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The idea was a special button you could press that overdub recorded for twice (or greater) the length of the selection) then stopped and played from the end of the selection. So that would be similar to resting the mouse near the end of the track, start the recording, then pressing "space"...

It's rare for Audacity developers to visit the forum, but we will try to help as far as we can.

It's quite complex and involves caching "summary" data in RAM.
src/TrackArtist.cpp is a good place to start looking.

Annabelle3985 wrote: I run Audacity 2.1.1.

That's the problem, Audacity 2.1.1 is too old. The plug-in requires Audacity 2.1.2

Here's a version that should work with Audacity 2.1.1:

By the way, I'm trying out the plugin you provided in Audacity, and I hear no sound. Which version of Audacity are you using? Have you managed to install the plug-in OK? When installed it should appear in the Generate menu. The effect has three text controls. The default settings are: Pitch of ring...

To get higher volume requires "dynamics compression". That is, reduce the difference in level between the quiet parts and the highest peaks so that the overall (average) level can be raised. There are several types of effect that can reduce the dynamics: Compressors, Multi-band Compressors...

Annabelle3985 wrote:For musical experiments, as well as to create soundscapes.

I'd be interested to hear what you come up with. If it's not commercially sensitive, you could upload the results to the Audacity Soundcloud (see this post: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 61#p253761)

I've just updated the plug-in in my previous post. The new one allows the phone to ring up to 100 times and is faster (more efficient) than the first version.

I am using Audacity to learn to speak German. First I listen to a sentence, then I say the sentence out loud, and listen. But is there a way to turn on "real time echo" so I can hear what I've said 3-4 seconds later? Even if Audacity did support a real-time echo effect, the echo would end...

I edited the topic title to make it easier to find for anyone else that is interested in such a plug-in.

Here's a plug-in that can create telephone ring type sounds, though not the same kind of 'phone as your example.
(I'd also be interested to hear what you want it for