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_lauri_
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June 9, 2011
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Horizontal scrolling speed

  • June 9, 2011
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Hello,

is there a way to adjust horizontal scrolling speed (shift+scrollwheel)? In default settings I find it unusable slow.

And by the way, is there a way to search just one forum here?

Regards,

- Lauri

    Correct answer _durin_

    Hi lauri,

    I get it.  When zoomed in and scrolling horizontally in the waveform view (either using a scroll wheel that supports horizontal scrolling or by holding SHIFT while scrolling up/down) you would like the step size for each "click" of the wheel to be larger so that you can scroll more quickly.  There's no preference for this at this time, though I'll be happy to put in a feature request to accomodate this.  As a workaround for now, you can click on either side of the orange "view" box in the waveform preview above the ruler, or grab the orange box and drag it where you would like to view more quickly.

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    Kizzume
    Kizzume
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2016

    The only "workaround" that I can find, which isn't really much of a workaround and it's making me consider switching back to Audacity, is holding CTRL and using the arrow/cursor keys.  It's certainly faster than the ridiculously stupid slow CTRL+SHIFT scrollwheel option.

    Something as important as scrolling through a zoomed-in sample I would think would be considered one of the most important options in a sample editor, but apparently it's not important at all.  Clicking on the thing on the top and moving the mouse left and right results in a single-pixel of movement moving an entire screen's worth of scrolling.

    So yeah, CTRL and the arrow/cursor keys seems to be the only decent option for this.

    ryclark
    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    November 22, 2016

    Kizzume_Fowler wrote:

    The only "workaround" that I can find, which isn't really much of a workaround and it's making me consider switching back to Audacity, is holding CTRL and using the arrow/cursor keys. It's certainly faster than the ridiculously stupid slow CTRL+SHIFT scrollwheel option.

    Something as important as scrolling through a zoomed-in sample I would think would be considered one of the most important options in a sample editor, but apparently it's not important at all. Clicking on the thing on the top and moving the mouse left and right results in a single-pixel of movement moving an entire screen's worth of scrolling.

    So yeah, CTRL and the arrow/cursor keys seems to be the only decent option for this.

    Audition isn't really a 'Sample' editor, it is an audio file editor. But, although it is useful at times to be able to zoom to sample level, that is not really what Audition is all about.

    Kizzume
    Kizzume
    Inspiring
    December 29, 2016

    LOL Sounds like semantics to me.  What's the difference between a "sample editor" and an "audio file editor"?  LOL

    Well, you know, I didn't drive a car, I drove an automobile. LOL

    If I've made an "audio file" that I want to clean up, it's nice if I can scroll to the appropriate areas without hassle.  A free program such as Audacity shouldn't be better than a paid program, in my opinion.  People have obviously been asking about this for a while (for years).

      georgiv
      georgiv
      Participant
      September 8, 2016

      Hi,

      I also stumbled upon this old old thread searching for the same problem. This is so unreal that it hasn't been addressed for so long. If anyone from Adobe is following the thread or sees it can you please add this as a future update to Audition?

      Thanks

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        DYECASTING
        Participant
        April 8, 2016

        My standard scroll mouse is terribly slow (micro steps). I can't believe after all these years, they still haven't made a setting for this in Audition. #adobefail

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        RenderKick
        Participating Frequently
        February 22, 2016

        Wow. I've just come across this FOUR year old thread in the hope that there might be a way to fix this! Trying to scroll the timeline left and right is excrutiatingly slow and it's costing me precious time. Jeez Adobe if people have been asking for four years, it's probably about time you pull your finger out and implement a workaround for this! Using the zoom bar widget as suggested is absolutely useless if your edit is more than five minutes long, as the widget decreases to about a 1mm wide. A simple hand tool like you have in virtually every other application in your suite would suffice. Please fix this soon or my company will be finding another audio editing tool.

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          RenderKick
          Participating Frequently
          February 22, 2016

          If anyone else encounters this issue, I have actually just found that if you hover the mouse just above the timecodes at the top of the work area, a hand icon does in fact appear that will allow you to pan left and right fluidly :-)

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            GenerationDill
            Participant
            August 24, 2015

            it's been 4 years since this very basic feature to be able to adjust scrolling speeds STILL hasn't been implemented. It's incredibly frustrating that this unusably slow horizontal scroll speed is literally the only thing ruining my workflow. Why not bump a request as simple but crucial as this to priority instead of adding more useless bloat to the software.

              adamg12061249
              adamg12061249
              Participant
              October 6, 2015

              I am on board with this idea as well - it's rather unfortunate that I've stumbled across this 4+ year old thread after recently beginning to use Audition for training videos for my company, and discovering that it's still unresolved. It makes me sad.

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                covcolorado
                Participating Frequently
                January 20, 2016

                Here is another vote for the same.

                NateLikesTea_OLD
                NateLikesTea_OLD
                Participant
                July 17, 2015

                +1 as well for scroll speed option.  As many have said, it's quite unusable at its current tiny increments.

                There have been very useful posts in this chain talking about ProTools and Audacity's logarithmic horizontal scrolling; it'd be best to emulate those navigation styles.

                Thanks!

                  SteveG_AudioMasters_
                  Community Expert
                  SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
                  Community Expert
                  June 30, 2011

                  _lauri_ wrote:

                  And by the way, is there a way to search just one forum here?

                  Do your general search first (not that you have a choice...) and at the top of the results page there's an 'advanced' option. In there, you get to choose where you search. Yes I know that's all the wrong way around...

                  Charles VW
                  Charles VW
                  Inspiring
                  June 30, 2011

                  What mouse or trackpad are you using?   We've noticed that it (surprisingly) makes a difference with the hardware that you use.   For example, the way the Apple Mighty Mouse queues the scroll messages makes it feel sluggish in Audition, but most other devices don't have this issue.

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                  _lauri_Author
                  Participant
                  August 5, 2011

                  Charles VW wrote:

                  What mouse or trackpad are you using?   We've noticed that it (surprisingly) makes a difference with the hardware that you use.   For example, the way the Apple Mighty Mouse queues the scroll messages makes it feel sluggish in Audition, but most other devices don't have this issue.

                  Hi,

                  and sorry for the delayed answer - have been on holiday.

                  We have tried at least three different Logitech mice on different computers (all running Win7).

                  The horizonal scrolling (shift+wheel) is not actually sluggish, it's just way too slow (meaning that you have to roll the wheel too much to get the window position to move say like a minute ahead) to be useful.

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                  johncmurphy2
                  Participant
                  January 24, 2013

                  Well it's one of the things that gets my vote too - I have some issues with waveform manipulation at high zoom levels, and the present arrangements leave you feeling almost as though you've lost control of what you are doing. Despite claims to the contrary, grabbing the timeline isn't that easy - you have to aim the mouse pretty carefully to do it, and having an alternative easy way of scrolling like this would be a major advantage - even if I have to purchase another mouse!


                  The lack of a working horizontal scroll is a deal-breaker for me. I do cleanup on audio tracks, which basically consists of hours of zooming in and out to delete the part where the speaker made a mistake. The standard idiom (ProTools) is alt+scroll wheel for zooming and shift+scroll wheel for horizontal scrolling.

                  This is a perfect example of why I never seem to be able to actually use Adobe's audio editor (used to be Soundbooth, now it's Audition). Since these products come with the Creative Suite, I always have them on my computer. So I check out each new version, hoping it will actually work, only to find something like this wrong with it.

                  I can't imagine how Adobe lets these products get through testing. Who are their users and what are they doing with this software? Obviously, not what I'm trying to do...

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