Scrolling and Zooming

Navigating through a long audio recording is done by scrolling and zooming. Most of this is done through the Timeline View, which acts as a scrollbar that contains an overview of the entire audio file.

In the images below, you can see the Timeline and the Analyzer View. The Timeline always shows the full length of the entire recording (which is 2 minutes and 50 seconds in this example). The Analyzer View always shows the time range that is represented by the current range slider on the Timeline. By moving or resizing the current range slider, you can change the time range shown in the Analyzer View.
If the Waveform View is enabled, it will always show the same time range as the Analyzer View.

Scrolling

You can scroll by clicking and moving the middle area of the current range slider on the Timeline. The cursor will change into a hand when you point at the right place. Simply click and drag this slider:

Figure 1: Grabbing the current range slider

Figure 2: and moving it to a different place

You can also scroll by pressing Ctrl-Left or Ctrl-Right.

Zooming

Zooming can be done through the current range slider on the Timeline or the Zoom commands that can be found on the Toolbar and the menus. If the playback cursor is in the current range, zooming will be centered on it.

Zoom to fit selection

You can select a time range on the Timeline or the Analyzer View and apply the Zoom to fit selection command:

Figure 3: Selecting the time range [1:00 - 2:00] and zooming to it

Figure 4: Current range set to [1:00 - 2:00]

Zoom through Timeline

You can also zoom by moving the lower right corner of the current range slider on the Timeline. The cursor will change into a resize icon when you point at the resize handle of that slider:

Figure 5: Zooming by resizing the current range slider

You can zoom in very far if you move the mouse further to the left past the middle of the current range slider. This will even allow you to see individual samples in the Waveform:

Figure 6: Zooming in very far to see individual samples