Zooming

Das Bild oben zeigt die Ansicht eines Songs, so stark verkleinert, daß man ihn komplett sehen kann. Es ist sehr hilfreich einen Überblick über das Stück von Anfang bis Ende zu bekommen. Aber es ist sehr schwierig, auf diese Weise Details zu erkennen - vielmehr sieht es aus wie ein Wald, ohne einzelne Bäume.

Entlang der Zeitachse, also "horizontal" zu vergrössern oder zu verkleinern, ist etwas, was du ständig tun wirst. Es hilft dir zum Beispiel, dich auf die ersten 15 Sekunden zu konzentrieren:

oder die letzten 15 Sekunden:

oder sogar auf den Bruchteil einer Sekunde; dabei kannst du die individuellen Audio Samples als kleine Punkte erkennen:

Manchmal kann es notwendig sein, "vertikal" zu verkleinern oder zu vergrössern, so daß du nur einen Teil der Wellenform von oben nach unten siehst, diesen aber dafür detaillierter:

Falls du die orientierung verlierst, kannst du dich an der timeline, die oben anezeigt wird, orientieren. Sie zeigt dir immer exakt wo im Song du dich gerade befindest, welche Stunde:Minute:Sekunde.

Time Scale Zooming (Horizontally)

There are five ways to zoom:

View Menu

Use the zoom commands at the top of the View Menu:

• Zoom In: Doubles the current zoom level.
• Zoom Normal: Reverts back to Audacity's default zoom, where you can see 5 - 10 seconds at a time.
• Zoom Out: Cuts the current zoom level in half.
• Fit in Window: Zooms out just enough so that you can see the entire project.
• Fit Vertically: This doesn't actually zoom, but resizes all the tracks so they fit in the window vertically without scrolling. If you have more than about ten tracks, some scrolling up and down will still be needed, because there is a minimum track height which cannot be reduced further.
• Zoom to Selection: If you have audio selected, this zooms and scrolls so that the selection just fits in the window.

Edit Toolbar

Four of the view commands have equivalent buttons on the right of the Edit Toolbar:

• Zoom In

• Zoom Out.

• Zoom to Selection

• Fit In Window

Keyboard shortcuts

All six zoom commands have keyboard shortcut equivalents:

Zoom action	Keyboard shortcut
Zoom In	CTRL+1
Zoom Normal	CTRL+2
Zoom Out	CTRL+3
Fit in Window	CTRL+F
Fit Vertically	CTRL+SHIFT+F
Zoom to Selection	CTRL+E

Mac users: Use Command instead of CTRL.

Zoom Tool

You can get very precise control over zooming using the Zoom Tool in the Tools Toolbar:

To zoom in, position the mouse cursor over a track and left-click. To zoom out, shift-click or click the right mouse button. The mouse cursor position will remain at the click point, while the length of time visible on the timeline diminishes on either side to respect the increase in zoom level.

You can zoom in on a specific region by clicking and dragging. Position the mouse at the left edge of the region you require, click and hold the mouse button, then drag the mouse in either direction:

When you release the mouse button, Audacity will zoom in to that region so that it now fits the window:

Zooming Using the Scroll Wheel

If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can use it to zoom. Position the mouse cursor over the audio tracks, hold down the Control key on your keyboard, and scroll up to zoom in, or scroll down to zoom out.

Mac users: Hold down both Command and Control while using the scroll wheel.

Vertical zooming

Vertical zooming can be useful on occasions. No tool is required. Hover the mouse over the vertical ruler of a track, and the cursor changes to a magnifying glass, indicating you can zoom vertically:

Left-click once to zoom in at the position on the vertical scale you are interested in. This point will then be centered on the vertical scale. Shift-click or right-click to zoom out.

Alternatively, click once and hold down the mouse button, then drag to select a vertical region:

When you release the mouse button, exactly the range you selected will fit vertically inside the track height:

You can zoom in quite a bit, and zoom out by a factor of 2. Therefore it can take several shift-clicks or right-clicks to return to the normal zoom level.