Is there a way to split a clip exactly in half?

[waxen verge]

I'm wondering if there's a way to split a clip exactly in half. I know you can find the center easily by viewing the length and center of a selection, but it's only down to the nearest millisecond, so I would have to readjust for every instance of the clip.

[dull hawk]

Here's a macro for doing that: (download the script below)

See here for how to import the macro into Audacity's Macro Manager: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/manage_macros.html

Once the macro is installed, you could create a keyboard shortcut to apply the macro. See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/keyboard_preferences.html

To use the macro:

1. Click on the track that you want to split.
2. Run the macro.

[waxen verge]

I don;t have an import button

[snow meteor]

Try to copy the .txt file in this folder: ~/.audacity-data/Macros
¿what Audacity version are you using?

[waxen verge]

audacity is already the newest version (2.3.3-1build1).

[snow meteor]

You may consider updating to a newer version; the last version available is 3.2.1.

[waxen verge]

Weird, is Aptitude behind?

[snow meteor]

I don't know much about package managers in Linux. I am using the AppImage available from https://audacityteam.org/download/

[waxen verge]

Yeah, I'm switching ot the AppImage

It looks much different

Can I hide the weird bars that are at the top of the tracks?

Those grey ones

[snow meteor]

They are clip handles that let you move audio in the timeline... Thats the way move to move audio in recent versions.

[waxen verge]

Aha

The split track macro works in this version, but not the old version I was using

[snow meteor]

I will try to test it just to see how it works...

[waxen verge]

I don't think split track is very accurate,the resulting halves are shorter than the splits I did manually, which when combined are shorter than the original

Actually I'm using it to shrink a clip to 1/32nd of its original length

Just to use as snap points for much shorter clips

Maybe I did it wrong, because I did it again and it's more accurate

Yeah, now it lines up perfectly at the end