Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When I try to select a specific part of an audio wave (stereo) the select tool will not begin selecting at the point I want to highlight. Instead it begins to highlight about 1 to 2 seconds before the area I want and will stop selecting at a point that if now what I wanted. Does anyone know why the selection tool will not allow me to select the exact location in the sound wave that I want? Thank you for reading my post.
I have edited audio files (audiobook recordings) with Audacity for many years without problems. But recently, ( a week or 10 days) when editing a file my Select ion Tool has become very erratic, jumping around. When trying to drag to highlight a section it will jump to another spot for no reason; then suddenly start replaying at the beginning, then select the whole track and back again. Basically I can’t select any of the track because it just won’t stay; it begins then moves to another section.
I call this “jumpy cursor” for want of a better term. It has never happened before to me.
I have saved the .aup file in case it was the memory, but it continues to do it. I have closed Audacity and on reopening the track again it works for several seconds (the selector allows me to drag over a sect ion) but then begins the jitters. Only one track is open at a time.
When I try to select a specific part of an audio wave (stereo) the select tool will not begin selecting at the point I want to highlight. Instead it begins to highlight about 1 to 2 seconds before the area I want and will stop selecting at a point that if now what I wanted. Does anyone know why the selection tool will not allow me to select the exact location in the sound wave that I want? Thank you for reading my post.
I have edited audio files (audiobook recordings) with Audacity for many years without problems. But recently, ( a week or 10 days) when editing a file my Select ion Tool has become very erratic, jumping around. When trying to drag to highlight a section it will jump to another spot for no reason; then suddenly start replaying at the beginning, then select the whole track and back again. Basically I can’t select any of the track because it just won’t stay; it begins then moves to another section.
I call this “jumpy cursor” for want of a better term. It has never happened before to me.
I have saved the .aup file in case it was the memory, but it continues to do it. I have closed Audacity and on reopening the track again it works for several seconds (the selector allows me to drag over a sect ion) but then begins the jitters. Only one track is open at a time.
