[JAWSLite] Re: Selecting parts of a recording in Audacity

Hello,

First of all, I have found that it usually works better when editing a file 
to first export it as a .WAV or .MP3 file and close Audacity.  When Audacity 
is opened again and the saved file is opened, editing seems to work more 
smoothly.

To remove a few seconds from the beginning of the audio file press the home 
key to make sure you are at the starting position.  Holding down the right 
arrow key moves a little bit at a time away from the beginning point.  If 
you hold down the right arrow a few seconds and then release it, you can 
then press spacebar to find out where the starting point has changed to.  If 
you have gone too far then hold down left arrow to move back.  After moving 
in either direction with the arrow keys use the spacebar to find out the 
current location.  When you find the location to start selecting from, hold 
down shift key and press the home key to select from the current position to 
the start of the file.  You can then use CTRL-K to delete the selected 
portion.  For some reason CTRL-K doesn't  always work the way it should, but 
if you press backspace key after CTRL-K the selection should be deleted. 
You can also choose to start selecting from the beginning of the file by 
pressing home to move focus to the beginning of the file and then by holding 
down shift with right arrow key to select toward the end of the file.  After 
releasing the shift and arrow key you can use spacebar to hear what is 
selected.  Adjust the selection using shift with right and left arrow keys 
and then using spacebar to hear the result.  Use CTRL with the letter K, and 
perhaps follow that keystroke with a backspace to delete the selected audio.

Selecting a portion at the end of the file works similarly.  Start by moving 
to the end of the file by pressing the "end" key.  Hold down left arrow for 
a couple seconds and after releasing it use spacebar to find out where the 
starting point will be.  If not where you want it then use right arrow to 
move closer to the end of the file or left arrow to move closer to the 
beginning of the file.  If you have the position correct then you should be 
able to press spacebar and the file should start playing from the point 
where you want to start selecting for deletion.  Again, hold down shift and 
right arrow to select a little to the right and shift and left arrow held 
down to select to the left.  You can use shift with end key to select from 
where you want to start the deletion to the end of the file.  Once you have 
the area you want to delete selected then use CTRL-K or perhaps CTRL-K and 
then the delete key.

I have found that deleting in the middle of a file is somewhat tricky, 
although I have an earlier version of Audacity and the process might have 
been improved in the later beta version.  It works the same way as the 
above.  Find your starting point using the arrow keys and using spacebar to 
listen and confirm your starting point.  Use shift right arrow and shift 
left arrow to select a portion to delete.  After using shift with right or 
left arrow you can use spacebar to confirm what will be deleted.  When you 
have selected what you want to delete then use CTRL-K and/or backspace for 
deleting the selected range.

Take care.

Brian Lee
brianllee@xxxxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DJ" <grouloc@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:05 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Selecting parts of a recording in Audacity


> Hi all,
>
> How does one go about these?
>
> 1.    Selecting the first several seconds of the recording and deleting it
> 2.    Selecting a few seconds in the middle of the recording and deleting 
> it
> 3.    Selecting the last several seconds of a recording and deleting it
>
> Thanks.
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