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renec · 14th July 2008, 10:39 PM

I don't think you've been getting advice that's very good so far.

IMO strip silence is pretty rough for de-breathing because it tends to lop off Ks, Ts, and Fs that lead or trail words.

Also, I tend to close the gap on breaths by about 20% of their length, which SS wouldn't do anyway.

Try this:

go to preferences -> operation and look to the bottom right for the "Auto region fade in/out length" set that to 8 ms or so and you'll have taken care of any potential DC offsets automatically.

then when you edit, stay zoomed in pretty tightly and (if you're right handed) put your right hand on the mouse and your left hand with the middle finger on the delete key and the thumb on the left arrow key.

highlight a breath (using the I bar in the multitool), delete, left arrow (which centers the cursor - effectively making an incremental scroll), grab the region and readjust the timing (using the grabber that looks like a hand in the multitool), rinse, repeat.

If you need to scroll further than the arrow key will give you, just click somewhere on the right side of the screen and hit the left arrow key (click-left-click-left) until you are where you want to be.

when you're done, if you want to clean up all of the regions you've created don't consolidate (shift-apple-3) your stuff. Instead, group your regions (option-apple-g) so that later, if you want to, you can ungroup them (option-apple-u).

also, the A, S, and B keys are your friends.

14th July 2008, 10:39 PM	#37
renec Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 19	I don't think you've been getting advice that's very good so far. IMO strip silence is pretty rough for de-breathing because it tends to lop off Ks, Ts, and Fs that lead or trail words. Also, I tend to close the gap on breaths by about 20% of their length, which SS wouldn't do anyway. Try this: go to preferences -> operation and look to the bottom right for the "Auto region fade in/out length" set that to 8 ms or so and you'll have taken care of any potential DC offsets automatically. then when you edit, stay zoomed in pretty tightly and (if you're right handed) put your right hand on the mouse and your left hand with the middle finger on the delete key and the thumb on the left arrow key. highlight a breath (using the I bar in the multitool), delete, left arrow (which centers the cursor - effectively making an incremental scroll), grab the region and readjust the timing (using the grabber that looks like a hand in the multitool), rinse, repeat. If you need to scroll further than the arrow key will give you, just click somewhere on the right side of the screen and hit the left arrow key (click-left-click-left) until you are where you want to be. when you're done, if you want to clean up all of the regions you've created don't consolidate (shift-apple-3) your stuff. Instead, group your regions (option-apple-g) so that later, if you want to, you can ungroup them (option-apple-u). also, the A, S, and B keys are your friends.