Deleting audio without deleting video

Jenny Pearce wrote on 11/15/2011, 7:47 PM

G'day all, Newbie here from Australia again! I am also trying to figure out how to delete the video's audio without deleting the video itself. I want to do a voice over without having the original sound there any more. If I click on it and delete - the video deletes with it. I'll bet there's an an easy way!

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musicvid10 wrote on 11/15/2011, 7:54 PM

There are two easy ways -- pick what works for you.

1) Mute the audio track using the button on the track header. Then add yours below.

--or--

2) Select the event, click "U" to Ungroup the audio from the video, then delete the audio event. Add your own audio track as before.

amendegw wrote on 11/16/2011, 4:42 AM

Or third easy way... right click on audio event Switches -> Mute. This will only mute that event and all other audio events on the same track will be un-muted (is that a word?).

...Jerry

PeterDuke wrote on 11/16/2011, 7:12 AM

"un-muted (is that a word?)."

Non-muted?

Stringer wrote on 11/16/2011, 10:04 AM

Did anyone say " right click on the audio track control panel ( extreme left end of the track ) and choose ' delete track ' ", and I just missed it because it was worded differently ?

Chienworks wrote on 11/16/2011, 11:09 AM

Well, that's fine if you want to delete the whole track. What if you want to delete only a tiny bit of audio out of hundreds of events on that track and keep all the rest?

On the other hand, i've done exactly this in this circumstance. I've used the numeric keypad down arrow key to move selected audio events to another garbage audio track, then after they're all moved i delete the whole track containing just those events in one swipe.

amendegw wrote on 11/16/2011, 11:25 AM

Muteless?? [Chuckle]

...Jerry

jabloomf1230 wrote on 11/16/2011, 1:42 PM

I always regret it when I permanently delete part or all the audio in a project. The alternative to complete deletion is obviously just to mute the audio channel in question. To "delete" parts of an audio track, set a volume envelope and make the volume zero between the points where you don't want sound. That way, if you change your mind, the "damage" is easily undone.

Red Prince wrote on 11/16/2011, 2:45 PM

is that a word?

As long as we understand it (and we do), it is.

Sunflux wrote on 11/16/2011, 11:12 PM

So, to summarize:

1) Mute the entire audio track (affects all clips).

2) Delete the entire audio track (affects all clips, and if you later add another video clip with audio, the audio will still end up somewhere).

3) Ungroup the clip (U) and delete the audio portion. When a clip is ungrouped you can also re-size its individual components, for example if you want the audio of one clip to be behind the video of another clip without fading or using separate tracks - when done, select both and press (G) to re-group.

4) Right-click and mute the audio portion of a clip (must be done for each individual clip).

5) Use a volume envelope to mute audio where you don't want it.

Isn't it nice to have many ways to do the same thing?

Stringer wrote on 11/17/2011, 11:11 AM

Chienworks:
" Well, that's fine if you want to delete the whole track. What if you want to delete only a tiny bit of audio out of hundreds of events on that track and keep all the rest?"

Then I would just delete the parts I didn't want.

The OP apparently wanted to delete all of the audio ..