A Not-So-Brief Audio Rant
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:46 pm
Trying to 'pad' the beginning of a VO file so it starts at the right time in AS. Needed to noise reduce it in Apples' Soundtrack Pro. But apparently SndtrkPro doesn't export .aiff files that are understandable by AS Pro.
After 25 tries or so I exported as a .wav to Audacity, a new program to me, but hey, I've already spent 2 hours trying to figure why I can't hear anything in AS Pro from SoundTrack Pro. (Except for the original, unpadded file.) It appears that even though I moved the clip 3.3 secs to the right in the Audacity timeline, thus giving me my proper timing for AS Pro, Audacity doesn't seem to want to export that silent part of its timeline-my VO dialogue starts right at the beginning in the exported wave file.
Mostly I'm irritated at Apple, Soundtrack Pro should be able to export files understood by any program, but nooo...they got fancy.
OK, Rant Over.
After 25 tries or so I exported as a .wav to Audacity, a new program to me, but hey, I've already spent 2 hours trying to figure why I can't hear anything in AS Pro from SoundTrack Pro. (Except for the original, unpadded file.) It appears that even though I moved the clip 3.3 secs to the right in the Audacity timeline, thus giving me my proper timing for AS Pro, Audacity doesn't seem to want to export that silent part of its timeline-my VO dialogue starts right at the beginning in the exported wave file.
Mostly I'm irritated at Apple, Soundtrack Pro should be able to export files understood by any program, but nooo...they got fancy.
OK, Rant Over.