Status Bar

On-Demand Loading

The percentage of the waveform that has been computed is displayed on the Status Bar, as shown at bottom left of the image above. When multiple files are being imported, the Status Bar will display the overall percentage of the multiple tracks that has been computed. To make the Status Bar display the percentage completion of a particular track, move the mouse over that track.

Recording length

When recording, the audio data is written to your hard disk. For example, if you just press the red Record button without having yet saved a Project, it's written to Audacity's temporary folder. Therefore, the amount of time you can record for is limited by the available disk space on the drive you are writing to. Audacity lets you know the amount of time you can record for based on that remaining space, giving a clear indication in the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen as to how much time you can record for:

The time remaining depends on the current space on the drive, and on the quality (sample rate and sample format/bit depth) you are recording at.

What else does the Status Bar do?

Rolling over various elements of the GUI the Status Bar displays the same text as the rollover but not consistently and not for all element of the GI (details TBP later as I research this). Most of these are not really "statuses" but merely identity information - so the nomenclature "Status Bar" is not exactly accurate (it doesn't do "what is says on the tin".

Statuses

Mixer Toolbar Playback and recording volumes are helpfully displayed in the Status Bar

Information only

Transport Toolbar Status Bar displays the same as hover helps: Pause (P) Play()/Loop Play (Shift and Space) - should say: Play(Space)/Loop Play (Shift and Space) Stop () : should say Stop (Space) - and sometimes says: Stop () (disabled) what is that all about Skip to Start (Home) Skip to End (End) Record (R) / Append Record (Shift + R)

Gale 12Aug14: Nonetheless "Status Bar" seems to be correct terminology - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_bar .

Gale 12Aug14: "Actual Rate" when recording is the rate communicated by the sound card to Audacity. "Actual Rate" when playing should be the rate communicated by Audacity to the sound card.

Hey this is MY user page - a work in progress - that's why the summit notes say "WIP ignore" - so we don't get edit conflicts (there is no suitable locking when pages are being edited) :-)