My recording starts a new track, even if I have erased the first one. Then it plays both at once

[utter]

I set the preferences so that I can record on multiple tracks so that I could record and cut and paste something if I needed to. Now, it won’t go back to the first track even if I delete/cut the recording. Then, if I leave one audio and start another, it plays back both at once. I understand that this is more than one question. Help, please.

[jademan]

@utter

I set the preferences so that I can record on multiple tracks

Depending on your setting for Edit > Preferences > Recording > Record on a new track, R or Record or Shift(-R or -Record) will either record on a new track or append to the current track.

Delete or Mute the tracks you don’t want to hear.