How do I redo an audio track in Movie Studio 2024 Platinum?

Eric-Elliott wrote on 6/29/2024, 3:56 PM

Hi all,

A few of you will be "delighted"? to know that I am trying to work in Timeline mode in Movie Studio. I'm not so sure I am delighted, but I am sort of starting to see the benefits......I think.
I have slowed way down in making videos with voiceover. I'm 1/4 of 1/4 speed I was which was slow. It is a literal snails pace now. I just decided to submit to it.

I made my first video (I'm redoing everything I did in Video Easy). I have some questions and am stuck on something.

1) I tried setting the number of Tracks to 4, but it keeps going back to 32, which is far too many! I wonder if it is the fact that I changed it after I started the new video instead of before?

2) I am struggling with an odd behavior, when I go to work in a track, say the text track and make a change or what have you, I notice it disappears from the track list. It was there in pink a second ago and now it is gone. I just started moving on thinking I would not see it and settle for not having it and then all of the sudden it appeared again, but I don't know how I got it back.

3) I am stuck on something. I want to redo my voiceover in Movie Studio, but I do not see such an option when I right click on the audio track. The closest I see is doing an audio track outside of Movie Studio, which is physically impossible for me. It might be if it was just music or something, but NOT for voiceover.
Is there a way to redo my voiceover in Movie Studio I am just not seeing?

Thank you.

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AAProds wrote on 7/6/2024, 11:30 PM

@Eric-Elliott

OK, go to Single Object mouse mode, drag the title down to an empty track, then drag the narration up to track 2. Then you can drag the title back up under the narration, or leave it clear.

johnebaker wrote on 7/7/2024, 2:47 AM

@Eric-Elliott

. . . . It is easier to match up the video/picture on track #1 if my narration is on track #2 especially trying to work in Timeline . . . .

Can you post a screen shot of the program window showing the whole screen of the program.

. . . . I did Windows key + Shift + S several times and it brought up a batch menu in MS . . . .

this would suggest you let go of the Windows key and Shift key before pressing S. S is the keyboard shortcut for the Batch processing menu,

When a keyboard shortcut that requires more than 1 key to be pressed, by convention is written as given, the + sign means the key should be held down, in the shortcut you were given you hold down the Windows and Shift keys and then press S.

HTH

John EB

Eric-Elliott wrote on 7/7/2024, 10:16 AM

@Eric-Elliott

Hi

. . . . It is easier to match up the video/picture on track #1 if my narration is on track #2 especially trying to work in Timeline . . . .

Can you post a screen shot of the program window showing the whole screen of the program.

. . . . I did Windows key + Shift + S several times and it brought up a batch menu in MS . . . .

this would suggest you let go of the Windows key and Shift key before pressing S. S is the keyboard shortcut for the Batch processing menu,

When a keyboard shortcut that requires more than 1 key to be pressed, by convention is written as given, the + sign means the key should be held down, in the shortcut you were given you hold down the Windows and Shift keys and then press S.

HTH

John EB

Ah Ha!! So that is why it worked the forth time, because I did it correctly! I must have let go of the windows key or something a millisecond too early as you suggest. That solves that mystery.

Eric-Elliott wrote on 7/8/2024, 12:29 PM

Question about cleaning an audio track:

Now that I have done a few short "projects", "videos", or whatever they are called (I don't know how to call them) I noticed in a few of them in my "audio" that there is loud hissing before I start speaking, the rest of the audio is fine. Is there a way to clean that up WITHOUT trying to redo it in an outside program and then try to put it back in the project and have it sync up, which is physically impossible on the planet I live on (Earth #1) due to the laws of physics.

All I need to do is eliminate the hiss noise at the start. I can't delete it I don't think because I can't be that precision. Is there a way to do this inside MS?

If there isn't, I have no choice but to leave it alone and not care how bad it is.

I'm using a dynamic mic in mono mode, but I think the noise may be from a fan and open window in the room, not sure. I got a dynamic mic instead of a condenser mic due to my upstairs monster (source of paranoia, etc) living above me that drags heavy objects across the floor all day and night.

browj2 wrote on 7/8/2024, 7:39 PM

@Eric-Elliott

Hi Eric,

Screen shots please.

Hiss can usually be eliminated. In your case, you can remove/delete it if there is no other sound, like your narration. You just trim it out. Basic editing.

If the hiss is with the narration, the built-in Noise Reducer or DeHiss can be used from the Audio Cleaning screen to reduce the hiss. Double-click on the audio part to open the Audio Cleaning screen.

John CB

Eric-Elliott wrote on 7/9/2024, 9:12 AM

@Eric-Elliott

Hi Eric,

Screen shots please.

Hiss can usually be eliminated. In your case, you can remove/delete it if there is no other sound, like your narration. You just trim it out. Basic editing.

If the hiss is with the narration, the built-in Noise Reducer or DeHiss can be used from the Audio Cleaning screen to reduce the hiss. Double-click on the audio part to open the Audio Cleaning screen.

John CB

Thank you. Hmm, I did not think a screenshot would be helpful on this because all one sees is the wave form and it is hard to tell hiss from anything else with that.
The hiss is only heard before I start speaking. When it gets into my narration, all you hear is me. The issue I am running into with simple trimming (which I can almost do in my sleep) is that it leaves a very abrupt start like I am jumping on front of the person yelling or something. I'm thinking this: If I can trim what I can and then go into the "audio cleaning screen" and use the Noise reducer or DeHiss, that may smooth it out.
I was right-clicking on the audio part and did not see an "audio cleaning" option, so thank you for letting me know I have to double click and it will show.

browj2 wrote on 7/9/2024, 9:54 AM

@Eric-Elliott

Hi Eric,

Select the audio narration object. Place the playback marker just before you start speaking. Take and post a screen shot.

John CB