Delete original Audio

[jitson]

I'm a newbie-having a hard time with all of this! I have a video I am trying to edit and it has a girl talking all the way through. I want to add music and delete the talking. I am able to add music but the voice is still coming through even though it is low. I've tried and tried....Please help.Thank You so much!

[Ken Berry]

Have you read the Manual? Have you looked for the mute button? You don't even tell us which version of Video Studio you are using. Given that there are different layouts for different versions, it is almost impossible to tell you where the mute button is. But essentially, on the Edit page, usually in the area to the bottom right of the preview screen, there will be a small window with 100 in it. That is the volume control. Changing it to 0 will reduce the sound to zero for the clip that is highlighted in the timeline. And to the right of that little window is a loudspeaker icon with a cross through. That is the Mute button and it can be toggled on and off by clicking on it with the mouse.

Depending on the version of VS you have, you can also vary the volume in individual clips by using so-called rubber bands in Audio View.

[sjj1805]

The Edit Step Options Panel allows you to edit the video, image and color clips that you added to the Video Track. Video filters that you applied to your clips can be fine tuned in the Attribute tab.

Video tab

• Duration: Displays the duration of the selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can trim the selected clip by changing the clip duration.
• Clip volume: Allows you to adjust the volume of the audio segment of your video.
• Mute: Silences the audio segment of your video without deleting it.
• Fade-in/out: Gradually increases/decreases the volume of the clip for a smooth transition. Select File: Preferences - Edit to set the fade-in/out duration.
• Rotate: Rotates the video clip.
• Color Correction Allows you to adjust the hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, and gamma of the video clip. You can also adjust the White balance of the video or image clip or make auto tone adjustments.
• Playback Speed: Launches the Playback Speed dialog box where you can adjust the pace of your clip.
• Reverse video: Plays the video backward.
• Save as Still Image Saves the current frame as a new image file and places it in the Image Library. All enhancements made to the file are discarded before saving.
• Split Audio Allows you to separate the audio from a video file and place it on the Voice Track.
• Split by Scene Splits a captured DV AVI file based on the shooting date and time, or the changes in video content (i.e., motion change, camera shifting, brightness change, etc.).
• Multi-trim Video Allows you to choose desired segments from a video file and extract them.

Once you have split the audio you can delete it.
Now simply place your replacement sound on one of the two audio tracks.