Smoothing out an edit

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Opalowl
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Smoothing out an edit

Post by Opalowl » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:00 pm

Using Audacity on Mac OSX 10.6.8 on an iMac. Downloaded with dmg file.

I just cut from one track and pasted to another. There's a very slight hesitation between the old bit and the new. Is there a way to smooth this? Many thanks.
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Re: Smoothing out an edit

Post by Gale Andrews » Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:13 am

Use Edit > Find Zero Crossings (shortcut Z) on the selection before making the cut. If you are pasting in an existing waveform. Use Z again before the paste. This works most times to prevent clicks at the joins, but not always.

You can also cross-fade between the joins using Envelope Tool if the parts to be joined are on separate tracks.


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Opalowl
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Re: Smoothing out an edit

Post by Opalowl » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:01 am

Many thanks, Gale! I'll give it a try!
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