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Is there a shortcut key to jump to the next "clipped audio" region?

e.g. in the below picture, my wave is clipped in 3 places (3 red marks).

Is there button so i can advance the cursor to the "next red line"?

I don't think so and I can't think of a way to "fake it" with other tools. Someone else will post. A little red line is the tool that allows you to find clipping points. There used to be no tools to do that.

Clipping usually happens in bunches like this.



So a Next Clip tool might never leave that first blob.

You have a special case. By the second clip, I would be finding out what's causing that damage and make it so I didn't need the tool. You have a unicorn audio track. The overall volume is probably about right for a live performance. If you show clipping in that instance, then you have noise or some other distortion that needs attention.

And once fixed, you don't need the tool any more.

Koz

What's the show?

Koz

Oh thats true. But if i could just zoom to next clip, then i could manually bypass the "bunches of clips"

The reason the clipping exists is because i'm doing Audiobook narration.

It's very common, when audiobook narrators make a mistake, we CLAP our hands.
Then we fix it later

I think i'm going to have to use CTRL M

I would be using the zoom tools. I only ever use three. Control-F to zoom out to the Full show. Drag-select the area around one of the red marks and zoom into it with Control-E (sElection). If you're not in far enough, drag-select and Control-E again. If you overdo it, zoom out a little bit with Control-3.

Repeat for the next red line.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/zooming.html

Koz

One more. Shift-Scrollwheel will let you shift the timeline forward and backward. I think there's a version for touchpad, too.

Yes. Shift-Two Finger Drag on my machine.

It's very common, when audiobook narrators make a mistake, we CLAP our hands.
Then we fix it later

The more information you give us at the beginning, the less scattered the response.

Which technique do you use for Audiobook Mastering?

Koz

I think i'm going to have to use CTRL M

???
Apparently that doesn't exist in the Mac keyset.

Koz

right, currently i just zoom around with lots of CTRL and SHIFT and lots of mouse-wheel


it'd be nice to have a plugin someday if any programmers are listening. the entire audiobook community would love it

although CTRL M is close, but takes some getting used to

I just use the ACX plugin and the macro recommended for mastering

Add Label at Playback Position Ctrl+M

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/key ... rence.html

I wonder why that doesn't work on my machine.

I didn't find labels all that useful. They fall apart the first show edit. Clap is much better.

Koz