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But I note that it only affects tracks created by recording. Yes, that's why it's in the Recording Preferences. Hahaha I'd spotted that 8-) :ugeek: I'm guessing that you will next want to ask "Why not have options for tracks created in other ways?" This type of feature can easily become o...

steve wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:30 pm

waxcylinder wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:14 pm

That's cute

I know, I made it

But I note that it only affects tracks created by recording.

If you use Tracks > Add New > Stereo Track you still get the bog-standard "Audio track labelling

Peter.

That's only helpful if you also go to Tracks Preferences and turn "on" "Show Audio track name as overlay" - as in the Track Control panel there is only room for "Audio Track" and not the numbering which gets truncated You can give the track a custom name that is short ...

This is an officially supported Audacity feature - it didn't use to work properly but we fixed that bug you may recall Steve - in fact its the basis of your mini-tutorial on punch-in repair: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_punch_in_repair_of_recordings.html Thanks for mentioning that w...

How do I do that? You probably shouldn't. It works in some versions of Audacity but not others. I don't think it's ever been an official "feature", though it's been useful to me in versions where it has worked. If you have an existing track of the right length (or longer) you can: a) sele...

steve wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:59 am

"Transport menu > Recording > Timer Record..."

Shortcut Shift + T

WC

An auto-numbering in track name would be way cool! See the "Name newly recorded tracks" section here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/recording_preferences.html That's only helpful if you also go to Tracks Preferences and turn "on" "Show Audio track name as overlay"...

Adding to Labeling Tracks bombs recording: While I'm recording lectures etc, I often take notes in the label track, to save listen-time for later clean-up, etc. But most times that causes the recording to stop with NO WARNING, often un-noticed for awhile. Many key combos seemingly cause this, for e...

The safe way to rename an Audacity project is to open the (original) project in Audacity, then use "Save Project As" and save it with a new name. Which then leaves you with two copies of the project (can be useful) So if you only want a single copy of the project you have to manually dele...

and there's a mini-tutorial for punch-in: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tut ... dings.html

WC