I've lost my Repeat Last Effect effect...

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question – I love this forum and have been very successful at lurking and searching for other answers to my questions, but this one has me stumped.

I was editing my keyboard shortcuts, and noticed that at the top of my effects menu, it says “Repeat Apple: AUParametricEQ” instead of "Repeat Last Effect), with Comm+R as the shortcut. I never changed it, but I obviously did something inadvertently to make it happen. I know how to reassign shortcuts, but I don’t know how to get “repeat last effect” back above my effects menu again.

I’m running OS X 10.9.5, and Audacity 2.0.6 (I know I’m behind, but I stay with this version because the parametric EQ display changed and I don’t know how to translate the numbers I use now to the sliders in the updated display…)

Thanks so much in advance for your help!

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In investigating further, I’ve figured out that I’ve been trying to repeat the last chain I did, and instead it’s repeating the last effect.

So I’m deducing that Audacity will not let me Cmd+R a chain, right?

I knew it was a stupid question.

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With 2.3.0 Chains were upgraded and changed to Macros

I think that you are right that you can’t use Command+R to repeat a Macro, just an effect as you say.

But did you realize that you can assign custom shortcuts to your Macros ?

You can also make using frequently used Macros a easier task by leaving the Macro Palette open on your desktop while working on Audacity.

BTW what it shows in the Effect menu for Repeat is dynamic - changing to show the last-used effect.

WC

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Thanks, WC – yes, I finally realized that what I was seeing after Repeat was changing… DOH!

That’s good to know about Macros, and it would probably streamline my workflow a lot! I’m just such a chicken about upgrading… :open_mouth: I have a Parametric EQ setting that I use, and I can’t figure out how to translate the numbers I use for Center Frequency, Q and Gain to the waveform sliders in the upgraded version. Dumb reason not to upgrade, but there it is…

I will keep playing around with the keyboard shortcuts, though – I know I can make a few that will definitely help my workflow! Thanks for the tip!