Audacity Forum

kozikowski wrote:

Is there any possibility that I have a corrupted copy of Audacity? If I un-install it and download a fresh copy, will I have to go back and install the LAME and other add-ins?

I don't know if anyone ever directly addressed this

They didn't, so thanks for picking up on that. I agree it may be less confusing if Rabbithutch starts a new topic if issues persist.

But it's an important point - don't forget to press the yellow Stop button as soon as you need to make edits.

If you do reset preferences in the Audacity installer, you won't have to reinstall LAME if you used the LAME installer and did not change the default installation location.

Also reinstallation on Windows does not remove any third-party plug-ins that you added.

rabbithutch wrote:I was able to select and Cut the lead-in time but not the section at the end.

Have you enabled Snap To in error http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... .html#snap ?


Gale

Yes, Gale.

I have Snap To enabled. In further work today, I think I might have discovered the problem with the Cut function. If I figured it out correctly, you cannot Cut when an entire track is selected but only when a portion of a track is selected. I think I had selected the entire track then selected a segment and tried to Cut but could not. Today, I noticed that the entire track was selected and clicked off the track which dropped the selection color on the left pane. I was able to select and Cut segments of the track thereafter.

It may be that I had the same problem when trying to click the X to delete a track. I haven't tried that scenario yet.

HTH

rabbithutch wrote:I have Snap To enabled. In further work today, I think I might have discovered the problem with the Cut function. If I figured it out correctly, you cannot Cut when an entire track is selected but only when a portion of a track is selected. I think I had selected the entire track then selected a segment and tried to Cut but could not.

There is nothing to stop you cutting an entire track, but you must press the yellow Stop button first. You cannot edit while the track is playing, recording or paused.

rabbithutch wrote:Today, I noticed that the entire track was selected and clicked off the track which dropped the selection color on the left pane. I was able to select and Cut segments of the track thereafter.

That makes no sense either. Even if the whole track is already selected, you can click and drag in that track to draw a small selection. If you want to drag very small selections, turn Snap To off (uncheck the box).


Gale

Gale Andrews wrote: There is nothing to stop you cutting an entire track, but you must press the yellow Stop button first. You cannot edit while the track is playing, recording or paused.

rabbithutch wrote:Today, I noticed that the entire track was selected and clicked off the track which dropped the selection color on the left pane. I was able to select and Cut segments of the track thereafter.

That makes no sense either. Even if the whole track is already selected, you can click and drag in that track to draw a small selection. If you want to drag very small selections, turn Snap To off (uncheck the box).

I must have had the track that I was trying to get rid of in a paused mode because I was not playing or recording. That is consistent with my lack of familiarity with Audacity features at this point. Thanks for pointing this out to me because I might never have thought of the possibilities.

I have developed no insight into the matter of cutting segments. Perhaps I had the track paused when it wouldn't work. In any case, I appreciate the response and the help. Besides helping me, this might help someone in future if the Search the forum on any of these terms.