Working with Sound

Exercise Three: Adjusting the Timing and Clean Up

At this point, you are going to smooth out the sound by adding crossfades and in and out fades (see technical note below), adjusting the timing between the clips (the pacing of the reading), and cleaning up clicks and pops when possible. You will also be shown two ways to use the multitool

Here are some steps you can use to adjust and clean up your assembly:

 

Technical Note
Crossfades, which are used to merge clips and help one clip blend more smoothly into another, are being introduced here because they are a sound editing best practice. You will notice, however, that Audacity automatically merges sound clips when you click on the split (black line) between them. If you choose to use this latter option, make sure to listen closely to where the split was to make sure there are not any pops or clicks. If there are, undo the auto merge (command z on a Mac and control z on a PC) and use a crossface.

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