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Cutting a scene is easy, but often the transition sounds abrupt. Familiar, right? Anyone not raising their hand is in denial. :dodgy:
Audacity is a great tool to tackle those audio transitions, but it's frustrating how time consuming the small transitions can be (especially when the sound almost continues perfectly). I added a method to my list of options, and hope someone will find this helpful to save time too.
Instead of cross-fading every transition in Audacity, I try them in my video editor. I would think every good video editor can work for this. My experience is with TMPGenc, which doesn't allow audio editing separate from the video. The solution is to:
1) Export your scene with the correct video transition. Your video looks great, but audio is abrupt.
2) Add some frames on one or both sides of the cut and add a cross-fade transition of that exact length. This is trial and error, I've had success with as little as 3 frames and as many as 30. Once the transition sounds to your liking, export. Now your audio sounds great but the video isn't.
3) The two files have the same frame length (the extra frames for the audio transition overlapped in the cross-fade). Now merge the good video with the good audio (I use MKVToolnix).
This doesn't work for all transitions. It's best for the category of "Ugh, it's almost seamless enough that I can get away with leaving it". Familiar, right?
Audacity is a great tool to tackle those audio transitions, but it's frustrating how time consuming the small transitions can be (especially when the sound almost continues perfectly). I added a method to my list of options, and hope someone will find this helpful to save time too.
Instead of cross-fading every transition in Audacity, I try them in my video editor. I would think every good video editor can work for this. My experience is with TMPGenc, which doesn't allow audio editing separate from the video. The solution is to:
1) Export your scene with the correct video transition. Your video looks great, but audio is abrupt.
2) Add some frames on one or both sides of the cut and add a cross-fade transition of that exact length. This is trial and error, I've had success with as little as 3 frames and as many as 30. Once the transition sounds to your liking, export. Now your audio sounds great but the video isn't.
3) The two files have the same frame length (the extra frames for the audio transition overlapped in the cross-fade). Now merge the good video with the good audio (I use MKVToolnix).
This doesn't work for all transitions. It's best for the category of "Ugh, it's almost seamless enough that I can get away with leaving it". Familiar, right?