Combining two tracks into one - voice overs

[DJ Ron]

Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping that there are some wizards out there that can help me combine a voice recording over some music. Now I don't want the talking to fade in and out while the music starts and stops. I want to be able to "overlay" the talking over music playing in the background. It's for a demo disk and I want to describe the music as it's playing behind my voice. Again, they are to be playing at the same time - not one stop while the other starts. Hope someone can help me on this.

Thanks in advance - DJ Ron

[steve]

You're in luck - some kind person has written a tutorial about that
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Creat ... h_Audacity

I would however also recommend that you use the 1.3.13 version of Audacity - it's a lot better than the old 1.2.6 version.
You can get it here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

If you're starting from scratch, this tutorial covers all of the initial set-up:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... _Recording

[DJ Ron]

Steve,

Thanks very much for the advice. I will give it a try and get back to you. FYI - I did download the Beta Version and will work with that.

Thanks very much.

DJ Ron

[DJ Ron]

Sorry guys - the information supplied was not what I was hoping for. I had already tried that editing before I came to the forum looking for a solution. All it lets me do is cut and insert pieces into a cut-up music track. That tutorial DOES NOT let me keep the music all in one piece and have a voice audio over top of it with the music still playing in the background. It only shows you how to have one or the other weaved into a single track - not both.

[waxcylinder]

This tutorial on podcasting from the Audacity Wiki should help you achieve what you are trying to do: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Creat ... h_Audacity

WC

[steve]

That tutorial DOES NOT let me keep the music all in one piece and have a voice audio over top of it with the music still playing in the background.

There are several different ways of accomplishing this task, but possibly the quickest is to use the Auto Duck effect: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Auto_Duck