Audacity Forum

Greetings

Thank you for the 2.4.1 update, especially the larger timer display.

I have an unusual issue with 2.4.1. (on Windows 10) When I hit one of my short cut keys, especially the numbers, the Audacity screen very quickly flashes to whatever other screens are open (eg: Google Chrome or Explorer) and back to Audacity.

It doesn't affect function, it's just hard on the eyes!

I checked, and I notice version 2.3.3 does not do this.

Thanks for your help.

James the Media Trainer

What does the shortcut do?

Hi.

I checked, and the screen flashing only seems to occur on Noise Gate and Limiter. (I use a lot of Macros, with combinations of effects, so for me it happens very often).

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Kind regards

James the Trainer

Do Noise Gate or Limiter cause the problem if you apply them manually rather than in a Macro?

Could you check if other effects that appear "below the line" in the Effect menu (such as "High Pass Filter", "Low Pass Filter", "Tremolo"...)

Hi

The noise gate and limiter effects cause the problem even on their own, even when not used in a macro.

I tried all the other effects in the effects menu (above and below the line) and the screen flash did not occur for any of them.

James

Trainer wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:22 pm

The noise gate and limiter effects cause the problem even on their own, even when not used in a macro.

Is that when running them from the Effect menu rather than from a keyboard shortcut?

Hi there.

It happens when I use keyboard shortcuts, also when I use these effects in macros and also when I use them from the effects menu.

I have attached a short video to demonstrate.

Thank you for your help.

Try the delay effect again, but set "Allow duration to change" to "No".

I changed that over, and made no change. The delay effect does not cause the flash effect, just the noise gate and the limiter.

Thanks

How about the "Vocal Reduction and Isolation" effect? Try it with "Remove Vocals: to mono" (first option) and "Remove Vocals" (second option in the first control). Do either, or both create the screen flash?

Do you get a screen flash if you use "Tremolo" on a very long track?