How to have the mic trigger the record?

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How can I have it in record mode, but it doesn’t record unless a certain amount of level is detected through the microphone? Sort of like a gate triggering it to record.

Thanks,

cga

2

Audacity doesn’t do live production well. Or at all. You’re restricted to record, pause, and stop. After you get your track, then you can do silence-sense, auto silence deletion, and all sorts of tricks.

Several people have advanced the idea for dictation tools and I believe there is a New Feature thread for that. That sounds like it might include the tools you need.

Koz

3

IIRC from reading the Wiki - it may be that the developers are considering putting in a feature for signal activated recording.

WC

4

Thanks for the help. I guess I’ll figure something else out.