I am copying a record into a digital format. As I listen to the recording I hear a pop or crackle and I stop the track and select the section of the track containing the unwanted sound. Then I use the zoom tool to enlarge the track so I can see exactly where the sounds I want to delete are located. I select those exact sounds and delete them. Everything is going great so far. Then I want to back up the track several seconds so I can play what I’ve just done within the context of the music and hear how my editing sounds. I can’t figure out how to do this. I know how to go back to the start of the track but if I’m several minutes into editing a track that seems to be a waste of time. Is there a feature (maybe known by a different name?) that will allow me to “rewind” or “fast forward” the track I am editing to a place of my choosing?
There are several shortcuts available.
(I assume that you already know that you can click on a track when stopped to set the play position)
To get the full set of shortcuts, set the keyboard shortcuts default to “Full”
(See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/keyboard_preferences.html)
The full set of keyboard shortcuts are listed here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/keyboard_shortcut_reference.html
A few relevant shortcuts:
- Shift + Mouse wheel (scroll waveform left / right)
- “,” (comma) and “.” (dot) = short jump left / right
- Shift + “,” (comma) and “.” (dot) = long jump left / right
- “J” = Jump to start of track
- “K” = jump to end of track
- “Home” = Jump to start of project
- “End” = Jump to end of project
See also: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/navigation_tips.html