Isn't there a Macro Recorder in Audacity?

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System version: 12.6.0 Debian LXQt. Audacity version: Audacity 3.2.4

Request suggestion on creating a custom macro.

I created a macro with the objective as will be illustrated:

CommandName,Parameters
TruncateSilence,Threshold=“-43”,Duration=“0.15”,Action=“Truncate”,Truncate=“0.01”
NyquistPrompt,Command=“(LevelSpeech2 100)”
BassAndTreble,Bass=“-24”,Treble=“0”
Amplify,Amplification=“8”
ChangeTempo,Percentage=“25”
ExportOGG:

As expected with my level of scholarly accomplishments in Audacity Programming :wink: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: (which is NULL), it is a given that it wouldn’t work.

My earlier post, Limitation with the History Tool?, became time-barred. So I am compelled to post a fresh question.

I know that I am absolutely wrong. I just don’t know where I am going wrong. Also, it will be beyond me to know why I am going wrong.

So leaders, please help.

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No there isn’t. The abilities of macros was gradually being developed over a number of years before Audacity was acquired by Muse Group. I don’t think there has been any further advances to macros since then - it’s a matter of priorities,

Don’t give up, you were quite close.
I followed the steps outlined in your macro script and entered the commands using the Macro Manager and then exported the script so that I could post it here:

example.txt (340 Bytes)

Use the Macro Manager to import the script, and tweak it as required.

The file is just a plain text file, so you can view it by opening the file in any text editor.

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Mr. Steve, you are my hero, my leader, my teacher.

So SBSMS=“1” signifies high quality tempo change? Takes some time. ~10 min for my old laptop (later addition to clarify: for a 1 hour long single track audio podcast)! I use simple tempo, and it is enough for me.
I would use SBSMS="0", or no mention of SBSMS for most cases.

Thank you for encouraging me. But I know my limitations. Which is Zilch.

Whereas, you rock!

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That will work.

If you create the macro using the Macro Editor, it will ensure that the syntax is correct in the script.

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I see. Thanks, Mr. Steve. But prima facie the Macro Editor demands a fair familiarity and therefore, a learning curve.
Over time I hope I will gain a proficiency, at least a tiny fraction, of your superlative proficiency.
The issue is that our domains are different, which is why I don’t face enough challenges or needs as impetus to improve my programming skill.
But in the end there is Mr. Steve, Mr. Trebor and a couple of other leaders active in the forum.
The real issue is that the right blend of out-of-the-world mastery in the domain, dedication, belief in the Social Contract and Complementarity is required until one becomes one of the guides that I have come across here.
And there are so many right kind of people in the Audacity-Mentions that Audacity remains free and dissuades donations.
I cherish Audacity.
I firmly believe that if the team spirit in Audacity could be replicated in other ecosystems then we would have been in a different, empowered world.
My best wishes to all of you: the whole of the Mention-List in “About Audacity”.

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Not a recorder, but a builder.
The builder uses the current settings from each effect as you last used them.
After inserting the effect, you can adjust the parameters of each line/effect in the macro manager.

Under Tools->MacroManager
Create a new macro and give a name.
Insert the first effect, adjust the parameters or move on.
Insert the next effect and so on.

Even after the macro is complete and saved, you can come back and adjust the parameters of any of the effects as needed.

Maybe not as smooth as a recorder, but still quite usable.

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