Display problem

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arlie
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Display problem

Post by arlie » Sun May 10, 2020 7:27 pm

Still on version 2.3.1 partly because I'm still on Mac OS 10.14.6.

I was playing around with noise reduction parameters and did something to cause my display to look like this. The actual waveform is foregrounded and I cannot edit it. (The white band area was selected but, as you can see, did not include the actual wave.) I quit Audacity and came back in but whatever setting adjustment I made is still with me. How can I undo it?
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billw58
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Re: Display problem

Post by billw58 » Sun May 10, 2020 7:47 pm

You have the Envelope Tool selected. Click on the Selection Tool.

-- Bill

arlie
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Re: Display problem

Post by arlie » Sun May 10, 2020 8:21 pm

Thanks. I knew it had to be something simple.

I'm a pretty steady user -- and fan -- but like most people, I suppose, I follow a pretty limited path through your software. It's easy to find myself lost.

waxcylinder
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Re: Display problem

Post by waxcylinder » Tue May 12, 2020 10:22 am

arlie wrote:
Sun May 10, 2020 8:21 pm
I follow a pretty limited path through your software. It's easy to find myself lost.
We know we still have a few little bear-traps along that path (we work to try to fix them).

See: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/ToDo ... _a_Mode%27

Your bear-trap is top of the list: "Stuck-in-Tool"

WC
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