Newbie can't even time-shift

[Audie]

Hi,
Sorry to ask an obvious question, but the manual, FAQs, and forum search hasn't yielded an answer yet.

I am running 2.3.3 in Ubuntu Studio 16.10. I simply want to time-shift everything past a certain point in a track to the right. The selection probably has multiple clips; I was using punch and roll to make a rough vocal track for remote rehearsal purposes. I select the region I want to move, then switch to the time shift tool.

When I click and drag the region to the right, nothing happens. But when I move the cursor to the left, it will shift the entire track. I have tried cutting the region and pasting it later, but then when I try to line it up with the click track, I can't slide it either direction.

I figured this simple task would take less than a minute, but I have spent hours on it. What am I missing here?

[steve]

I am running 2.3.3 in Ubuntu Studio 16.10.

How have you installed 2.3.3? Is it a PPA version, or a Snap or Flatpak version?
Does the standard deb version from the main Ubuntu repository work?

[steve]

I simply want to time-shift everything past a certain point in a track to the right.

If it's like there is an invisible block in the way, then zoom in very close on the position of that invisible block. There may be a tiny audio fragment in the way that is invisible when zoomed out.

[Audie]

Steve,
I am using a PPA; Ubuntu doesn't have it in the repo, at least not for 16.10.

I don't quite know what you mean about zooming in to find some tiny piece of audio that's blocking. I am trying to move the whole track except for about the first 30 seconds; how would I know where to zoom in? The whole thing is stuck unless I move the other way.

What happened was I came in too early on my vocal and threw off the rest of the song. I just want to slide it over 3 beats. The click track is right above it.

[steve]

Ubuntu doesn't have it in the repo, at least not for 16.10.

Ubuntu has Audacity 2.1.2.
You should probably be thinking about updating to a more recent version of Ubuntu. (Ubuntu eoan has Audacity 2.3.2. Ubuntu focal has Audacity 2.3.3)


Zoom in on the right hand edge of the track.

[Audie]

OK, thanks that was helpful. I trimmed off the end of the track, and the track moved. I still had to figure out how to split the selection off with Edit>Clip Boundries>Split, but that wasn't hard to find in the manual. I'll upgrade when I can.

Thanks again,

Audie