I am trying to do a "punch in repair" but the recording is starting/adding-on at the end of the track...

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Windows 10 - Audacity 2.3.0

I am trying to do a “punch in repair” but the recording is starting/adding-on at the end of the track versus starting and ending related to the selected/highlighted part of the track. Any ideas as to what I am doing incorrectly? I am following the instructions from the below link.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_punch_in_repair_of_recordings.html

Thank you,
yeto

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…if I “don’t” hold down shift it seems to work. I must be reading the instructions incorrectly.

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What setting do you have in Recording preferences for “Record on a new track”
Recording prefs.png
This is set “off” by default - which means that Record starts recording at the end of the current track and Shift+Record records on a new track. If it’s checked “on” then the record functionality is reversed.

See:https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/recording_preferences.html

WC

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I have it checked. So are you saying that my software is working backwards related to everyone else? I just checked again. If I highlight a section of a track and click record “without” holding shift Audacity opens a new track and records only the length and just below the highlighted section of the original track.

Thank you,
yeto

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So uncheck it.

Not differemt to everyone else some people prefer it tat way - that’s why it’s a settable preference. But yes, different to Audacity’s default setting

WC

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Worked like magic. Thank you for taking time to help.

Thank you,
yeto