CJ8073 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) Hello, I have a quick question about how to get room tone into a narration. I saw a video for a different DAW how someone took room tone to replace some unwanted noise in their narration by layering tracks. I found a forum post about something similar using take lanes in Cakewalk. In the post, the user showed how they had two take lanes: one for the main work and another for room tone. They seemed to highlight over the room tone with the muting icon showing on the take lane and the room tone instantly replaced the unwanted portion in the main work without split lines and made it seem like a pretty smooth process. The user also told the original poster to keep the room tone track muted. I am attempting to try that as I think it may make some of my editing go much more quickly. However, I can't seem to do it properly as when I try I get split lines where I am attempting to highlight on the room tone track and when trying to keep the room tone take lane muted (because I don't want it coming in quietly behind the remaining portions of the main work), it keeps it muted when I squish the take lanes back down. If I unmute, I'm afraid there may be an overall volume increase because of the extra take in places I don't need it, plus it overlaps the main work and I can't see the narration track. I would delete portions where the actual words of the main work are being spoken, but then I worry that if I need to edit later because I missed something I won't have the same room tone sound to work with. I'm sorry if this is confusing, I am still very new to how this all works. Thank you, in advance, for any help. *Edited: Added a screenshot - Below is a screen shot from the Cakewalk post that I was reading. As you can see the portion of room tone that had been selecting is showing as "active" and the rest remains muted and to goes into the top where the complete track is and the portion that's getting replaced goes muted. That is what I am trying to accomplish, but mine are splitting where I am selecting and the room tone take lane is staying muted. Thanks, again. Edited July 31, 2023 by CJ8073 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ8073 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) Would this cause an overall volume increase, having that room tone underneath? I'm just curious. And, when I squish the takes back down, how do I get the room tone to not layer on top of the narration, but stay underneath it? Edited July 31, 2023 by CJ8073 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ8073 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Here is a post link that I was referencing: It's a post a couple entries down by Scook. The animated image that they included seems to do what I was trying to do, but I can't figure how how they got it to do this. It's like maybe I don't have some settings correct. As you can see, when they highlight the room tone, it becomes the "active" clip and the remaining take stays muted with the portion being replaced also being muted, also there are no cut lines where the selecting begins and ends; it's like it's all smooth and seamless. That was what I was going for, but can't figure out how. Thanks for you help, I do appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ8073 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Okay, fantastic, I will read that documentation! Thank you very much! I love working in Cakewalk and have learned so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ8073 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) Yay, I figured it out! Thank you, again, for the documentation. I do have another quick question, if I want to delete all muted clips, can I do that in one fell swoop? I tried right clicking and selecting "Delete muted clips" but it deletes all of the audio. How do I delete all of the muted clips in the take lanes at once? Thanks! ***Nevermind*** I figured it out, just turn off Ripple edit and it works perfectly! Edited July 31, 2023 by CJ8073 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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