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Using the Time Shift Tool was definitely giving me problems. I could highlight the clips, but many times I just couldn't time shift them. A little cursing and some random clicking around (but usually rebooting) Audacity would get it to work. Have you got the preference for " Editing a clip can...

Thank you so much for the advice with the lossless copies, I've saved my source interviews using this method and they all seem to be working fine. Top tip for the future: After recording your source interviews) or other recordings, export the recording as a WAV file first and ten Save the project -...

BTW - why are you using 2.3.2 - the latest Audacity released version is 2.4.2 But do NOT think of trying to upgrade until this current production is finished - you don't need to over-complicate the current task. Oh and you do realize you've posted in the Window section rather than the macOS section ...

BTW the new version of Audacity we are working on right now 3.0.0 has a totally different file structure, a single consolidated project file.

With this there will no longer be "orphan blocks" - so that somewhat scary orphans message will no longer appear.

Peter.

Does the order in which I open my separate projects increase the risk that I will have orphan block files in ones that previously didn't? That is what seemed to happen with my backup. That shouldn't be the case the orphan blocks belong individually to each project - they are not shared. They can be...

So the backup earlier state opens OK and works - right? But it looks like the later version may be toast I'm afraid. So can you revert to the backup and the make the further edits that you need - on a computer that has plenty of disk space. BTW with 2.4.2 current release (and 2.3.2 which you are usi...

How did you make your project backups ?

In particular what command did you use to make backup copies (assuming you used an Audacity command) ?

Where did you store/save the backups - same place as the live project or elsewhere ?

WC

dibdin wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:14 pm

My question comes down to -- can I add another track for microphone input independant of the the first track
( as indicated in the mockup pic of original post).

Yes, to record on a new track just use Shift + Record or Shift + R

WC

You can have both waveform and spectral view at the same time with "Multi-view" chosen from the track's Track Dropdown menu See this page in the Manual: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/multi_view.html

WC

Again we'll have to work on clear and precise wording for the release notes. Ive added You can losslessly compress an AUP3 project with standard utilities such as ZIP, WinZip or 7-Zip. to the alpha 3.0.0 Manual: https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects#copies https://alphamanual.a...