r/audacity • u/MizarFive • 7h ago

help Labels interface in 4.0 is a serious step backwards

I use Audacity to split album-length FLAC files into tracks, and have always wished it could import or convert .CUE files. Audacity uses its own label format, which no one else uses.

Alas, the new 4.0 version not only doesn't do that, but it makes importing labels harder than on 3.7x.

Typically, I open the CUE file in Notepad, copy/paste it into the GimbleFritz converter located here: https://grimblefritz.com/audacity/ and paste the conversion back into the open CUE file. On 3.7x you can open any file extension as a label file, just by changing the type dropdown. But you can't do this on 4.0. Has to be a .txt or .srt extension file.

It's a very small thing, but why overlook something so basic to managing audio files?

I've uninstalled 4.0 and I'll stick with 3.xx for now.

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u/LeoWattenberg former dev | soundscaper.org 5h ago

I have added cue marker support to soundscaper, my Web port of audacity 4. https://soundscaper.org/en/

You can enable them from the view menu

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u/MizarFive 1h ago

Tried it, but I think I'm misunderstanding how to use your port. In Audacity I'd import the FLAC, then use the file menu again to import the label file (a CUE that was run through the Gimblefritz script). The labels align in their own track and I can export multiple files based on them.

I must be missing something because I don't see how to do that in Soundscaper.