out of curiosity, why would anyone ever Play-at-speed at 1x?
Isn't that what the play button is for?
Maybe there's a reason to Play-at-speed at 1x that i'm not seeing.
But, Audacity already remembers the position of the volume bar when you close Audacity. So remembering the Play-at-speed would be cool.
or just putting the line in the .cfg file would be good enough for me.
How to set default "playback speed" slider
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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Re: How to set default "playback speed" slider
Like my "driving" analogy, no-one drives a car in neutral, but when you first get into a car to drive it, you may want to go forward, or may want reverse. Similarly, when I launch Audacity, I probably won't remember what speed I used yesterday, or last week, or whenever I last used Play at Speed, but if I want to play faster, I just need to move the slider to the right, or to the left for slower.
Personally I don't find it a big deal either way, though I can't imagine wanting to listen to an audiobook being read by a chipmunk.
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