time-shift tool

[bloomspeak]

I've never had this problem before. I'm running windows 8, Audacity 2.1.2. Yesterday everything was fine. Today, when I went to shift some sections I had copied from another track, every track on the page shifted as a unit. It doesn't matter if the section is high-lighted or not, whether I use the cursor or the touch screen. Why is this happening and how do I stop it? Any suggestions? Thanks,

Ricki

[steve]

Turn off "Sync-Lock" (see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/edit ... .html#link)

[Trebor]

I've never had this problem before. I'm running windows 8, Audacity 2.1.2. Yesterday everything was fine. Today, when I went to shift some sections I had copied from another track, every track on the page shifted as a unit. It doesn't matter if the section is high-lighted or not ...

If you're seeing a lot of clocks ...

clocks = sync lock engaged.png (133.68 KiB) Viewed 649 times

then you've (accidentally) engaged sync-lock by clicking on the clock icon

[bloomspeak]

Oh my yes...and there were clocks everywhere! Thank you both for your quick responses. I see the clock that I must have hit by mistake. Didn't even know what it was for, or realize I'd hit it. Well, I'm glad that's over! Lesson learned. Thanks,

Ricki

[waxcylinder]

In the upcoming 2.2.0 release we've remove that clock button from the Edit toolbar - so it should be a lot harder to accidentally invoke sync-lock.

In 2.2.0 it moves to become a menu item at the bottom of the Tracks menu.

WC

[gnz20]

Is there a way to bring back the Sync-lock tracks button to the toolbar?

I've found it quite useful!

Thanks,

[waxcylinder]

Is there a way to bring back the Sync-lock tracks button to the toolbar?

I suspect not

I've found it quite useful!

If you use it a lot why not create a custom shortcut for Tracks > Sync-Lock Tracks (on/off)

For how to do that, see this page in the Manual: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/key ... ences.html

The hardest part is finding an unused available key (or key combination) - as there are a lot of predefined shortcuts

WC

[steve]

Eventually we want to make the toolbars much more customizable, but until then, we have to strike a balance between convenience for the more skilled / experienced users, while not confusing or overwhelming less experienced users. The Sync-Lock button was confusing too many people, and we gauged that most experienced users would be able to set up keyboard shortcuts.