Audacity Forum

they aren't intended to be "markers on the waveform" although people use them like that My point precisely. I can't convert splits to labels Command - B? OK. I've split my 12 hrs file into 12 segments. How do I convert the splits into label with cmd-B -- without having to do the same operation a do...

See Steve's reply further up this thread on using Splits instead of Labels to mark selections. Thanks. I believe I explained in my reply to Steve why splits are not really a substitute for markers. It seems to me that the suggestions offered here are basically crutches. Yes, one can use this or tha...

IF you can open it. A 12 hour CD quality file will be about 7 GB. Of course. I did say SS had a 2GB limit. Nevertheless, for an app of this type to still work, and work well, after a decade and so many OS changes is remarkable. Here's a quick way to do the same in Audacity Yes; but, splits are not,...

With Audacity 1.3.x you can create either point labels or region labels (or a mixture of both) - see this page in the manual Thanks for your reply. I read the manual before posting -- doesn't everybody? The problem with labels is the distinction Audacity makes between point and region, and the fact...

Mac OS v10.6.8, Audacity v1.3.13-beta Hello, A newbie to this forum, with a very critical comment. One of the main reasons I use Audacity rarely is the problem I have with labels vs markers and with selecting audio. It's similar to the problem described by the OP, and also discussed for the Windows ...