Can't align label tracks with another label track

[gasto]

It seems that label tracks were designed to work with other audio tracks, not with other label tracks.

I want to align the label duration with the label duration of another track:



So that it produces:



Without having to vastly zoom in to align accurately.

Here is another label intersection to be aligned:



To produce:





Another issue I have found is that the selection in an audio track(by taking advantage that in the audio track, label delimiter snaps do work) does not transfer to the desired label track(by pressing the up/down arrow keys to select the label track and pressing 'Enter'):

[gasto]

I am thinking about a script that could automate this. The algorithm wouldn't be too complicates.

Just find the nearest label delimiter of the target label track to the label delimiter on the base label track, reassign the label delimiter's time position of the target track to the timestamp of the label delimiter of the base track.

Unfortunately I don't know LISP syntax, if it were a C like syntax it would be easier for me to try it out.

[steve]

Unfortunately Nyquist is not able to read label tracks. Nyquist can create labels, but it does not know where existing labels are.

Generally I find the easiest way to align labels is to simply create a new label that is correctly aligned, then cut and paste the text from the original label, then delete the old label.

Another method is to use the Label Editor: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/la ... tml#editor

[gasto]

What do you mean by Nyquist can read label files? In the very next phrase you seem to contradict that.

Hmmm... the only solution, hence, seems to be to use the label editor to select the ranges of the label, watch such values from the selection viewer(because I cannot copy and paste them) and manually input them for the other label track's corresponding label range. This begs automation..

[steve]

What do you mean by Nyquist can read label files?

That is not what I wrote.
I wrote: "Nyquist is not able to read label tracks"

[gasto]

Yes, sorry for the typo.

So basically you are suggesting that Nyquist can write but not read label files. Am I correct?

[gasto]

Basically, the best alternative is manipulating the label and editing the TXT file by using manual or scripting methods.

[steve]

As I wrote previously:

I find the easiest way to align labels is to simply create a new label that is correctly aligned, then cut and paste the text from the original label, then delete the old label.

Another method is to use the Label Editor: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/la ... tml#editor

[gasto]

How can I move the labels along with the initial label I point to and drag?

[steve]

See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/la ... .html#edit