin works in Audacity 2.1.3 )