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now when I hit record it just seems to want to record on the end of drum track rather than on the dedicated track By default, the Record button (shortcut "R") records onto the end of the current track. "Shift + Record button" (or "Shift + R") records to a new track. Al...

Audacity is now 64-bit on macOS. On Linux it may be built as 32-bit or 64-bit but we only provide the source code. Audacity 2.4.2 release build is 32-bit, but I believe that it can be built (on 64-bit Windows) as 64-bit from the source code. The next Audacity release for Windows 'may' be 64-bit, but...

"Shift + Record button"
or
"Shift + R"

EricMC wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:11 pm

Is this specifically a problem with Mac?

Probably not.
I wrote that plug-in for my own use, to be used in cases like your original macro, so that's what it does

in embedded software applications, wav files are played and when the marker comes up, it isn't 'heard audibly' but is read by the playing software to trigger events in the code. Events such as syncing lights or motors to parts of a song for example. You could possibly do something similar with cust...

TheBard wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:56 pm

oh, and effects used to default to applying to an entire file without selection. I miss that.

That is still an available option in Preferences:
"Select all audio, if selection required" https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tra ... ences.html

If I switch over to Audacity, will I still see their markers? No you won't. Adobe Audition's "markers" are specific to Adobe Audition. As far as I'm aware, no other programs see them, (not even earlier versions of Adobe Audition). Markers can however be exported from Audition as a CSV fil...

christop wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:58 pm

Of course, Audacity supports (and uses by defaults) Shaped dither

(to be pedantic ) By default, Audacity does not use dither when mixing, because (by default) it's all 32-bit float. Dither is only required on export if the export format has a lower bit depth.

steve wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:57 pm

because working with track focus is so awkward in Macros.

"Track focus" is intended as a way to navigate tracks when selecting - particularly for blind and other non-mouse users. It was never really intended to be used in Macros.

I don't believe I have the Macro step to "Select Focused Track." Oops, sorry, my mistake. :oops: That's a little plug-in that I made because working with track focus is so awkward in Macros. Here's the plug-in: select-focussed-track.ny It is a "Nyquist Plug-in" (which is just a ...