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Robert J. H. wrote:Shift-, and Shift-. make big steps while playing. I've set it to 15 s (in preferences). Holding shift and repeatedly pressing point let's you really quick scan through the audio.

That's what I was looking for , "seek time when playing" in preferences, thanks Robert.

Why not use the change tempo effect? It is certainly faster than sliding time/pitch shift. The sound quality is usually not as good with Change Tempo, but on most machines it should be a lot faster than Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift. Also, Change Tempo has a "Preview" button that allow...

Why not use the change tempo effect? It is certainly faster than sliding time/pitch shift.
Shift-, and Shift-. make big steps while playing. I've set it to 15 s (in preferences). Holding shift and repeatedly pressing point let's you really quick scan through the audio.

... would you recommend setting it to Initial Tempo: 150% and Final Tempo: 150%? 130 is about as fast as I can cope with.png The bad news is my computer takes about real-time to apply this effect , e.g. 1 minute to process 1 minute of audio. so there is no actual time saving. Is there a way Audacit...

Do I first highlight the entire recoding by leaving the cursor at the very beginning of the digital recording and then choose Edit> Track to End so it highlights the whole recording then choose Effects > Sliding Time/Scale and would you recommend setting it to Initial Tempo: 150% and Final Tempo: 1...

WC, I looked over those manual pages but I'm still not quite sure the step-by-step process? Do I first highlight the entire recoding by leaving the cursor at the very beginning of the digital recording and then choose Edit> Track to End so it highlights the whole recording then choose Effects > Slid...

eager to learn wrote:I'm kinda' new to Audacity.

Could you please give me a brief insight how to use "sliding time scale"?

Does this page from the manual help: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/sl ... shift.html

WC

eager to learn wrote:
WC,

Unfortunately, this song is older and has not been digitally recorded for sale anywhere which is why I'm trying to retrieve it.

I've managed to source some of those types from YouTube - kindly people upload non-commercially available old recordings

WC

Trebor, LMHO! That accelerated shrub recording is hilarious. I'm kinda' new to Audacity. Could you please give me a brief insight how to use "sliding time scale"? Thanks. WC, Unfortunately, this song is older and has not been digitally recorded for sale anywhere which is why I'm trying to ...

Is this song available on iTunes, Amazon, whatever as a download - it Shouldn't cost much for a single song ...

WC