Whenever I try to select audio, it automatically starts playing and when I press the STOP button, it goes straight back to the beginning. And when I press PAUSE instead, to keep it from going back to the beginning, I can’t trim my audio. The TRIM AUDIO select under the EDIT menu is always grayed out and I can’t click. (But the SILENCE AUDIO selection isn’t.) I tried to turn off the QUICKPLAY, but then I couldn’t select any of the audio at all. I’ve just started learning how to use this for school and would really appreciate any helpful advice.
To select audio, click and drag on the blue wiggly waveform, not on the “Timeline” (the “time ruler” above the waveform).
See also:
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/audacity_selection.html
and
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/timeline.html#tqp