sound wave forms missing
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Dragonflyglam
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sound wave forms missing
I recorded 9 songs from a lp (each one on its own track) and everthing went smoothly i saved them and then reopened to edit . The 1st 4 songs are all right. I go to the 5 and 6 songs and the sound wave is missing from 0.0 to 4.5 then it shows up for the remainder of the track. I played the areas where the sound wave was missing and the music was there i just can't edit it. Then when i go to the remainder of the songs 7-9 the sound wave is missing from 0.0 to 7.32.5 the sound wave shows on rest of track, the music is there when i play the track and i can't edit the area where the sound wave is missing. Any suggestions beside re-record the songs? Thanks dragonflyglam
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kozikowski
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Re: sound wave forms missing
Projects are a little fragile and magic.
The blue waveforms and the sound are carried by very different parts of a Project. You can get them out of step with each other if you change or move the wrong files around between the capture and the editing. Typically, somebody goes through and "cleans up" sound files "they don't need any more" and the waveform is there, but the sound is missing.
Did you fool around at all inside the _DATA folder? The first two AU files are pictures, not sound, and they draw the blue waveforms. Delete one of them and one entire waveform will vanish from the Audacity desktop. I can't think of a way to damage the AUP file and get this problem, so let's go with you being too neat.
Is there any way you could have damaged the files by having a virus on your machine or maybe you are starting to fill up your hard drive?
Koz
The blue waveforms and the sound are carried by very different parts of a Project. You can get them out of step with each other if you change or move the wrong files around between the capture and the editing. Typically, somebody goes through and "cleans up" sound files "they don't need any more" and the waveform is there, but the sound is missing.
Did you fool around at all inside the _DATA folder? The first two AU files are pictures, not sound, and they draw the blue waveforms. Delete one of them and one entire waveform will vanish from the Audacity desktop. I can't think of a way to damage the AUP file and get this problem, so let's go with you being too neat.
Is there any way you could have damaged the files by having a virus on your machine or maybe you are starting to fill up your hard drive?
Koz
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Dragonflyglam
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Re: sound wave forms missing
I didn't touch the data folder at all. Just worked on each track itself to edit individually. I am a newbie at this so i am keeping things simple. Straight forward recording and just editing out noise at begining of song and doing pops and clicks. not doing any mixing. nothing special. sound files? are you talking about the track where you can edit it or something more involved like cleaning up files for the program? This is my 1st attempt at recording using this software so don't believe have anything to clean up yet. My sound is there when i play the track just not the wave form. I think i am going to have to re-record the song to be able to edit it. Thanks