How to Import Audio Files Into Audacity?

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Title: How do I "Import" Video Files To Audacity Help (Stupid Grammarly)

Ok I am creating YouTube podcasts which are basically blogcasts of my existing articles simply reading my articles and uploading to my YouTube channel. These are usually 4 to 6+ minutes long however the retention is only max 50 sec onds. My audio setup is behringer uphoria um2 and shure 55SH II chinese replica. Now I aint got the budget to buy a new setup; even I do not have a budget to buy a second hand blue yeti X. Now I know audacity lets you remove background noise from an audio file that I confirmed and seen my self. But I do not feel comfortable exporting my video audio file into audacity and then removing background sound and then exporting new sound file back into the video editor and muting the old Audio file while over riding the edited audio file. This process is possible for me but too time consuming and complicated.

With many plugins support for audacity does audacity has a plugin that lets you importa a video file inside it and then you remove background noise from it and simply export in same format most probably mp4 video file format adding edits to the audio of the video. Please tell me if such a plugin exists if not please refer me another software that is free and has this capablity help please help cause I am loosing 1000s of dollars over here.

I am an approved creator on blogcast app but they rejected 4 of my audio files please am loosing lots and lots of money and might end up on the streets if I could not resolve this issue. Now I am not good at begging even so I might not survive over there. My audio enjineer assigned to me at blogcast is not responding back to me for weeks and I got no choice but to ask for help on this subreddit. Please help me out I beg you help.

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[deleted] · 2 years ago

I don't know of any way to import video files into audacity, only audio. That said, it should be pretty straightforward to extract just the audio from your recording, run it through the background noise reduction (guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLfpFtstORg), and then splice the audio right back in over the original track (provided you don't edit or cut any other parts of the audio which could cause it to become unsynced with the video).

If you'd really like to use a single editing tool and can't afford something like Adobe Premiere Pro, then I might consider trying out Reaper (which has a free 60 day usage trial then costs $60 for an unlimited license) to get this job done. Best of luck.

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liquidocelotYT · OP · 2 years ago

Thank you so much; wow never heard about this Reaper video editing tool but seems cool to me.

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skodeer · 2 years ago

Audacity doesn’t support video editing. You would have to separate the files in a video editor and rejoin them after editing. Alternatively, you could try using the video editing suite Kdenlive. It’s open source and has built in noise reduction capabilities

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liquidocelotYT · OP · 2 years ago

Wow, Thank you so much for the suggestion after seeing your comment I went ahead and downloaded Kdenlive and saw some video tutorials regarding it on YouTube as well. I think this is the method I will adapt and use in the future until after 3 to 6 months either I get a 2nd hand Blue Yeti x or upgrade my audio setup to vocaster one plus Shure Mv7x but that might take me 6 months going at the current rate. However; if improvements arrive due to this kdenlive and people start listening/watching to my podcast for over max 2 minutes on average then I will easily get these desired audio setup in no time whatsoever. As people these days demand quality audio due to extremely hgh compeition.

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JamzTyson · 2 years ago

If you install FFmpeg (see the Audacity manual for how to do this), then you can import the audio from a video into Audacity. There is also a free app called Avidemux to replace the original audio in your video file with the cleaned up version that you make in Audacity (export from Audacity in WAV format, then use Avidemux to encode and merge the WAV file into the video).

There are no plug-ins for Audacity for working with video because Audacity is an audio editor.

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liquidocelotYT · OP · 2 years ago

Thank you so much for your guidance and clearning my confusion.

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r/audacity • [2]

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How should i add background music

Posted by PleasantExperience38 · in r/audacity · 7 months ago

I'm recording using Audacity and then will add the footage and edit it in DaVinci Resolve. Is it better to add the background music in Audacity or add it at the end in DaVinci?

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TheVoicesOfBrian · 7 months ago

Either will work. It really depends on which you're more comfortable with. Editing the audio in Audacity means you're only messing around with one audio track in Davinci.

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r/akaiMPC • [3]

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How to import audio into mpc beats

Posted by KarthikRambhatla · in r/akaiMPC · 4 years ago

Hello Everyone,

I want to get a wav file into mpc beats. I have the audio recorded already in audacity now i want this wave file directly to be used in mpc beats audio section. Please guide me

Any help greatly appreciated.. Thank you

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Sofa_Critic · 4 years ago

You can drag and drop on to the MPC Beats pads (or on to the left side of the grid) if you've exported from Audacity as a .wav file.

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General_Xue · 4 years ago

OMG... I just got Beats today and spent ALL DAY trying to figure out how to do this. It never occurred to me to just drag it onto the pad! Thank you!

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Outrageous-Pie-122 · 5 months ago

hi did u ever end up going thru with it. i purhcased it thinking i could learn the instrument (i have never tried to learn one and im 24 n think its a bit late now to learn).Anyway thank you and do let me know any tips u have

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mrmugabi · 4 years ago

You can just drag the file onto the MPC beats window.

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KarthikRambhatla · OP · 4 years ago

I tried it, its not allowing to place anywhere.. chose audio also but no luck..

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mrmugabi · 4 years ago

After you save the file to your computer from audacity. You can open the browser in MPC beats and go to the folder where the file is located. The browser icon is at the bottom right of the beats windows. It looks like a hard disk.

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RoosterLivid9148 · 1 year ago

Just drag the audio-file into the Audio ready track The track meant for singing) - it work fine.

It will not however to drag the audio-file into any track other than Audio-Dedicated track

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Sickwithgrief · 10 months ago

So clicking and dragging is easy enough but is there a way to do it without losing the wav file to where you drag it to? Like what if I want to use that sound elsewhere, I noticed the ones I've clicked and dragged aren't in my files anymore

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Puzzleheaded_Dog766 · 3 years ago

None of this is working for me.. driving me nuts

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Cautious_Moment5690 · 3 years ago

When the answer is too easyh we always miss it

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Sufficient-Star2831 · 2 years ago

balls

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r/davinciresolve • [4]

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How should i add background music

Posted by PleasantExperience38 · in r/davinciresolve · 7 months ago

I'm recording using Audacity and then will add the footage and edit it in DaVinci Resolve. Is it better to add the background music in Audacity or add it at the end in DaVinci?

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mrFabels · 7 months ago

I would defenitley add in resolve... More flexible, more possibilities... But basically it depends what fits your workflow

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PleasantExperience38 · OP · 7 months ago

Thanks i will add it in resolve

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Annual_Two7315 · 7 months ago

Add stuff in the last step so you have more flexibility. Voice, sounds, music all separated so you are able to make changes whenever you want. Even efter exported you could save 3 tracks of the sound, as I said, sfx, music, vooce separately, so if in the future you want to change stuff, you can.

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James_Dav1es · 7 months ago

Add it in Davinci. Having your recording and background music on seperate tracks will make it easier to mix and if you have second thoughts about something it's also easier to change.

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r/VideoEditing • [5]

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Is there a way to import all my audio into audacity?

Posted by qulk403 · in r/VideoEditing · 5 years ago

Long story short I made a movie the other day and the audio wasn't great. Found a slight fix in audacity that I tested on one of the files. Thing is I have 90 clips. Also I don't know how to import just the audio, because when I try to import the video, it won't let me. Can anyone help me?

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VincibleAndy · 5 years ago

If audacity supports AAF or OMF you could export that from your editor and fix it there very easily, having all tracks and everything.

But depending on the fix, most editors have decent audio tools already and that could be a much simpler solution.

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qulk403 · OP · 5 years ago

Using sony vegas, and there are some good tools, but honestly, I think I need some serious audio work.

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rabbithasacat · 5 years ago

Is it possible to export just the audio from vegas? (Sorry, I haven't used vegas.)

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r/davinciresolve • [6]

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Why doesn't audio import?

Posted by Cyprus-mule · in r/davinciresolve · 8 months ago

I have a meme clip (like many others I use). But when I drag the video into the timeline, only the video drags in.

Using DaVinci 19 free
File is an .MP4 file with AAC audio

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Cyprus-mule · OP · 8 months ago

Nevermind - restarted it and it worked.

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Cyprus-mule · OP · 8 months ago

I'm on a Mac, and when I scrub in the inspector the audio does work.

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r/audacity • [7]

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Some MP3 files are imported incorrectly into Audacity

Posted by Darkunov · in r/audacity · 3 years ago

I've been working with Audacity for about a year and a half now, always getting my mp3 files the same way. Recently, while the files I download can still be played flawlessly, opening them with or importing them into Audacity yields a ~0.122s long, high-volume electronic sound, eg it's unuseable.

There doesn't seem to be any logic to which files do this, since again they all play perfectly in windows' player. How can I fix this?

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https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/help_menu_diagnostics.html#show_log

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TheDynamicHamza21 · 3 years ago

What does the audacity log say?

Did you tried to import as raw data?

Have you tried opening them in another audio editor?

Have tried converting them to another format and see audacity play them?

Have tried changing the suffix of the file from .mp3 to .wav?

Also from the former main dev Gale Andrews (RIP).

https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=88113#p288673

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SourVenom · 2 years ago

Had similiar issue - mp3 file that worked flawlessly in Windows system player was imported as garbled mess in Audacity ( using libmpg123).

So i made a copy, changed its extension to wav - and it imported as normal audio.

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Darkunov · OP · 3 years ago

The log says :

> 13:34:32: File name is [Path to file].mp3 > 13:34:32: Mime type is * > 13:34:32: Opening with libsndfile > 13:34:32: Opening with libmad > 13:34:32: Open([Path to file].mp3) succeeded

Importing it as raw data yields a ~57 seconds long (The song is over 2 minutes) white noise track that starts with a glitchy sound. Though even using an otherwise functional song yields the same thing (except it lasts a few seconds longer)
Adding it to a video in movie maker makes it appear as if it was corrupted or in an incompatible format.
Converting it to a .wav does work!

This is really weird, full disclosure I get the files using youtube to .mp3. Why the hell would it fail at doing that.... only sometimes? But thanks!

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davehasl19 · 3 years ago

Something wrong with the file. Make sure it has the "mp3" extension. For an mp3 you should see

18:09:40: Mime type is *

18:09:40: Opening with libmad

18:09:40: Opening with libav

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How do I import audio files?

Posted by TheLongWalk_Home · in r/ableton · 3 years ago

I just downloaded Ableton about 2 weeks ago and have no idea what I'm doing. For now I'm just trying to string together a beat from some sounds my dog made, but I can't figure out how to get the audio into Ableton. I have them saved as MP3s right now.

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[deleted] · 3 years ago

My first advice is don't use mp3 and get 60gb free samples from Music Radar (this tip is for free).

That said just make different folders so samples in sample folder, 3rd party sound packs i an different folder too. Then oepn up ableton and on the bottom in the browser (left window) u see option add folder or something like that and then u apply the folders u created. Make sure u put those folders in the righ locations separately from ableton folders or system folders.

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Doint_Poker · 3 years ago

You literally just drag the file onto an audio track

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MaikoHerajin · 3 years ago

Imagine writing a post that said, "Hey I can't figure out how to put a picture into Photoshop." 😑

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Where can i search for Audio Files when importing?

Posted by Altruistic_Pea_2515 · in r/protools · 3 months ago

Frustrated because i have no idea how I can search type a file in this big folder to import -.-

i.redd.it

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crispylipz2 · 3 months ago

You can also drag and drop files from the file explorer instead of using that dialogue.

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Altruistic_Pea_2515 · OP · 3 months ago

Drag n drop wasnt working, idk why

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ARPS_331 · 3 months ago

Window - New Workspace

Though I would suggest finding an app to manage your samples as the pro tools one isn’t great

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M4A question

Posted by callinamagician · in r/audacity · 5 months ago

I'm trying to import music ripped from CDs or downloaded from iTunes into Audacity, but it can't do so because they're M4As. I've downloaded FFMPEG, but when I import M4A files, I get the message that "Audacity attempted to use FFMPEG to open the file, but the file could not be found in the library." No matter how many times I go into Preferences and select FFMPEG's location in my library, I always get the same message. Does anyone have a suggestion for getting past this issue?

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https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/macOS

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TheScriptTiger · 5 months ago

Can you tell us the actual file name you are selecting for FFmpeg? It should be "avformat-XX.dll", where XX is the version number.

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callinamagician · OP · 5 months ago

Here's the file name Audacity says it needs: /Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/ffmpeg.55.64bit.dylib. When I downloaded FFMPEG, none of the options match that exactly. How do I find one I can use, or get a version of FFMPEG that includes the 55.64bit.dylib? Thanks!

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TheScriptTiger · 5 months ago

OOOOOH, you're on a Mac. Sorry, I was thinking you were on Windows.

Here you go:

I'm assuming the numbers won't match up exactly, because they probably relate to a version number. So, just look for something like "ffmpeg.XX.dylib".

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rabbithasacat · 5 months ago

I don't use Audacity myself so I don't know what formats it prefers, but you could probably use Shutter Encoder to convert your M4As into something it likes better. It's quick and easy to use.

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