Vertical Zooming in Waveform view

[mmel]

Dear community,

Here is my problem: we are doing vibration analysis from .wav files. I had frequently used the software to record audio tracks and I searched the help area in vain, however we still cannot correctly adjust the vertical scale. The area of interest is between -0.40 and -0.35; when we zoom it is impossible to visualize because the range drops to -0.25 as shown in the screenshots… We need to analyze the amplitude and shape of the signal.

Does anyone know a solution or are the display options too basic and therefore impossible?

Wish everyone a great day and thank you in advance for your help…

Kind regards,

Mathias

[mmel]

E.g. from gaz turbine sample of spectral vibration…

[steve]

Probably the best solution would be to use an older version of Audacity from before the removal of “Advanced Vertical Zoom”.

I think it’s unlikely that Advanced Vertical Zoom will be reinstated. I argued for it to be retained at the time, but Muse Group said no.

[mmel]

@steve

Probably the best solution would be to use an older version of Audacity from before the removal of “Advanced Vertical Zoom”.

Hi Steve, thank you so much ! it felt odd to me and I wanted to understand what had changed because, in my recollection, it was possible back then. It had been a long time since I’d used the software, and now it makes sense… so we can analyse like before and understand what happened between, an intellectual satisfaction Have a great day and thank you once more!

[Trebor]

@mmel

The area of interest is between -0.40 and -0.35;

If you got rid of the DC offset then you can zoom in more.