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by waxcylinder
Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:17 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Audacity on Catalina support
Replies: 9
Views: 1155

Re: Audacity on Catalina support

It's working fine on Catalina in our latest 2.4.0 alphas - we cannot just release this immediately as there is other new work and bugs to be fixed first. But on my QA Macbook Pro with Catalina macOS 10.15.2 - it runs fine (not needing the workaround) as it is now "notarized" properly with ...
by waxcylinder
Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:03 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Can't record from cassette. HELP
Replies: 15
Views: 1078

Re: Can't record from cassette. HELP

When I transcribed my tape cassettes I did not use a cheapy Walkman size device - instead I used my Nakamich-BX2 on which all my recordings had been made originally - and before I started the transcription task I had the deck professionally serviced by Bowers&Wilkins in Worthing (UK Nak agents)....
by waxcylinder
Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Playback audio under cursor?
Replies: 4
Views: 196

Re: Playback audio under cursor?

Allybye wrote:
Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:07 pm
never knew it was called scrubbing!
It's what the old audio engineers used to call it when rocking the reels of a tape-deck back and forth to find and edit point.

WC
by waxcylinder
Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:18 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Playback audio under cursor?
Replies: 4
Views: 196

Re: Playback audio under cursor?

Ctrl + M on Windows to drop a label at the current play/record position

Ctrl + B to drop a label at the current cursor position (or a range label at the current selection)

I'll move this to the Windows section for you ...

WC
by waxcylinder
Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Playback audio under cursor?
Replies: 4
Views: 196

Re: Playback audio under cursor?

See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scr ... eking.html

But you may also find Timeline Quickplay useful (I do): https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/timeline.html#tqp

you can drop a marker (actually a label) at any current play position with CMD + . on Mac

WC
by waxcylinder
Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:07 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Can't record from cassette. HELP
Replies: 15
Views: 1078

Re: Can't record from cassette. HELP

For a start I'd upgrade to the latest Audacity which is now 2.3.3 - you can get it from our Website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ I'm assuming this is a USB device - in which case make sure it's plugged in before you start Audacity - you will the need to select the USB device as the in...
by waxcylinder
Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:54 am
Forum: Adding Features to Audacity
Topic: Need to Add New Beat Detection Technology and
Replies: 1
Views: 325

Re: Need to Add New Beat Detection Technology and

Have you tried Chris Cannam's Queen Mary Vamp plug-ins ?

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ana ... .html#vamp

On this page: https://www.vamp-plugins.org/download.html
search for "Queen Mary plugin set"

In that set there are 4 types of bar&beat tracker

WC
by waxcylinder
Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:41 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Timer recording bug?
Replies: 2
Views: 153

Re: Timer recording bug?

steve wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:37 am
Freddio wrote:
Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:57 pm
Anyone else notice this?
No.
Me neither (on my W10 laptop) - and I use and QA test Timer Record a lot

WC
by waxcylinder
Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:27 am
Forum: Adding Features to Audacity
Topic: Lock the toolbars
Replies: 6
Views: 842

Re: Lock the toolbars

I wrote a proposal for suchlike in the Audacity Wiki a while back:
https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Prop ... ar_Layouts

Sadly no developer has fount the time or inclination to pick this up.

Peter