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mixing 2 voice files to 1 new voice file - how?
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I have 2 voice-files, both some 5 minutes in length - one 4:45 min:secs, the other 5:10 min:secs - that I want to mix to 1 new voice- file. I have no experience with digital editing software whatsoever, so maybe someone can help me out. To have both files start and end at the same time, I realize that there are 2 solutions : - cutting in one file or add pauses to the other; - speed up one voice file or slow down the other voice file After that I need some other 'effects'. I would like that some points in each file coincide with eachother. For that I need to place 'marks' in each file, and have the software (automatically) 'steer' to those points, by f.i. adding pauses in one of the files.. Last but not least, a the simplest question, I need some 'effects' to happen: - the channels should at some points 'turn' during replay (and/or keep turning) (left changing with right, right changing with left) - the left or right channel should at some points be 'stressed', the volume should temporarily rise (and drop). Any advice for what software to use - and how to use it - is very welcome. Thanks in advance for any help ! |
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mixing 2 voice files to 1 new voice file - how?
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:42:36 -0700, FCM Wiesmans
wrote: Hi there ! I have 2 voice-files, both some 5 minutes in length - one 4:45 min:secs, the other 5:10 min:secs - that I want to mix to 1 new voice- file. I have no experience with digital editing software whatsoever, so maybe someone can help me out. To have both files start and end at the same time, I realize that there are 2 solutions : - cutting in one file or add pauses to the other; - speed up one voice file or slow down the other voice file After that I need some other 'effects'. I would like that some points in each file coincide with eachother. For that I need to place 'marks' in each file, and have the software (automatically) 'steer' to those points, by f.i. adding pauses in one of the files.. Last but not least, a the simplest question, I need some 'effects' to happen: - the channels should at some points 'turn' during replay (and/or keep turning) (left changing with right, right changing with left) - the left or right channel should at some points be 'stressed', the volume should temporarily rise (and drop). Any advice for what software to use - and how to use it - is very welcome. Thanks in advance for any help ! Probably the easiest way to achieve this is to have both your files open in their own windows, then copy and paste pieces of them into a third, new file. You can put the pieces where you want them. In Audition the way I would do this is to create a new file of the necessary length by using the Generate Silence function, then paste the pieces of the other files in where I wanted them to go. Audition will happily swap left and right channels wherever you want it to, and also change the volume up or down as you wish. d -- Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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mixing 2 voice files to 1 new voice file - how?
FCM Wiesmans wrote:
Hi there ! I have 2 voice-files, both some 5 minutes in length - one 4:45 min:secs, the other 5:10 min:secs - that I want to mix to 1 new voice-file. I have no experience with digital editing software whatsoever, so maybe someone can help me out. To have both files start and end at the same time, I realize that there are 2 solutions : - cutting in one file or add pauses to the other; - speed up one voice file or slow down the other voice file After that I need some other 'effects'. I would like that some points in each file coincide with eachother. For that I need to place 'marks' in each file, and have the software (automatically) 'steer' to those points, by f.i. adding pauses in one of the files.. Last but not least, a the simplest question, I need some 'effects' to happen: - the channels should at some points 'turn' during replay (and/or keep turning) (left changing with right, right changing with left) - the left or right channel should at some points be 'stressed', the volume should temporarily rise (and drop). Any advice for what software to use - and how to use it - is very welcome. Audacity can do this for you. You'll also need to download the Lame DLL if you want to process MP3 files, but both are free and readily downloadable. Chris W -- The voice of ignorance speaks loud and long, But the words of the wise are quiet and few. --- |
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mixing 2 voice files to 1 new voice file - how?
On Oct 25, 4:42 am, FCM Wiesmans wrote:
I have 2 voice-files, both some 5 minutes in length - one 4:45 min:secs, the other 5:10 min:secs - that I want to mix to 1 new voice- file. To have both files start and end at the same time, I realize that there are 2 solutions : - cutting in one file or add pauses to the other; - speed up one voice file or slow down the other voice file So you want to hear both voices simultaneously? And adjust the length of one file to match the other? After that I need some other 'effects'. I would like that some points in each file coincide with eachother. For that I need to place 'marks' in each file, and have the software (automatically) 'steer' to those points, by f.i. adding pauses in one of the files.. This sounds like a job for the kind of software that's used for "auto- conforming" when mixing sound for film. Usually it's used to make sound effects coincide with dialog, or make a music hit coincide with a sound effect. This is good if you have a lot of those cues (like several thousand in a 2 hour movie) and a good sized budget, but unless you're planning to make up a large number of these file mixes, it probably doesn't pay to get the big cannon to do this little job. Use a simple editor. It'll probably take you less than an hour. - the channels should at some points 'turn' during replay (and/or keep turning) (left changing with right, right changing with left) - the left or right channel should at some points be 'stressed', the volume should temporarily rise (and drop). Again, this is something that would best be done manually. Any advice for what software to use - and how to use it - is very welcome. Adobe Audition has all the capability you need. There are free/share/ tryware programs such as N-Track Studio or Reaper that have similar capabilities, so you might grab one of those (they're Windows programs. I don't know what to tell you if you have a Mac) and see what you can do just piddling around. You'll probably get the hang of it pretty quickly. As to how to use it, there are so many ways that you just have to learn how to work the program and apply what makes sense. Or get someone to do the job for you. How important is it that you do it yourself? |
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mixing 2 voice files to 1 new voice file - how?
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:42:36 -0700, FCM Wiesmans
wrote: I have 2 voice-files, both some 5 minutes in length - one 4:45 min:secs, the other 5:10 min:secs - that I want to mix to 1 new voice- file. I have no experience with digital editing software whatsoever, so maybe someone can help me out. To have both files start and end at the same time, I realize that there are 2 solutions : - cutting in one file or add pauses to the other; - speed up one voice file or slow down the other voice file After that I need some other 'effects'. I would like that some points in each file coincide with eachother. For that I need to place 'marks' in each file, and have the software (automatically) 'steer' to those points, by f.i. adding pauses in one of the files.. Last but not least, a the simplest question, I need some 'effects' to happen: - the channels should at some points 'turn' during replay (and/or keep turning) (left changing with right, right changing with left) - the left or right channel should at some points be 'stressed', the volume should temporarily rise (and drop). Forget about anything automatic. This is a manual editing job. Line both files up in a multitrack editor, snip, cut, move, draw panning and volume envelopes until you've got what you want. If you've got nothing better, Audacity will probably do the job. |
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