Summary:
In Audacity (ver 2.1.2), when I "Generate Silence" of 1 second using a Chain, it
doesn't generate 1 second but just replaces the selected part of the waveform
with silence. So say the selected part of the waveform was 0.3 seconds long,
then you end up with 0.3 seconds of silence, and not 1 second.
There are no other commands in the Chain, just the 1 second silence.
The site
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/tap...y-to-save-time
says that you CAN apply a Chain to a SELECTION instead of the whole waveform.
Could you tell me if I'm doing something wrong, or whether this is a bug in
Audacity.
If it's a bug, is there some other way that I can automate the insertion of 1
second of silence. Thanks.
Full Details:
When I insert silence manually, it works fine, but when I perform the same
operation within a Chain it doesn't work properly.
Manual method:
I use Generate/Silence from the Menu to apply 1 second of silence to a selected
part of the waveform. The selection is typically from the start of the waveform
to about 0.3 seconds along. So the 0.3 second selection changes to 1 second of
silence, which is what I want.
Chain method:
I create the Chain entry as follows. File/EditChains/Add then enter name of
"1 sec silence". Select Insert then choose "Silence" from ChooseCommand, then
click EditParameters. I click the down arrow in the Duration box, and select
"hh:mm:ss + milliseconds", then enter a Duration of "00h 00m 01.000s". (This is
also how I select the Duration in the manual method above.) Then OK, OK to
finish.
I select the first 0.3 seconds of the waveform, select File/ApplyChain, select
the Chain name "1 sec silence" then click "Apply to Current Project".
But what happens is that the selected 0.3 seconds of waveform is changed to 0.3
seconds of silence, NOT 1 second of silence. Then when I look at the Chain name
"1 sec silence" in File/EditChains, and select EditParameters, the Duration box
has CHANGED from 1 second to 0.3 seconds (00h 00m 00.300s). Very odd.
