Using the mouse for Editing

brianejsmith · Post by **brianejsmith** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:38 pm

Hi

I'm running Audacity 2.0.2 on a Windows 10 Pro and I'm editing a large (more than 2 hours) audio file.

Ideally I'd like to use my mouse (wheel) to scroll forward and back through the file and use the left button to start and stop playback and the right button to add begin and end marks to allow extraction/export/deletion of sections.

Is this possible?

Brian

Post by **steve** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:57 pm

Ctrl + Mouse wheel to zoom in/out
Shift + Mouse wheel to scroll horizontally
Mouse wheel scrolls vertically if you have more tracks than fits on the screen

Mouse events are not currently customisable. Look in "Edit > Preferences > Mouse" for the full list.

Start/Stop is set to spacebar by default.
Keyboard shortcut keys may be customised. See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ke ... ences.html
The full list of default keyboard shortcuts is here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ke ... rence.html

brianejsmith · Post by **brianejsmith** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:18 pm

Thanks Steve

That's really helpful.

One last question. Say I've advanced to a point in the file perhaps 5 minutes into it and I want to select from there back to the beginning as a selection for export. At the moment I'm scrolling back and takes forever; is there a quicker way?

And, finally (sorry

, is there a way of adding markers to a long recording that Audacity can quickly skip to? Supposing I'm recording a singing session and there are songs interspersed with periods of chat etc. Is there a sort of audio clapperboard?

Brian

Post by **steve** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:24 pm

brianejsmith wrote: Say I've advanced to a point in the file perhaps 5 minutes into it and I want to select from there back to the beginning

You've not said how you are "advancing". If you are "playing" the track and there is no audio selection
1) Shift + A (stop and set cursor)
2) Shift + Home (extend selection to start).

brianejsmith wrote: is there a way of adding markers to a long recording

Audacity has "labels" http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/label_tracks.html

You can also play instantly from any position using the "Timeline Quick Play" feature (click on the Timeline: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/timeline.html#tqp)

brianejsmith · Post by **brianejsmith** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:28 pm

Thanks again Steve

I scroll through till I'm where I want to be then I use the mouse to mark the position with a thin vertical black line then I drag that line back to he beginning to highlight the section I want to export.

I meant adding markers during the time the recording is being made like a film director uses a clapperboard to mark starts and not after in editing.

B

Post by **steve** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:40 pm

brianejsmith wrote:I scroll through till I'm where I want to be then I use the mouse to mark the position with a thin vertical black line then

then "shift + Home".

brianejsmith wrote: I meant adding markers during the time the recording is being made like a film director uses a clapperboard to mark starts and not after in editing.

That's on the page that I gave a link for: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/label_tracks.html

brianejsmith · Post by **brianejsmith** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:45 pm

Hi Steve

I read that but it's based on your being inside Audacity during recording time but that's not my situation.

I set up a digital recorder (an Olympus LS10) and let it run through an entire session; some 2 hours or more. I then offload the recording to my PC where I get to work on it with Audacity.

If there was a means of recording start and stop points that Audacity could find that would be brilliant.

B

Post by **Gale Andrews** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:37 pm

brianejsmith wrote:I read that but it's based on your being inside Audacity during recording time but that's not my situation.

I set up a digital recorder (an Olympus LS10) and let it run through an entire session; some 2 hours or more. I then offload the recording to my PC where I get to work on it with Audacity.

If there was a means of recording start and stop points that Audacity could find that would be brilliant.

That is an Audacity "feature request". The standard method would be for the recorder to add embedded cue points into the WAV file. Some audio editors can see those points, but Audacity cannot.

Gale

brianejsmith · Post by **brianejsmith** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:40 pm

Thanks Gale

Wasn't intending to be a nuisance and I definitely don't want to be suggesting more work!

Audacity's brilliant; I just don't know it well enough.

Brian

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