I have a vocal track (podcast) and have been looking at different methods for debreathing the track and found a nice method on YouTube but using ProTools (http://youtu.be/W2WANQVcz6I) but without the Waves plugin.
Basically, what he is doing is highlighting a section and moving it to another track. He does this right through the file and can then work on just the breath track.
I tried this in Audacity (2.0.6) by using CTRL-D (Windows 7) to create a duplicate on another track and then re-selecting the breath in the original track and applying silence. the issue is the each CTRL-D creates a separate track and these ābreathe tracksā need then to be compiled into a single breath track for editing.
I have also tried creating a new track, sync-locking them and using clip boundaries but this seem to act like CTRL-D but removes the original (saving one process step). I guess what I a looking for is clip boundaries but with the destination being a common track.
Am I missing something and is there another way of doing this that is more efficient?
Thereās several ways that you can do that in Audacity, though I canāt think of anything quite as slick as he is doing in Pro Tools.
One way is to add your new ābreathā track (āTracks menu > Add Newā). If your original track is mono, the breath track must also be mono, is stereo then stereo.
Then you can āSplit Cutā from one track and paste in the other.
The shortcut for āSplit Cutā is Alt+Ctrl+X.
The shortcut for paste is Ctrl+V
In order to paste in exactly the right place, use the keyboard shortcuts:
Deselect current selection: Enter (the Enter key toggles the selection on/off)
Move focus to the next track down: Down cursor
Select the new track (the track with focus has a yellow line around it): Enter
Then paste (Ctrl+V).
I donāt think that Chains can really help with this.
Have a go with the steps that Iāve suggested and let me know how you get on.
There probably are easier ways, but your question is not a common question
Thanks for the input and I tried this system and, yes it worked, but I found that CTRL-ALT-I (Edit>Clip Boundaries > Split New) was much easier (not the key combination, though). Once I had a dozen or so I then selected all the new tracks and rendered them into one and continued the process.
I know that macros have been discussed in other posts and it seems like a good idea, though just being able to nominate a destination track for the clip boundaries method (maybe a single or separate track toggle) would resolve this completely and would be useful for all manner of editing functions where an element needs repeated isolation.
Select the ābreathā part that you want to move.
Press āCtrl+Bā, then āEnterā to label it
Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each ābreathā section.
IMPORTANT:
Rewind back to the start of the track (Click anywhere on the original audio track and then press the āHomeā key) and add one more label (āCtrl+Bā then āEnterā).
When all of that is complete, press āCtrl+Aā to āselect Allā,
Then from the Edit menu: āEdit > Labeled Audio > Split Cutā. (Removes all of the labeled sections.
Track menu > New Track, or New Stereo Track (the new track must be mono/stereo to match the original track).
āCtrl+Vā to paste the cut sections into the new track.
