Hello, beginner here.
I'm using free Waveform 12 for a podcast. I have a 90 minute conversation on MP3 which I dragged into a Track so that I can edit it and add music etc.
For some reason, the speech on the MP3 is slightly speeded up (so that everyone sounds like they've sucked on a helium baloon).
What's the best way to avoid this/stop this happening or fix it?
Also, every time I cut a bit of the track it takes minutes to re-render the clip (I suppose because it's so long). Any suggestions?
I imagine I'm probably doing multiple very basic things wrong, so thank you for your patience!
Importing an MP3 as a track speeds it up - how can I fix?
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- KVRAF
- 4891 posts since 3 Jan, 2003 from Vancouver
Imported audio since 12.5 is set to auto-detect tempo by default. Waveform scans the audio and tries to find the tempo, then after it believes it's found the tempo, it matches the audio clip tempo to the tempo of the Edit.
This can be confusing.
To restore an audio clip to normal, first open the Control Panel at the bottom to "Useful Mode" or select the Actions tab of the Browser. If an audio clip is selected, the Control Panel will have a "Loop Properties" tab that includes a check-box for Auto-Tempo. The same check-box is available in the Actions tab. After it is un-checked you may still need to stretch the audio clip to its proper length using the empty arrow at the top right of the clip.
To stop this from happening again, go to Settings -> General -> Editing and de-select the "Detect tempo of imported audio files" setting.
You can always turn the clip's Auto-Tempo on when you want that to happen. You can also use the tempo settings in the Control Panel to make adjustments if Waveform doesn't scan the tempo correctly. I find that I sometimes need to change the number of beats to get the correct tempo.
This can be confusing.
To restore an audio clip to normal, first open the Control Panel at the bottom to "Useful Mode" or select the Actions tab of the Browser. If an audio clip is selected, the Control Panel will have a "Loop Properties" tab that includes a check-box for Auto-Tempo. The same check-box is available in the Actions tab. After it is un-checked you may still need to stretch the audio clip to its proper length using the empty arrow at the top right of the clip.
To stop this from happening again, go to Settings -> General -> Editing and de-select the "Detect tempo of imported audio files" setting.
You can always turn the clip's Auto-Tempo on when you want that to happen. You can also use the tempo settings in the Control Panel to make adjustments if Waveform doesn't scan the tempo correctly. I find that I sometimes need to change the number of beats to get the correct tempo.
Surely there must be consensus by now...