Is there a way to edit audio files in Studio One?

[brmichael]

Hi,

I use a .wav file as an audio event in Studio One. Now I'd like to mute some portions of the .wav file. I know how to mute parts of a recording by cutting them out of the event (which will split the event into several smaller events with gaps in between), but I couldn't find a way to keep my event as a whole and just mute parts of it. Is that really impossible in Studio One and do I have to use a 3rd party audio editor such as SoundForge or Audacity?

Regards, Michael

 

[Vocalpoint]

You will need to break it into events.

I usually use the Cut tool to do some quick chops to create the events - then highlight an event and click the Mute tool

It's quick and dirty but it works.

VP

 

[SwitchBack]

Gain Envelopes allow a 48dB 'swing' from maximum boost to maximum cut. Not muting exactly but pretty close, especially in a mix. Would be nice for sure to have 'mute' added to gain envelopes somehow.

 

[tpittman]

Hi,

I use a .wav file as an audio event in Studio One. Now I'd like to mute some portions of the .wav file. I know how to mute parts of a recording by cutting them out of the event (which will split the event into several smaller events with gaps in between), but I couldn't find a way to keep my event as a whole and just mute parts of it. Is that really impossible in Studio One and do I have to use a 3rd party audio editor such as SoundForge or Audacity?

Regards, Michael

You could use Mute / Volume Automation but that is slow depending how much you have to do. I normally use what the other guys here suggested and if you did use automation and have it hidden you may end up forgetting what is going on. That happened to me a few times when I returned to the song after some time

 

[Lukas]

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[hieroglyph]

Hi,

I use a .wav file as an audio event in Studio One. Now I'd like to mute some portions of the .wav file. I know how to mute parts of a recording by cutting them out of the event (which will split the event into several smaller events with gaps in between), but I couldn't find a way to keep my event as a whole and just mute parts of it. Is that really impossible in Studio One and do I have to use a 3rd party audio editor such as SoundForge or Audacity?

Regards, Michael

While all the aforementioned techniques would work, I think the correct answer is Mute automation with mute envelopes.

Forgive me for not having my recording computer pulled up to make screenshots but if you look at the top above the tracks and find the button that looks like three horizontal lines. You can use it to toggle, hide, and unhide the envelopes. I have mine turned on to default show Mute and Volume envelopes. You can also add Pan envelopes but I keep that turned off in my default because I never use pan envelopes.

Once you turn on the Mute envelopes, its as simple as placing nodes with you mouse clicks then using the trim function to raise or lower a line segment between two nodes up or down. It's mute, so there is no in between, just up for on and down for off. I'm sure someone's can chime in with screenshots or videos or whatever, but what I described is quick and easy. And if you ever forget if envelopes are hidden or not, just click the three lines.

 

[hieroglyph]

I knew someone would beat me with a video

 

[hieroglyph]

I edited my post because I originally wrote how to toggle the Inspector view but really meant the Track List view.

 

[SwitchBack]

There are a few problems with using mute automation:

• It doesn't show on the waveform as Clip Gain does. In 'normal' view you have to guess which sections are muted and which are not
• Mute is where the channel fader is, so after all channel processing. Muted sections will still affect channel compressors etc.
• Mute can cause clicks which, with mute sitting at the end, can't be fixed with channel processing or fade-in/outs
• Using mute automation will put the channel fader in read mode too, which makes it clumsy to use that fader from then on.

So Clip Gain Envelopes is definitely the nicer tool, despite the limited attenuation range.

 

[brmichael]

@Lukas and all others: thank you very much. Clip gain is exactly the thing I was looking for. +/- 48 dB gain range is sufficient for what I want to do. If I actually want to mute (-∞ dB), I can still cut out parts of the event or use an external audio editor.

 

[hieroglyph]

There are a few problems with using mute automation:

• It doesn't show on the waveform as Clip Gain does. In 'normal' view you have to guess which sections are muted and which are not
• Mute is where the channel fader is, so after all channel processing. Muted sections will still affect channel compressors etc.
• Mute can cause clicks which, with mute sitting at the end, can't be fixed with channel processing or fade-in/outs
• Using mute automation will put the channel fader in read mode too, which makes it clumsy to use that fader from then on.

So Clip Gain Envelopes is definitely the nicer tool, despite the limited attenuation range.

Interesting, I did not know some of those things. Of course, I was typing my above post at the same time Lukas posted the video so I didn't watch the video until later. Thanks for explaining that.