| From aarik urbanas
| Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:17:15 -0700 (PDT)
| Subject: [Audacity-help] time shifting/syncing problem
| I'm trying to sync multiple tracks, but find it difficult to line
| them up perfectly with the time-shift tool. Mainly I can't always
| visually locate the exact spot that a beat occurs in a vocal or
| guitar track even if I zoom in real close. Is there some kind of
| time ruler that can be applied directly to a track, or a way of
| marking a vertical line across multiple tracks that I can use as to
| line up the various tracks? 1.2.6 with Windows XP Service Pack 2
The two things you can do that might help are to drag the cursor down
into the other tracks, and mark cursor positions with labels.
To drag the cursor into the other tracks, make sure you are using the
selection tool (F1) and place your cursor at a point where you want to line
up tracks. Then hold down SHIFT on your keyboard and click in the Track
Panels of the other tracks (where the mute/solo buttons are). Then you
can switch to the Time Selection Tool (F5) and line up against the cursor
line that is displayed through all the tracks.
To add a label at a cursor point, use Project > Add Label at Selection or
CTRL + B (CMND + B on a Mac). This does much the same thing in that
when you click on the label, all tracks will be selected and the cursor will be
displayed through all the tracks, except that you can have multiple labels
and so when you click on the labels you can have a choice of recallable
points you can line up with.
Additionally the Beta 1.3.3 version of Audacity has the ability to snap to labels
when you time shift a track towards them, and if you drag a selection area the
start point of the area on the time line is displayed dynamically as you drag, so
there is no visual guesswork involved.
You could also generate a Click Track before you put other tracks on screen
(Generate > Click Track). This gives you visible and audible bars in that Click
Track at the beat points of a chosen tempo. You need to close this Click Track
when you export your work (by clicking on the [X] top left of the track) so
that you don't export the audible clicks.
Gale Andrews
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