Good morning, I have a problem importing keyboard shortcuts from version 3.7.x to version 4.0.0. I can set them manually, but I don’t know how to set the function of listening before and after selecting a sound fragment?
Wrecks0
September 4, 2026, 1:40pm
2
Going by memory here, so your milage may very.
The key for listening to the audio before and after the selection is C on a new install of Audacity. Look for that key in the list and you will see what function is assigned to it.
billw58
September 4, 2026, 3:00pm
3
“Play cut preview” (shortcut - “C”) has not been implemented.
There seems to be some debate about whether or not to include it in Audacity 4
opened 12:44PM - 19 Sep 25 UTC
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### Description
Audacity 3 has "Cut preview" function that is missing in Au4
A… n excerpt from the documentation:
Play Cut Preview (C)
Press the C key to hear two seconds of audio before the selection and then one second of audio after the selection - thus simulating what playback would sound like if the selection was deleted. If you have multiple tracks selected, only the uppermost of the selected tracks is previewed. You can change the length of the audio that is played before and after the selection in [Playback Preferences](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/playback_preferences.html).
If preferred, Play Cut Preview of a selection can also be performed by holding Ctrl (or ⌘ on Mac) while clicking on the Play button in [Transport Toolbar](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/transport_toolbar.html) or on the Play-at-Speed button in [Play-at-Speed Toolbar](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/play_at_speed_toolbar.html). Note that the normal solid Play button will show a vertical split Play Cut Preview.png when the Ctrl (or ⌘ on Mac) button is held.
In the image below, our selection started at 1.0 seconds. C played the two seconds of audio represented by the overlaid orange arrows. There was only only one second of audio between the start of the track and the selection, so only that was played rather than two seconds, then this was followed immediately by the specified one second after the selection.
system
October 4, 2026, 9:49am
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