lock labels to specific track location
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lock labels to specific track location
I recently discovered my labels aren't staying where I put them. I marked a few sections I wanted to re-record, but whenever I deleted a section, or the track length changes, the labels move and are no longer aligned with the audio selection I marked for change. Is there any way to lock labels to a specific section of the track and stay aligned with that section no matter what changes are made to the length/timeline before it?
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waxcylinder
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Re: lock labels to specific track location
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Re: lock labels to specific track location
Labels will normally stay where you put them, but perhaps you have enabled "Sync Lock". If you have, try disabling it. See here for more information: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/syn ... roups.html
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Re: lock labels to specific track location
That was it, thanks! I tried looking it up but I didn't know the right terminology to zero in.
Re: lock labels to specific track location
Out of interest, which one? Did you have Sync Lock enabled when it shouldn't have been, or not enabled when it should?
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Re: lock labels to specific track location
Did you think you were marking the performance or the time?
The label track defaults to marking the time. Everybody I know wants to mark the performance. "This is exactly when I stopped talking to take a breath." Not 1:34:15. I want that breath label to stick no matter what I do to the rest of the show.
The default is particularly annoying since it allows you to write a description of the label which is going to lie to you the instant you change anything upstream.
Koz
The label track defaults to marking the time. Everybody I know wants to mark the performance. "This is exactly when I stopped talking to take a breath." Not 1:34:15. I want that breath label to stick no matter what I do to the rest of the show.
The default is particularly annoying since it allows you to write a description of the label which is going to lie to you the instant you change anything upstream.
Koz
Re: lock labels to specific track location
It wasn't enabled.