Would like to edit/remove unwanted pieces of the audio track. Any suggestions on the ability to accomplish this edit? Once edited will the audio blend together or will there be a noticeable gap?
John
removing audio
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You don't say which version of VS you are using, but since VS8, you have been able to adjust audio within parts of a clip, whereas before you could only change the audio of a whole clip.
I am assuming that the background audio is not dependent on being synchronised with the video track since you would like to have it all flow back together after cutting out bits... The only way I can think of doing the latter is to actually separate the audio track from the video track (on the Edit page, you will see a 'Split audio' button). I would normally do this then open the audio track file in a proper audio editor (such as Nero's Wave Editor) and make my cuts there. I have never tried doing any substantial audio cutting using Video Studio itself, though I think it can be done. But I think you would still need to separate out the existing audio into a separate file, do the cutting, then physically drag the pieces back together on the audio track of the timeline if you want the edited audio to play continuously.
Using a separate audio editing program would, however, allow you to join the various bits back together and create a new single audio file for insertion into the audio track. BUT (and there is nearly always a 'but!
) the problem with your basic idea is that if you want to cut out bits of the audio yet have them all come back together, you will inevitably end up with an audio track which is shorter than your video track... If indeed the background audio is not linked to specific parts of the video, you could probably copy a piece of the edited audio to fill in the missing part. But it sounds a little messy (no pun intended!) 
and I am just wondering whether you have fully thought this through...
Otherwise, it is fairly easy, if a little tedious, to 'cut out' the audio you don't want. If you are using VS9 or 10, go into audio mode, and simply use the rubber band to reduce those parts of the audio you don't want, to zero. But of course, this will leave gaps in the audio as the video is playing. I can't remember the VS8 set-up (i.e. whether it has a separate audio pane view), but think you simply highlight the main track and adjust the rubber band similarly.
I am assuming that the background audio is not dependent on being synchronised with the video track since you would like to have it all flow back together after cutting out bits... The only way I can think of doing the latter is to actually separate the audio track from the video track (on the Edit page, you will see a 'Split audio' button). I would normally do this then open the audio track file in a proper audio editor (such as Nero's Wave Editor) and make my cuts there. I have never tried doing any substantial audio cutting using Video Studio itself, though I think it can be done. But I think you would still need to separate out the existing audio into a separate file, do the cutting, then physically drag the pieces back together on the audio track of the timeline if you want the edited audio to play continuously.
Using a separate audio editing program would, however, allow you to join the various bits back together and create a new single audio file for insertion into the audio track. BUT (and there is nearly always a 'but!
) the problem with your basic idea is that if you want to cut out bits of the audio yet have them all come back together, you will inevitably end up with an audio track which is shorter than your video track... If indeed the background audio is not linked to specific parts of the video, you could probably copy a piece of the edited audio to fill in the missing part. But it sounds a little messy (no pun intended!) and I am just wondering whether you have fully thought this through...Otherwise, it is fairly easy, if a little tedious, to 'cut out' the audio you don't want. If you are using VS9 or 10, go into audio mode, and simply use the rubber band to reduce those parts of the audio you don't want, to zero. But of course, this will leave gaps in the audio as the video is playing. I can't remember the VS8 set-up (i.e. whether it has a separate audio pane view), but think you simply highlight the main track and adjust the rubber band similarly.
Ken Berry