Make the audio start/end UPDATE whilst adjusting boundary

[Shippo]

Hi
Not have a large audio vocabulary I will try to explain myself.

I highlight a part of audio and shift+play to make it repeat itself
As I drag
Click and drag to move left/right selection boundary
cursor left and right to change start/end point

Is there a way to make the audio keep starting itself automatically back (update) from where I move the left/start point to
WITHOUT having to click STOP>Shift+play

it would make it a lot easier to capture the exact part of the audio I need (say for sampling purposes)

Does this make sense to anyone?
I'm sure a friend of mine had an option in Sony Sound Forge or something similar years ago?
Sorry but I dont know what the exact term for it is?
thanks
shippo

[steve]

Yes it does make sense, but unfortunately no you cannot currently do that with Audacity.
You can use the Spacebar (or SHIFT + Spacebar) which is a bit more convenient than clicking the play button.

[Shippo]

Thats a shame. Do you happen to know the correct terminology for what I am posting about?
Maybe I could suggest it for a future update then?

Thanks
Shippo

[steve]

Do you happen to know the correct terminology for what I am posting about?

I don't think there's "correct" terminology.
Perhaps something like:

"Adjust selection during Loop-Play"

You may also be interested in a related feature request that I recently posted: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 20&t=41041