Web User - UK (2020-01-22)

Workshop 2

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Get more practical advice at http://www.facebook.com/webusermagazine 22 Jan - 4 Feb 2020^55

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UseCutorCopyandPasteif youneedtorepeata section

ofaudioorwanttocreatea loopthatplaysthesame

sectionmorethanonce.Topastea sectionthatyou’vecut

orcopiedtotheclipboard,clickthepointwhereyouwantthe

pastedsoundtostart,thenright-clickandchoosePaste.^1

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Tosavea sectionasa newsoundfile,highlightit,^1 then

right-clickandchooseSaveSelectedAs.Thisoptionis

alsoavailableontheFilemenu.^2 Once you’ve carried

out some editing work, you can also export the entire track to a

new file. Make sure nothing is selected and choose Save As

instead.

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Youcanmakethestartandendofyouraudiofile

smootherbyusingtheFadeIn andFadeOuttools.Use

theselectiontoolstomarktheareayouwanttogradually

fadein orout,^1 thenclicktheappropriatebutton.^2 The

waves will adjust in response, increasing or decreasing the

volume in a cone shape.

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We can’t imagine many times when you’d need to reverse

theaudioofa file,excepttohavefunwithsoundsyou’ve

recorded,butWaveEditorcanreversetheentirefileat

theclickofa button^1 (actually, it makes for a great quiz

question!). However, you can’t do this to a selection – it’s all or

nothing – unless you cut sections to another file.

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TheNormalisationandAmplifyoptionscanonlybe

appliedtotheentiretrack.Normalisation^1 smooths

outvariationsin volumebybringingthepeaksand

troughsclosertogether.If youjustwantthewholetracklouder

orquieter,useAmplify(Increase)^2 andAmplify(Decrease)^3

instead.

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There are times when you may want to add a period of

silence to your audio files – at the beginning or end, for

example, or if your track needs to drop out to

accommodatea voiceover.Todothis,clicktheplacewhere you

wantthesilencetoappear,thenclicktheInsertSilencebutton.

(^1) The time is in milliseconds, so 500 (^2) is half a second.
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