Hi everyone,
I’m running into a problem where whenever I re-open a saved project — even if it’s just a day old — Audacity always starts recording on a new track instead of continuing on the same one.
Here’s everything I’ve already tried:
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Unchecked “Record on a New Track” in Preferences → Recording.
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Tried both R (normal record) and Shift+Space / Append Record.
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Remapped the shortcut so R = Append Record.
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Checked Transport → Recording to confirm “Record on a New Track” is disabled.
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Verified cursor placement (at the end of the waveform vs. in empty space).
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Tried with and without Overdub enabled.
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Updated to the latest Audacity version.
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Reset preferences (deleted the config folder so it rebuilt fresh).
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Confirmed that brand-new projects work fine — this only happens when I close and reopen a project (even if it’s from the day before).
Workarounds I tested:
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Exporting audio as WAV and re-importing into a new project fixes it, but I lose my project setup.
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Mix and Render also works, but it’s an extra step I’d rather avoid.
So my question is:
Why do saved projects (even recently saved ones) always force new tracks when recording, and how can I make them respect my current recording settings permanently?
Thanks for any help!