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   Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 03:34:15 JST Bø!rge

   When editing some audio in #Audacity, you of course need to delete bits and pieces all over the place. But is there a way to instead of deleting them just hide them, so that there still is no gap there, but that you can un-hide that part again at any time later – without having to undo everything you have done after deleting that part?

   Like if the audio file was on a strip of paper, just folding that part of the paper underneath the rest, instead of cutting it out?

   Thanks! #AskFedi

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:09:14 JST Bø!rge

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     • LWinterberg

     @LWinterberg Thanks, but Ctrl+l just mutes the area, so there's a gap there, and I don't understand the trim thing? Sorry

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     LWinterberg (lwinterberg@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:09:15 JST LWinterberg

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     @forteller If you use the latest version, you can make cuts in the audio via ctrl+I and trim/untrim the edges near the top of each clip.

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     LWinterberg (lwinterberg@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 08:04:10 JST LWinterberg

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     @forteller Ctrl+L mutes the area, Ctrl+I puts a split in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpA138b-J9s shows how it works

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 08:04:10 JST Bø!rge

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     • LWinterberg

     @LWinterberg Ah, yes, I see. Thank you, I guess that works. Just too bad that's a lot of work compared to just selecting and pressing delete. I wanted this, but just as easily as deleting: Select and hide, with no gap appearing that you need to spend more time closing. There's so many things I need to remove, so spending more time on each is not really an option for me. But thanks for the tip anyway! It's useful to know about.

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     LWinterberg (lwinterberg@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 08:38:07 JST LWinterberg

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     @forteller There also is a feature you can enable in the preferences called "enable cut lines", which does pretty much what you'd want it to do. https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/preferences_settings_that_affect_edit_behavior.html#cut_lines

     It's a sort of legacy feature though.

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 08:38:07 JST Bø!rge

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     • LWinterberg

     @LWinterberg Yes! That's perfect! Why would this extremely useful and logical feature be turned off by default? Thank you!