Change volume in one clip

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jack magee
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Change volume in one clip

Post by jack magee » Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:17 pm

Win 7 64 bit - Audacity 2.1.1

I made one mp3 from three mp3 by cutting out and pasting relevant sections. Clip one and two are OK. Clip three is a bit low. Can i increase volume slightly on clip three only. They are not music they are spoken narration

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Re: Change volume in one clip

Post by DVDdoug » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:52 pm

After the clips are combined, use the Envelope Tool to adjust one (or more) part of the recording.

jack magee
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Re: Change volume in one clip

Post by jack magee » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:01 am

DVDdoug wrote:After the clips are combined, use the Envelope Tool to adjust one (or more) part of the recording.
Thanks. I had to start again and it worked OK. I could not raise the volume with the envelope tool

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Re: Change volume in one clip

Post by Trebor » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:31 pm

jack magee wrote:... I could not raise the volume with the envelope tool
You have to zoom-out on the vertical (amplitude/volume) scale to do that : place the cursor somewhere on the vertical scale, (it will become a magnifying-glass icon) , then click on the right-hand mouse-button.
The vertical scale now extends from +2 to -2 , ( rather than +1 to -1 ), allowing you to raise (amplify) using the envelope tool , rather than just make sections quieter.

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Re: Change volume in one clip

Post by Gale Andrews » Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:54 pm

Trebor wrote:
jack magee wrote:... I could not raise the volume with the envelope tool
You have to zoom-out on the vertical (amplitude/volume) scale to do that : place the cursor somewhere on the vertical scale, (it will become a magnifying-glass icon) , then click on the right-hand mouse-button.
The vertical scale now extends from +2 to -2 , ( rather than +1 to -1 ), allowing you to raise (amplify) using the envelope tool , rather than just make sections quieter.
The other method is to raise the inner envelope points (second and third from the top).


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