Personally I have many reservations about adding watermark / spoilers to tracks, though there are a few situations where such techniques may be useful. The basic idea of adding a spoiler to a song is to incorporate additional audio so that the track cannot be easily distributed or used without authorisation, but remains sufficiently intact … Continue reading Audio Spoilers (“Watermark”)
Whether synchronising an audio recording with a video recording, or synchronising recordings made from each side of a zoom / Skype / telephone conversation, synchronising multiple recordings is a fairly common task. To aid accurate synchronisation, a clapperboard (or simply a couple of hand claps) at the beginning of the recording can provide clear visual … Continue reading Align Tracks
“Variables” are a fundamental concept in programming. They provide a way to refer to a value, even if the value is not known. For example, if we have some apples, but we don’t know how many apples, we can refer to “the apples” without knowing how many. If we have 5 apples, then “the number … Continue reading Nyquist Programming – Variables and data types
Before diving into the Nyquist programming language, we will first take a quick look at what programming is. A “program” is a set of steps to produce a result. Typically when we talk of programming we mean programming a computer, but in a broader sense we can consider any ordered set of steps to produce … Continue reading Nyquist Programming – An Introduction
A feature request was logged on Audacity’s GitHub pages: Proposal Label Track Info #2410 When there are more than a handful of labels it’s often difficult to determine their exact number and type (point or region); one must either visually count them or open the Label Editor dialog, scroll to the bottom of the dialog, … Continue reading Label Track Info
Audacity envelopes provide a useful, non-destructive way to modify the volume of the audio, but are rather fiddly to use. Due to the lack of numeric input, it’s virtually impossible to set precise values manually. This plug-in provides a simple way to add envelope control points with precise values. Download Installation: Installation is in the … Continue reading Envelope Control Points
This is essentially a bug fix release. The headline changes: Made it harder to accidentally create loop regions when attempting to use Timeline Quick Play. Added snap guides when resizing clips. Added new default shortcuts Shift+L (set loop to selection) and Alt+Shift+L (Clear Loop). Re-added selection and quick play indicators in the timeline. Improved performance, … Continue reading Audacity 3.1.3 released
This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs: Fixed FFMPEG imports only importing the left channel #2046 Improved Audacity’s performance when many clips are present Fixed a crash with detach at silences #2072 Fixed clip name corruption when applying effects to adjacent clips #1889 Fixed a crash with the time shift commands #2061 … Continue reading Audacity 3.1.1 Released
New features include: Replacement of the “<->” Time Shift Tool with a drag bar (called “Clip Handles”) at the top of each audio clip. Replacement of loop play from the Timeline with a new loop mode button. Additional information can be found on the Audacity website.
Introduction “Assertions” (or simply “Asserts” are commonly used in many programming languages to help developers read and understand code, and to help to detect possible defects (bugs). An assert is usually a predicate that tests a variable in the program and returns a boolean (true / false) value. In common English, it is like saying: … Continue reading Assertions