automation in audacity

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046oh
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automation in audacity

Post by 046oh » Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:40 am

i'm using audacity as a sort of DAW.
can i do automation with audacity, like changing cutoff frequency over time?

thanks

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Re: automation in audacity

Post by Gale Andrews » Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:18 pm

046oh wrote:i'm using audacity as a sort of DAW.
It isn't really a DAW in the same way as full DAW's.
046oh wrote:can i do automation with audacity, like changing cutoff frequency over time?
If you are asking for real-time effects, no.

You can make duplicate tracks with different cutoffs, then turn on Envelope Tool . Then you can make a mix that has different proportions of the tracks.


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