Making it easy to compare audio from two different vinyl pressings?

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thisisalloneword
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Making it easy to compare audio from two different vinyl pressings?

Post by thisisalloneword » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:12 am

I often want to know which vinyl pressing of the SAME song sounds best. Can I import the two sound files into Audacity, level match them and then alternate playing them every five seconds? I want to create a single file that has these properties, i.e level matched and alternates between the two sounds files every five seconds.
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thisisalloneword
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Re: Making it easy to compare audio from two different vinyl pressings?

Post by thisisalloneword » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:45 am

Thing I figured it out. I imported both tracks then went to "Analyze -> Normalize". Next I changed the snap-to interval to seconds. This made it easy to select 5 seconds of alternate tracks to silence!
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Trebor
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Re: Making it easy to compare audio from two different vinyl pressings?

Post by Trebor » Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:11 am

Can toggle at will whilst playing ...

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or alternate at fixed intervals ... viewtopic.php?p=233319#p233319
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