jirihon / sound-processing

Workflow for sound editing in Audacity and export to mp3 using ffmpeg.

Sound processing

Workflow for sound editing in Audacity and export to mp3 using ffmpeg.

Directory structure

• raw/ - raw recordings in WAV format
• flac/ - songs cut from raw recordings with fade in and fade out in FLAC format
• master/ - songs with custom effects applied (soft limiter, etc.) in FLAC format
• mp3/ - songs exported to MP3 format using the export.php script

Audacity macros

Fade In

1. Select Start="0" End="0.2" Mode="Set" RelativeTo="ProjectStart"
2. AdjustableFade curve="0" gain0="0" gain1="100" preset="ExponentialIn" type="Up" units="Percent"
3. END

Fade Out

1. AdjustableFade curve="0" gain0="100" gain1="0" preset="None" type="SCurveDown" units="Percent"
2. Select Start="0" End="-4" Mode="Set" RelativeTo="SelectionEnd"
3. Silence Use_preset=""
4. CursorRight
5. SelCursorToTrackEnd
6. Cut
7. END

Custom Audacity shortcuts

• Ctrl+Shift+S Fade In
• Ctrl+Shitf+D Fade Out
• Ctrl+Shitf+Q Normalize
• Ctrl+Shift+W Limitter (Soft limitter)