Audio track: Volume points not showing

[Allen Zagel]

Hi
Right click on the Audio Track header and select envelope – volume. I think that’s what you’re talking about.

Allen

ASX Media Group, Inc.
https://www.asxvideo.com

[John Rofrano]

Highlight the audio track and press the ‘V‘ key to make the volume envelope appear and disappear.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Jorge Trinchet]

Awesome! Both options worked perfectly. I was just going to ask you how to insert different points to turn the volume up or down. But I saw that right clicking on the clip gives you the option. This is great, guys! Thanks a lot!

[Jorge Trinchet]

And by the way, what does Automation Write (latch) mean? What does it do?

[Mike Kujbida]

Don’t forget Edward Troxel’s FourPoints script.
It’s a great tool in situations like yours 🙂

[John Rofrano]

> And by the way, what does Automation Write (latch) mean? What does it do?

There are two modes to write automation, Touch and Latch:

Touch only changes the envelope while you continue to move/hold the fader. As soon as you let go, it snaps back to whatever point the envelope was at previously and continues playing back the existing envelope. This is good for making small changes in an otherwise perfect envelope.

Latch continues to change the envelope even after you let go of the fader and records those changes until you stop playback. This is good for re-recording the automation envelope, erasing what was there and replacing it with your new fader settings.

Think of it this way: one mode only records when you “touch” the fader and the other “latches” onto the fader setting until playback stops.

Hope that helps,

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Jorge Trinchet]

Thanks for the explanation, Jr!

Mike, I’m sorry if this sounds stupid, but I opened the FourPoints script file and I am confused. First, wich program should I use to open it? What is it about?
Thanks a lot, guys!

[Mike Kujbida]

jorge, scripts are another tool available to you in Vegas.
If you’ve ever used macros in Microsoft Office of actions in Photoshop, they operate in a similar fashion in that they automate tasks.
There are a wide variety of scripts available, some free and some that you pay for.

In this particular case, once you click on the link I provided, do a Ctrl+A (select all) and a Ctrl+C (copy).
Then open up Notepad and do a Ctrl+V (Paste).
Do a File-Save As and enter FourPoints.js in the “File name” line.
Make sure to use the name as shown because scripts want the first letter of the name to be a capital letter.
Now click in the Save as type: dropdown box and select All files.
This is done so that the extension txt isn’t added to the name.
Temporarily save the file to your desktop.

You didn’t say what version of Vegas you’re using but this file goes into the Script Menu folder.
For example, C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 7.0\Script Menu.
Move the FourPoints.js file from your desktop into this folder.

Start up Vegas and go Tools > Scripting > Rescan Script Menu Folder.
This tells Vegas that the script is now ready to be run.
Select an audio track by clicking on it and highlight the portion that you want to have lowered.
Insert a volume envelope (shortcut key is V).
Run the script by going Tools > Scripting > FourPoints.
This script automatically adds 4 points to the audio track with points 2 & 3 being one second away from points 1 & 4 respectively.
You’ll need to manually drag the volume down to the desired point but that’s the easy part.

If a 1 second space is too much, open the script (use Notepad again), change the value in the line
var FPDist = new Timecode(“00:00:01:00”); to the new value and re-save it by going File – Save.

As I mentioned above, Vegas comes equipped with a few scripts and there are several others out there on various sites.
They are a tool worth looking into as they are a real timesaver.

[Jorge Trinchet]

Mike,
Thanks so much for such a detailed answer!
I have Vegas 7, by the way.
One dumb question. You said: once you click on the link I provided, do a Ctrl+A (select all) and a Ctrl+C (copy). Then open up Notepad and do a Ctrl+V (Paste).
But did you mean: once you open the file saved? Because when I click on the link that you posted, it just offers me to open, save or cancel. I tried to just open it, but it didn’t work. So I just saved it. Once it is saved, I can open it with Notepad.

By the way, is there a web-site with more available/free scripts? It would be great to see what other options are out there!

Thanks again,

Jorge

[Mike Kujbida]

[jorge trinchet] “But did you mean: once you open the file saved? Because when I click on the link that you posted, it just offers me to open, save or cancel.”

Saving it is fine.
I’m using Firefox and, when I click on the link, it opens it in a new browser page which is why I suggested the method I use.

By the way, is there a web-site with more available/free scripts?

There are links to several free ones on the VASST site and Edward Troxel’s site.