Re: [Audacity-quality] Add Label commands

[Vaughan J. <va...@au...>]

Thanks, Peter, Steve, and Gale. I'll leave those as they are.

For the new suggestions, please document and prioritize.

- Vaughan


On 1/7/2014 8:33 PM, Gale Andrews wrote:
>
> | From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...>
> | Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:18:08 +0000
> | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Add Label commands
>> On 7 January 2014 19:36, Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> wrote:
>>> It strikes me there's an opportunity to consolidate the two 'Add Label'
>>> commands, by enforcing these constraints:
>>>
>>> * When stopped, it should do 'Add Label At &Selection'. This command is
>>> currently always enabled.
>>>
>>> * When playing/recording, it should do 'Add Label At &Playback
>>> Position'. This command is currently enabled only during playback/record.
>>>
>>> I cannot think of a reasonable use case where you absolutely need 'Add
>>> Label At &Selection' during playback/record.
>>
>> If you have a voice recording and you want to "beep out" certain
>> words, then at a suitable zoom level you can play the track, and each
>> time there is a word to be bleeped, quickly select it and Ctrl+B.
>>
>> Another use case is if you want to mark (with a region label) certain
>> parts of a song (for example, each chorus). You can play the track and
>> when it reaches the start of the section press "[", at the end of the
>> section press "]" and then press Ctrl+B. Playback can continue while
>> you do this provided that you are slick enough with keyboard commands
>> to complete the task before the next chorus.
>>
>> Steve.
>
> I think placing a region during playback then labelling the selection
> is quite common, so we couldn't just do away with that ability.
>
> If we did what Vaughan suggests I could see it as an opportunity
> to make useful enhancements.
>
> One possibility that gives more functionality with the same number
> of shortcuts could be to do away with Add Label at Selection during
> playback, but add a new shortcut that completes the selection during
> playback ( as ] does ) *and* creates a label for that selection.
>
> Perhaps SHIFT + ] would be appropriate. This would be a big timesaver.
>
> There may still be an objection that you could not label a region (or
> even the cursor) during playback when using the mouse to click/drag
> in the waveform. The mouse is useful if you don't have reflexes to
> press ] or CTRL + M at exactly the right time.
>
> Even that objection could be overcome with mouse commands to label
> the cursor or selection. A modified click to label the click point, and
> the same modifier that labels a region when you release the drag?
>
>
>
> Gale
>
>
>
>
>>> I've already written the code (for a client) and it seems to work
>>> flawlessly, for the 'Add Label' use cases of stopped or playback/record.
>>> It eliminates a menu command and frees up a keyboard shortcut. Also
>>> simplifies and consolidates some code.
>>>
>>> Any good reason to not commit this?
>>>
>>> - Vaughan
>
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