navigating the wave

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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I’m looking for a way to “scroll” through the audio wave so I can see the whole recording, without having to “select” a section.

Also, my initial recording inputs are coming in way too loud, although my input scrollbar is very very low. BTW, Im trying to record audio cassetes to my dell laptop through a Behringer UCA 202.

Thanks

Audacity 2.0
Dell Laptop
Windows 7

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Press Ctrl+F to “Zoom to Fit”. This will allow you to see then entire recording at once. Is that what you want?

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Or are you overlooking the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the Audacity window? Or not being aware of the Zoom In button in the Edit Toolbar?

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i am aware of the zoom in button, but i think the zoom to fit might get me closer. However if I have an hour long recording I’d like to be able to move along the wave back or forward. I’ll try the zoom to fit first. Thanks

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There are several different ways to zoom: http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/zooming.html
My preference is to use Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel.