How to get rid of extraneous noises

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CaliaMoko
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How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by CaliaMoko » Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:50 am

Audacity 2.0.6

I've hunted through the manual some for this but can't find exactly what I need. I know how to delete sections of a track, but when I do, the whole track moves over to fill in the space. I want to delete coughing, but keep the timing the same. How do I do that?

Thanks, and sorry I have such simple questions. I'm sure it's in the manual somewhere and I'm just not thinking of the right thing to look for.

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Re: How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by steve » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:14 am

CaliaMoko wrote: I'm sure it's in the manual somewhere and I'm just not thinking of the right thing to look for.
I know what you mean - It's like looking up a word in the dictionary when you don't know how to spell it ;)

What you're looking for is "Split Delete"
It's in the "Edit menu > Remove Special > "
The keyboard shortcut is Alt+Ctrl+K

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ed ... tml#remove
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
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Re: How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by CaliaMoko » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:20 am

Awesome! And now I have a phrase for looking it up in the online manual (which I did, but I don't need to anymore). :)
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Re: How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by Gale Andrews » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:54 pm

It would be better if we had a proper search for the online Manual. Until we do, you can bookmark this https://www.google.com/search?q=delete+ ... org%2Fo%2F .

What you wanted would have been second result.

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Re: How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by kozikowski » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:27 pm

I would have picked Silence the Selection, Control-L. Split Delete leaves a portion of the production with no track.
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Re: How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by Xerlome » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:00 pm

A drawback of silencing is that it leaves an unnatural audio gap. To keep the timing, I sometimes paste an equal portion of compatible ambient sound.
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Re: How to get rid of extraneous noises

Post by kozikowski » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:03 pm

I agree, but:
A drawback of silencing is that it leaves an unnatural audio gap.
Correct me, but so does Split Delete.

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