Editing Question

While listening to audio, I create a label (ctrl+m) when I
hear the 
start of a segement which
needs editing and also create a label at the end (ctrl+m).

Now during editing what I want to do is double click between
the labels, 
and have the audio
selected so that when i press 'c', I can get a preview of
the cut which 
I want to make.

However, when I double click between the labels, only the
label track is 
selected, and the selection
is from the beginning of the label track to the ending
label.

If I click on the label, the label name has focus and what I
type 
becomes part of the name (eg spacebar,
which I would like to press to start audio playback at the
label position).

Label names are not so important; they could be given
default 
(increasing) numbers. However
selecting the audio at and between labels is important for
the work we do.

Is there any way to do this?

(I am using Audacity 1.3.4-beta from CVS.)
Thanks for your help,
Dan.

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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:07:32 -0800
Daniel Albers <compkpfa.org> wrote:
> (I am using Audacity 1.3.4-beta from CVS.)
> While listening to audio, I create a label (ctrl+m)
when I hear the 
> start of a segement which
> needs editing and also create a label at the end
(ctrl+m).
> 
> Now during editing what I want to do is double click
between the labels, 
> and have the audio
> selected so that when i press 'c', I can get a preview
of the cut which 
> I want to make.
> 
> However, when I double click between the labels, only
the label track is 
> selected, and the selection is from the beginning of
the label track to 
> the ending label.

Currently you can't create a selection between labels
automatically as 
far as I know. 

As you may know, you can click in the audio track then SHIFT
+ CLICK 
at a second point to create a selection between those
points. So you
could click in the label then SHIFT + CLICK in the audio
track above the 
point marking the label point. It should be accurate enough
given the 
inevitable error in placing a label during playback, and in
fact if you 
click close enough to the exact point, the selection will
actually snap 
accurately to the labels (you'll see the yellow vertical
lines
indicating this). SHIFT + CLICK in the label itself won't
work, though
I'd argue it should.

You can also draw a selection during playback and then CTRL
+ M will
label the selection. 
   
 
> If I click on the label, the label name has focus and
what I type 
> becomes part of the name (eg spacebar, which I would
like to 
> press to start audio playback at the label position).

This can't really be avoided as some people would want to
add a space 
in their label name. You can use up arrow to shift focus to
the audio
track then unmodified hotkeys like spacebar to start/stop
playback will
work. Use down arrow to shift focus back to the label to
continue 
typing. Of course when you have finished typing, hitting
ENTER to
confirm the label will let you use spacebar to play.    


Gale 

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Gale Andrews wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:07:32 -0800
> Daniel Albers <compkpfa.org> wrote:
>   
>> (I am using Audacity 1.3.4-beta from CVS.)
>> While listening to audio, I create a label (ctrl+m)
when I hear the 
>> start of a segement which
>> needs editing and also create a label at the end
(ctrl+m).
>>
>> Now during editing what I want to do is double
click between the labels, 
>> and have the audio
>> selected so that when i press 'c', I can get a
preview of the cut which 
>> I want to make.
>>
>> However, when I double click between the labels,
only the label track is 
>> selected, and the selection is from the beginning
of the label track to 
>> the ending label.
>>     
>
> Currently you can't create a selection between labels
automatically as 
> far as I know. 
>
> As you may know, you can click in the audio track then
SHIFT + CLICK 
> at a second point to create a selection between those
points. So you
> could click in the label then SHIFT + CLICK in the
audio track above the 
> point marking the label point. It should be accurate
enough given the 
> inevitable error in placing a label during playback,
and in fact if you 
> click close enough to the exact point, the selection
will actually snap 
> accurately to the labels (you'll see the yellow
vertical lines
> indicating this). SHIFT + CLICK in the label itself
won't work, though
> I'd argue it should.
>
> You can also draw a selection during playback and then
CTRL + M will
> label the selection. 
>    
>  
>   
>> If I click on the label, the label name has focus
and what I type 
>> becomes part of the name (eg spacebar, which I
would like to 
>> press to start audio playback at the label
position).
>>     
>
> This can't really be avoided as some people would want
to add a space 
> in their label name. You can use up arrow to shift
focus to the audio
> track then unmodified hotkeys like spacebar to
start/stop playback will
> work. Use down arrow to shift focus back to the label
to continue 
> typing. Of course when you have finished typing,
hitting ENTER to
> confirm the label will let you use spacebar to play.   

>
>
> Gale 
>
>
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Thank you. This works OK.
Dan.

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