Can't Use the Letter "Z" in labels

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Can't Use the Letter "Z" in labels

Post by parkerjh » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:45 pm

Odd problem: I can't type the letter "Z" when I create labels. Lower case or upper case. So if I try to type "Tweezer" for a song title, it comes out, "Tweeer". Regardless of how many times I type it. Z works perfectly fine in every other program. I have to export and then change all the file names that might have a Z which is cumbersome and annoying. Is there a solution to this?

Thanks!

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Re: Can't Use the Letter "Z" in labels

Post by waxcylinder » Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:10 pm

This is a known bug in Audacity 1.2. It has been fixed in 1.3 - so your choices are to upgrade to the latest Beta 1.3.12 (usually a much better choice than the now ancient 1.2) or continue with the workaround you described.

You can get 1.3.12 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

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Re: Can't Use the Letter "Z" in labels

Post by parkerjh » Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:16 pm

thanks WC, I tried to search if that was the case but couldn't search the Letter Z in the forums.
upgrading now.

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Re: Can't Use the Letter "Z" in labels

Post by waxcylinder » Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:48 pm

I think you'll be pleased - 1.3 has a lot of nice new features - and despite it's Beta labeeliing is usually a much better choice for modern PC platforms (1.2 is so old now that Noah was probably using it to record animal cries and birdsong in The Ark!)

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Re: Can't Use the Letter "Z" in labels

Post by parkerjh » Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:39 pm

Wow!
Completely pleased, this rocks!
Being able to easily add labels is the big win for me as I do a lot of that with live concert recording.
(And the Z key helps quite a bit being a Phish fan: Tweezer, Suzy Greenberg, Character Zero, Eliza, Maze, Lizards, Amazing Grace, etc. were always a bitch for me)

thanks for the help.

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