Removing Labels - Examples
- Peter 24July13: @Gale: I plan to experiment with your suggestion of moving the text back into Label Tracks and leaving Removing Labels as the three use case examples.
- Split (leaving the labels following to right in the same position, so still synchronized with their audio)
- Delete or cut (moving the following labels backwards). Delete or cut will desynchronize the following labels with their audio unless the corresponding region is also deleted in the audio track.
Similarly when deleting a region between labels or an unwanted part of a labeled audio track you will normally want to select the region to be removed in both audio and label track.
Incorrect edits to label tracks can always be undone by using .
Contents
- Remove labels without moving any following labels
- Remove labels (or regions of label track), moving back any following labels
- Removing labels together with their associated audio
- Removing entire label tracks
Remove labels without moving any following labels (Split Delete or label text removal methods)
These methods let you remove labels without moving back any labels that follow to right of the removed label(s). The labels to right thus remain synchronized with their audio.
Split Delete method
Remove single or multiple labels by split deleting a region: Select any region in the label track that extends beyond the label(s) to be removed (without reaching other labels and without selecting in any audio tracks), then choose . You can also use the Split Delete shortcut CTRL + ALT + K instead of the menu.
Label text removal method
Remove a single label: Open the label, remove the text then press Backspace or Delete once to remove the empty label. This can be achieved in several ways, for example:
- Single-click before the first character in the label text (or click anywhere in the text then press Home), then press the Delete key until the text is removed, then press Delete once more.
- Single-click before the first character in the label text (or click anywhere in the text then press Home), then hold Shift and press End. Now press Delete twice.
- Single-click anywhere after the first character in the label text, then use first Backspace then Delete if needed until the text and label are removed.
Example - using Split Delete
Suppose you have labeled different song tracks in the Audio track and you've also labeled some clicks after half-way through Track-2. You have removed the clicks so you need to delete their labels without moving any other labels.
Select in the label track around the two labels to be removed. Only drag horizontally, so as to avoid extending the selection up into the audio track.
Type the keyboard shortcut CTRL + ALT + K. The two labels are removed and the labels for Track-3 and Track-4 remain where they were previously. Note that the selection remains after performing this split delete in the label track.
It's like having stickers on a paper chain, and lifting some stickers off the chain.
Remove labels (or regions of label track), moving back any following labels (Delete method)
To remove labels or regions between labels (moving back any following labels), select over or between labels, then choose (or the Delete shortcut CTRL + K). If you remove part of an area inside a region label, this will reduce the length of the label. Labels following to right of the removed labels will always move backwards (earlier on the Timeline) according to the length of the removed selection.
Example
You have a podcast and have placed labels every two minutes where you will change to a different piece of accompanying music (not yet added). Then you decide not to use the second piece of music but to otherwise keep the same order for the following pieces of music. The easiest answer is to delete a region of label track corresponding to the "Vivaldi" piece, which allows the following labels to move back. We won't split delete because that would leave a section with no music label, and this method avoids having to rename any labels.
Select in the label track over the label to be removed. Only drag horizontally, so as to avoid extending the selection up into the audio track or the other label track. The labels following the removed label will move back by the length of region removed from the label track. It doesn't matter exactly where that region starts and ends, providing the selected length is correct and providing we select over the "Vivaldi" label point but don't let the selection touch the "Mozart" label.
Use the shortcut CTRL + K to delete the selected part of the label track, moving back the following labels accordingly.
This is like removing part of a paper chain, making the following parts move back.
Removing labels together with their associated audio
Example of removing labels together with their associated audio
You have identified a section of applause at the end of Track-3 that you want to remove and have labeled this section with a region label.
Select in the audio track from one edge of the label to the other then drag down into the label track, or simply click in the text of the "clap" label.
Then use the shortcut CTRL + K to make the deletion. As you can see, the label for Track-4 and its audio both move back (leftwards) on the Timeline thus keeping the label for Track-4 at the start of that track. If you already had the labeled audio selected on its own, you could equally have dragged either edge of that selection down into the label track.
