How do I mute a selection?

mcwill wrote on 2/15/2002, 2:10 PM

Hi,

Excuse what is probably a silly question, but how do you mute the volume of a 10sec selection at the end of a 5min A/V Track?

I want the video to continue but with no sound.

Thanks,
Iain

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bcbarnes wrote on 2/15/2002, 2:49 PM

One way would be to insert a volume envelope ("INSERT | AUDIO ENVELOPES | VOLUME", or just type "v"), then, right click on the blue line in the audio track, and click on "Add Point". Do this at the point where you want the fade to start, and again just to the right of that first point. Now, you can drag the second point down to the bottom of the track to set the volume to zero, and left/right to set the speed that it fades to zero.

mcwill wrote on 2/15/2002, 4:08 PM

Thanks,

Just what I needed.

Iain

Caruso wrote on 2/16/2002, 5:04 AM

Or, you could split the audio track on either side of the selection you want to mute(I know you stated the selection was at the end, but, if the video is continuing, well . . .) and simply right click on the selection, select delete from the drop down list and delete that portion of sound from your production entirely. This approach is great if you need sound to replace the selection you want to mute. Drop another audio only track onto the timeline and insert sound from external sources or similar sound copied from other points in your project to fill in the gap. Works great.

When I shoot family videos, my wife is constantly narrating (she is oblivious to my video efforts, LOL). Some of her comments are downright inappapropriate for my masterpieces, but most, while informative, anticipate my actual shooting of whatever it is that she's commenting on. Vegas allows me, after the fact, to seamlessly shift her comments to make them coincide with the scene.

Sorry if I've amplifed your thread beyond its original intent. I get carried away with VV30 sometimes.

Have fun.

Caruso