[audacity4blind] Re: Shortening a Track

  • From: Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:08:24 +1000

Rich, I did what you described and the track gets shortened. I also did as Robert suggested and trimmed and that also worked. I am at a loss to work out why it won't shorten for you. You mentioned that you assume you are at the 100 millisecond position. Pressing left bracket again should confirm that. I can testify that 100 milliseconds of a sine wave is a very short blip.



Andrew




On 12/04/2017 7:18 PM, Robert Hänggi wrote:

Have you tried trimming?
- select range 0 to 100 ms.
Press control+t.

Robert

2017-04-12 7:03 GMT+02:00, Jacob Kruger <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I might be confused, but, I would just use something like home to set
cursor position/selection to beginning of track, then shift + end to
select to end of track, and, then use [ to bring up the start of
selection dialogue, set it to 100 milliseconds, and then use delete key
to wipe out that part?


Stay well


Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..."

On 2017-04-12 06:35, Rich De Steno wrote:
Hi, although I have extensive experience with Audacity, this issue is
vexing me:


I record a very short track, maybe one second

I want to shorten it to let's say 100 milliseconds

I press the left square bracket for the time-set interface and set the
time to 100 milliseconds, and press OK

I assume now that the cursor is at the 100 milliseconds point

I make sure the track is selected

I press Shift k to select from the 100-millisecond cursor point to the
end

I press the delete key

The track does not get shortened, it is the same full length

What am I doing wrong here and how do I shorten the track to 100
milliseconds?





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