Transport Menu: Scrubbing

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A cascading submenu where you can start, stop or switch to Scrub play or Seek play, or toggle the Scrub Ruler on/off.

Scrubbing or Seeking is the action of moving the mouse pointer right or left so as to adjust the position, speed or direction of playback, listening to the audio at the same time - a convenient way to quickly navigate the waveform to find a particular event of interest.

Transport Menu commands let you play or stop, loop play, scrub play or record (including timed and sound activated recordings)Tracks Menu provides commands for creating and removing tracks, applying operations to selected tracks such as mixing, resampling or converting from stereo to mono, and lets you add or edit labelsGenerate Menu lets you create audio containing tones, noise or silenceAudacity includes many built-in effects and also lets you use a wide range of plug-in effectsThe Analyze Menu contains tools for finding out about the characteristics of your audio, or labeling key featureThe Tools Menu contains customisable toolsThe Extra menu provides access to additional Commands that are not available in the normal default Audacity menusThe Help Menu lets you find out more about the Audacity application and how to use it. It also includes some diagnostic tools.These commands control playback in AudacityThese commands control recording in AudacityScrubbing is the action of moving the mouse pointer right or left so as to adjust the position, speed or direction of playback, listening to the audio at the same time - a convenient way to quickly navigate the waveform to find a particular event of interestThese commands let you move the cursor to the start or end of the selection, track or any adjacent Clip that you may haveThese commands enable you to control loop playRescan for audio devices connected to your computer, and update the playback and recording dropdown menus in Device ToolbarThis submenu lets you manage and set various options for transport (playing and recording) in AudacityScrubbing is the action of moving the mouse pointer right or left so as to adjust the position, speed or direction of playback, listening to the audio at the same timeSeeking is similar to Scrubbing except that it is playback with skips, similar to using the seek button on a CD playerShows (or hides) the scrub ruler, which is just below the timelineThe MenusTransport-ScrubbingMenu.png
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Scrub  

Selecting Scrub play will put you into Scrub Play mode. Scrub play will not start until you move the cursor horizontally.

Scrubbing is the action of moving the mouse pointer right or left so as to adjust the position, speed or direction of playback, listening to the audio at the same time - a convenient way to quickly navigate the waveform to find a particular event of interest. Speed changes are made by rotating the mouse wheel while scrubbing.

Seek  

Selecting this will put you into Seek play mode. Seeking in the audio will start once you move the cursor horizontally.

Seeking is similar to Scrubbing except that it is playback with skips, similar to using the seek button on a CD player. Even if you move the mouse pointer a long way from the current position of the play head, the play head will immediately move very close to the mouse pointer, letting you move across the audio rapidly.

Scrub Ruler  

The Scrub Ruler command is a toggle which hides or shows the Scrub Ruler (default is on).

The Scrub Ruler, the gray strip immediately below the Timeline is the primary method for scrub or seek play. The Scrub Ruler is set on and displayed by default in Audacity. If you have turned it off you can get it displayed again by right-clicking in the Timeline and selecting Enable Scrub Ruler from the dropdown menu.

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You can also turn the Scrub Ruler on or off by right-clicking in the Timeline and choosing Enable or Disable Scrub Ruler.


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