Hi Paul I usually use the "p" key as it places a marker at the play head rather than the insertion point, one less command Y required this way.
>From what I can tell, whilst paused the arrow keys alone will move the >insertion point and the speed of the movement will depend how zoomed in you >are. On 22/01/2013, at 2:39 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Garth, > > Good to know. So when you set the marker, which of the available keystrokes > for that do you use? Also, is there an easy way to skim through an audio file > in amadeus pro, in larger increments than with the right arrow alone? Or do > we have a way to configure the right arrow jump increments? > > Paul. > On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Garth Humphreys <ghu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Paul >> >> This is exactly right. There is no need to set a marker for this sort of >> thing. I briefly showed the technique in a recent podcast. It also applies >> when cutting a bit of audio out of the middle of a track, you only need to >> set a marker at one end of the section you want to cut, than go to the other >> end and command Y to bring the insertion point to play head and command >> arrow to the marker at the other end. You will than have the desired section >> selected and ready for deleting or whatever you want. >> >> >> Garth >> >> www.iblindtech.com/ >> >> Search for iBlindTech in iTunes or your favourite pod catcher to subscribe >> to the iBlindTech Democast. >> >> Send email to iblindt...@gmail.com >> >> Follow me on twitter @iBlindTech or @iBlindTechDemo for just the podcast >> info. >> >> >> On 21/01/2013, at 8:07 PM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Amadeus and VoiceOver users, >>> >>> Here's a quick tip if you want to cut audio from either end of a file. I've >>> seen many descriptions, most of them mentioning that you have to set a >>> marker. But what I do works quick. Say I want to cut off the start of a >>> file, say the first minute. I play and skip till I'm at the right spot, I >>> then get the cursor over to the playhead with command y, then do command >>> left arrow to select from here to the beginning, and then backspace to >>> delete. Done. >>> >>> Likewise, to cut off the end of a file, I skip and play till I am at the >>> spot where I want to cut the audio, then you do command y to get the edit >>> cursor over to the playhead, then command right, which selects from here to >>> the end of the file, then delete or backsppace. Gone. Quick and clean. So >>> go to the spot, command y, command arrow, and backspace. >>> >>> Hth. >>> Paul. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
