Want to use auto-duck. Need control track-Windows xp

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Want to use auto-duck. Need control track-Windows xp

Post by michaelmuderick » Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:57 am

I'm using the latest version of Audacity. Want to do a narration with music mix using autoduck. popup says I need a control track. How do I create/add one. thank you.

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Re: Want to use auto-duck. Need control track-Windows xp

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Re: Want to use auto-duck. Need control track-Windows xp

Post by Trebor » Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:31 pm

michaelmuderick wrote:... popup says I need a control track. How do I create/add one.
In Audacity you must have the track you want ducked immediately above the track ducking it.

If you select a track to duck which does not have a track below it you will get that error message ...
AutoDuck error message if track selected to be ducked has no track below it.png
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So in your case you must have the music track (you want ducked) immediately above the vocal track (a/k/a/ the control track ).
The controls to move tracks up or down are in the drop-down-menu, see ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/au ... _menu.html

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