And the nice thing is that if the file is not so quiet, you can celebrate the file by pressing the P key. On Mar 20, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Neal Ewers wrote: Hi, there is another way as well, especially if you are using spoken audio. If you have a reasonably quiet spoken audio file with appropriate pauses between sentences and paragraphs, pressing the down arrow will take you to the next point of quiet quiet audio that might be a separation between these gramatic structures. Even if the file is not so quiet, down arrow will often work quite well. By the way, up arrow does the same thing in reverse. Neal From: studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Skutchan Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:37 PM To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [studiorecorder] Re: A Few Questions One more tip that helps is to know that to get positioned to an exact point in the recording, hold down the control key while pressing the left or right arrows. This "scrubs" and repeats a small portion of the audio. On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Neal Ewers wrote: That’s certainly a harder way to delete than other ways that are available. As has been said earlier, using left bracket and right bracket to enclose the part of the file you want to delete is much easier. Also, holding down the shift key when you press the delete key will guarantee that there will be no popping sound where the pieces of the file are joined together. This does a tiny fade out and in where they are joined. You can’t hear it, but it makes the sound mmore smooth. Neal From: studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]<mailto:[mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]> On Behalf Of Harry Brown Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:51 PM To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [studiorecorder] Re: A Few Questions Hi Mike, Yep, there is. What I do is, while I'm listening to a file, if I want to delete a part of it from the current place in the file, I: 1. press space bar to stop the file from playing. 2. press shift right arrow, and keep holding down the right arrow key, till I'm done selecting audio. 3. Then, I let go of those 2 keys and hit delete. Now if I want to go to a certain place in a file, and if I know where it is, for example, 25 minutes, I'll: 1. Press the g key 2. Then, type in 25:00. 3. Then, I can go to the exact spot, by pressing enter. 4. Then, I shift right arrow key combo and select as much audio as I want to be deleted. Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Duke, K5XU<mailto:k5xu@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:07 PM Subject: [studiorecorder] A Few Questions Is there a stand alone list of the keyboard commands out there somewhere, preferably in a Word file? Also, is there a simple way to select a portion of a file that you wish to delete, or operate on in some way without being forced to enter the start and stop time for the selection? If there isn't, why not? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs