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They certainly do - look at the slider above the pan slider. See this page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audio_Tracks#panel Personally I think it would improve the GUI a little if the sliders wre labelled "gain" and "pan" You may like to try the Mixer, availab...

Or you can use the Selection Toolbar which is normally at the bottom left of the Audacity window. See this page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Selection_Toolbar

But you probably want both methods ...

WC

I belive this is what I want to do http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks Will spend more time to see if I can get it work. Have been trying but not successfull yet. Yup you're on te right track there - but I would look at the updated tutorial in the ...

As a matter of interest - how did you just "discover" the mixer?

WC

No I think your'e right. I just tested this and when I pressed play (I'm on 2.0.1 alpha) the mixer board minmized. It can be restored obviously. But don't think it should do that so I would think it is a bug. I will flag this up and we''ll see what happens. BTW it also minimizes the mixer when you p...

given that the many dire warnings not to mess with the project structure don't seem to work very well. Actually I think they are working quite well. Before we had the "dire warnings" the " Oh sh*t my project won't open " was a very regular occurrence but much less so recently. I...

wdjoy wrote:Oh, I forgot to mention something else: how do I select part of a track smoothly, without it jumping in one second increments?

That bit's easy - you just uncheck the "Snap To box at the bottom left of the Audacity window.

WC

Yes, an FAQ on backup strategies is a good idea. Actually I don't think it should be a FAQ - who ever asks this question??? I've never heard it asked, rather we use it a a response to folk with crippled/damaged projects. It maybe fits better as a tutorial or in the "Help with advanced Topics&q...

And dont forget the quote that Peter (PGA) uses of mine at the start of this thread, taken somewhat out of context there, was actually in response to a user who had diddled around big-time with their project file contents, rendering it useless. Hence my advice to them going forwards

Peter

or use the Timer Record facility accessed from the Transport menu.

See this page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Transport_Menu#timer

WC