Hi Ron For me, I do the folowing to ut out the part aI want Make sure I selected the track I want to cut out something Press left bracket where I want to start selection Press right brackket where I want to end selection Optional press z to do a find zero crossing Press delete to delete it HTH Cuong ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:58 PM Subject: [audacity4blind] Eding a 3 hour recording Hi all. When I try to take out the first part of the recording, I do the following: 1. [ where the start of what I want to delete is 2. ] where the end of what I want to delete is. 3. Shift and J, then press delete. This doesn't always seem to work. Should the track be selected or deselected? Might it take longer because the track is quite long? Even when I try editing in the middle of the track something is going wrong. I'm using the latest version of audacity. Appreciate any help. Ron -------------- Dang Manh Cuong HCMC University of Pedagogy: The Educational Psychology Mobile: +84 902-572-300 E-mail: dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx Yahoo! ID: manhcuong0312 Skype name: dangmanhcuong facebook: http://facebook.com/dangmanhcuong Twitter: ManhCuongPSY Website: http://ngoisaodanduong.com http://www.saomaicenter.org Projec-Website: http://dangmanhcuong.googlecode.com