Pending Feature Requests

This locked page is for the use of sysops to transfer feature requests from the Audacity Forum and other sources. They will be reviewed and where appropriate transferred to the Wiki Feature Requests page. For this page, it is best not to summarise, but paste in verbatim, so the context of the suggestion can be understood.

Not yet reviewed

• Vn 1.3.3alpha (MAC) when I closed an unsaved waveform, on the pop-up dialog (which asks if I want to save before close) "No" was bordered and "Yes" was preselected. In 1.3.5a there's "Yes" preselected AND bordered. Mostly I'm exporting the waveform and want to close it unsaved afterwards, so I'd like to select "No", in 1.3.3 I just hit spacebar (that's cool!), in 1.3.5 I have to press tabulator twice and then spacebar....maybe it's just an alpha bug, but it's more work. In OS X, you have 2 defaults normally. One is highlighted, the other one is bordered. So, if you press enter (as you do normally if you're used to work in Windows), you're saving before you close (choosing the right one). If you hit spacebar, you don't save before closing (choosing the left one). Every single program I can think of in OS X has 2 defaults (Audition too until version 1.3.5 beta) and it's a feature of OS X I love and miss on Windows (I'm still working in Windows sometimes)...so why not support it?

• Ability to select and delete parts in the waveforms during playback. Playback should just go on, or (if playback is running through the part that should be deleted), start at the cursor that remains after deleting. Now I have to select during playback, stop playback, delete and start playback again. (plus 1 vote)
  • STF writes: I don't see the point of it - it's not much trouble to hit the spacebar to stop the recording before pressing delete, and it's much easier to precisely select a region while stopped rather than trying to select a moving target. Can anyone explain what the benefits would be?
  • Deltacon responds: my problem is this: I've got some vocal recordings from a speaker with breathing noises between the text. I'm listening to the recordings (and check the contents, pronounciation...) and I'd like to delete these breathing noises during playback. Hitting spacebar, deleting and playing again is possible, but it's a lot more work and for me it IS trouble, if you have 7 minutes of text and every let's say 6 seconds a pause with breathing noise. Makes 20 more hits on the keyboard in a minute, makes 140 more hits in 7 minutes.
  • STF adds: Have you tried using the "Truncate Silence" effect in Audacity 1.3.5? With a bit of careful adjustment, this may provide a quicker method of achieving the desired result.
  • Deltacon responds: I haven't tried the truncate silence function until now. And I can tell you it works like a charm. BUT, I still would find it helpful, if I can delete during playback, just because if you're listening to a file and there're maybe 2 takes and you'd like to delete one of them, it would be helpful. Not necessary, but helpful. In addition this feature is still supported by Apple's Soundtrack Pro (which has in my opinion less functions for my needs)...so be better than Apple

 

Reviewed but not added - intending to delete

These pending FRs were posted here but on review, appear to be inappropriate for the reasons stated (for example, the Beta already supports this feature). Unless reasons for adding them/more explanations of usefulness/purpose are given, they will be deleted.