Cannot enter label info after Ctrl + M

[jademan]

Hi. Is there somewhere I can download an earlier, legacy version of Audacity? I recently had to re-install all the software on my Windows 10 machine; So I downloaded and installed Audacity 2.2.2. I use the Ctrl-M feature heavily to annotate my recordings. With my prior version of Audacity 2.2.1(?), I could type Ctrl-M and enter my label while the recording was playing.

This no longer works under 2.2.2. The label is created, but I cannot type directly into the label while the recording is playing. Now, for each label, I have to stop the playback, edit the label, then restart the playback. It used to take an hour to annotate a one hour recording. Now it can take twice that long. Perhaps I am missing a simple preferences setting ?

I am happy to work under an older version of Audacity, but when I go to the legacy page, all I see is 2.0.6. I don't need to go back that far. When I try to download 2.2.1, audacity routes me to the 2.2.2 download.

What to do ?

[steve]

I use the Ctrl-M feature heavily to annotate my recordings. With my prior version of Audacity 2.2.1(?), I could type Ctrl-M and enter my label while the recording was playing.

Thanks for posting. I think this may be a bug (I don't recall it being discussed as a "feature").

Recent old versions are available from OldFoss: http://www.oldfoss.com/Audacity.html
Note that if you use Audacity 2.2.1, overwriting a project that has already been saved using "Save Project As" (rather than "Save Project") can cause data loss).

[waxcylinder]

We've logged this as a bug on our bugtracker: http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1852

Good catch Jademan - thanks for the report

WC

[jademan]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

With your link, I was able to download Audacity 2.2.1 and am now a very happy camper, indeed. That doesn't mean I won't use 2.2.2 for other projects.

Also, thanks for going to the trouble of creating a bug report.