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Thanks guys! Ripple editing it is! Works like a charm.

For future reference:

To enable/disable ripple editing

  • Click the Track view Options menu and select one of the following options:
  • Ripple Edit Selection. Affects all clips that are downstream from the selected clip(s). Locked clips are ignored.
  • Ripple Edit All. In addition to downstream clips, also affects meter/key changes, tempo changes, and markers. Locked markers are ignored.
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20 minutes ago, Lord Tim said:

Big tip: turn the damn thing off the moment you're done with the edit that needs it!

You can turn a project into a massive disaster area very quickly if you forget, trust me... ?

Will do, mate! I would be needing it only for interview edits and such. 

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I recommend you try using a Wave editor for this sort of work. Wave editors are optimized for workflow when working with a stereo file. 

I have been using Wave Lab for going on 14 years. Elements is only around $100 and is all you need. 

There are also a few good freebies. The best I've used is Acoustica Basic.  https://acondigital.com/products/acoustica-audio-editor/

I also use Gold Wave a lot especially for batch converting WAVE to MP3 files. Free to try, cheap to buy lifetime updates too. http://www.goldwave.ca/

With wave lab your task is as simple as drag the mouse across the dead space and hit delete. Done. It will automatically use zero crossing to join the material. 

You can also quickly do gain and normalizing or even apply a hi pass filter to a POPPed P

Best of all is for workflow is that all tools stay open while you work. Drag mouse, click,,, done. Way faster. 

 

I just finished a video tutorial I made for a friend so I'm just uploading to Youtube now. Will be here when finished  http://www.cactusmusic.ca/tutorial-videos

 

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44 minutes ago, Cactus Music said:

I recommend you try using a Wave editor for this sort of work. Wave editors are optimized for workflow when working with a stereo file. 

I have been using Wave Lab for going on 14 years. Elements is only around $100 and is all you need. 

There are also a few good freebies. The best I've used is Acoustica Basic.  https://acondigital.com/products/acoustica-audio-editor/

I also use Gold Wave a lot especially for batch converting WAVE to MP3 files. Free to try, cheap to buy lifetime updates too. http://www.goldwave.ca/

With wave lab your task is as simple as drag the mouse across the dead space and hit delete. Done. It will automatically use zero crossing to join the material. 

You can also quickly do gain and normalizing or even apply a hi pass filter to a POPPed P

Best of all is for workflow is that all tools stay open while you work. Drag mouse, click,,, done. Way faster. 

 

I just finished a video tutorial I made for a friend so I'm just uploading to Youtube now. Will be here when finished  http://www.cactusmusic.ca/tutorial-videos

 

Used to do these edits with Audacity but since I am now learning Cakewalk I'm trying to cross over to that one. BTW Audacity is an excellent free tool for simple audio editing.

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OK, I've done my edits and it went nice and smooth using that Ripple Edit setting.

 When I tried to apply Gain and/or Normalise (selected all clips) I noticed that the clips moved around a little bit and messed up the flow of the interview. I solved this by combining the clips into a one solid sound file. I used Bounce To Clips -command. (Click the Track view Clips menu and choose Bounce to Clips). After that I had just one file to put some Gain on and no problems. Export to 256 kbps mp3 and project done!

Do you guys know why the clips moved around when applying Gain or Normalise? It seems weird.

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9 hours ago, Lord Tim said:

"Or throwing a Boost 11 into the effects bin to control overall dynamics that way."

Sorry mate, I just installed Cakewalk 3 days ago,  so I'm a bit lost with all this. Could you please explain in a bit more detail how I can make this  Boost 11 thing happening? This is how my project looks at the moment.  (BTW the interview I'm working on is Von Hertzen Brothers)

 

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@Lord Tim Thanks mate! That Boost 11 is just amazing! As you said it works a lot better than just Process > Apply effect > Gain. Pretty straight forward approach and a very good interface. I'm assuming you'd need to Freeze it before exporting to mp3?

Re. Clip Automation I still need to work on those envelopes a bit more to get my head around. Cheers!

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When using ripple edit, I have found it is good to have Snap to Grid switched on and with the Snap setting preferences set to "Nearest Audio Zero Crossing". Without these two things ripple edit can cut waves at nasty points leaving audio artefacts.

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1 hour ago, SoundIT said:

Ripple Edit looks very cool, but can I do any automation for all silence gaps (with voice over work)? There are some tools in Audacity (blah) or Audition that do i it with a gate and they render truncated waveforms. image.png.57cff6e4d1e1d56f33c14ea614b8a508.png

You could use process fx instead of just applying the fx on the fx rack. Alternatively, you can do your automatons on the track and bounce the processed sound to a new track.

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