[Audacity-devel] Re: [Audacity-users] Argh, envelope editing nonfunctional again

[Matt B. <mbr...@cs...>]

Monty sent this to audacity-users:

Monty wrote:
> Matt Brubeck wrote:
> > Monty wrote:
> >
> > > Duplication instructions: Open a single mono track.  Cut a section out
> > > of the end using 'split'.  You will not be able to add envelope points
> > > to the split track unless you align it with zero.  Unfortunately, that
> > > eliminates the usefulness of envelopes for doing crossfaded edits.
> >
> > I can't reproduce this in either 1.2.3 release, 1.2 CVS, or 1.3 CVS.
>
> Right, after going back and looking through CVS versions to get one
> that still worked, this is a direct result of the multi-clip track
> patches.  I think I even remember Markus saying at the time the
> envelope stuff might be off by a bit and I should look at it (never
> had the time, sorry Markus).
>
> After playing with it a bit, it has the feel of a few missed details.
> Points are there, and they sometimes work.  I'm just out of touch with
> the Track/Clip code now, so I was pleading for mercy.  It strikes me
> as a fairly glaring bug (of the six tools in the toolbar, two don't
> really work right now).  This is the unstable/dev version but this
> needs to get fixed for a release I'd think.  Insert an early PDQ Bach
> joke here.