Hi, i’m trying to record a lecture of myself. This is my first ever try to record something with audacity, till now i was using audacity only to edit audio files. i’ve few questions about recording, please help me out. -
is there a way to pause the recording and turn off my pc and after 1- or 2-days start recording again from exact same point where i left it? also is it possible to take such breaks any much and any no of times i want?
can i see the waveform of recording audio during recording? if so, is there a way to during recording/pausing the recording, i can add some kind of name/description to a certain region of recording track to mark that region for editing later on can i do such named marked on multiple regions of recording track? it’s like using labeled regions during editing a waveform. I need it so that after finishing my recording i can easily identify the regions on the waveform of recorded track to be edited later on.
also, i always save my result audio after editing as 16-bit wav format. what format should i choose for recorded audio for lossless quality and don’t take much space just like 16-bit wav?
can i edit that recording track on real time? like if during recording i said something wrong mistakenly, can i pause the recording, cut out the unwanted part of recording and again carry on the recording from there?
if any of those features not available with audacity, please let me know if there’s any software (preferably free of cost) which can do that. Thank you.
If you save the project, then you can exit Audacity, shut down your computer, then re-open the project later and continue working on it. This is pretty much the same as with any other app - Save your work, then shut down the application properly, and you can then open the saved worked later and continue working on it.
Sure, just look at it. What’s the problem?
To get the terminology correct; you “Export” as 16-bit WAV.
Audacity works with “projects” (AUP3 files in current versions of Audacity). Projects contain more than just audio. They may also contain labels, “Note Tracks”, a “Time track”, track names, meta-data, multiple tracks, multiple audio clips, and certain settings for Audacity. When you “save” a project, all of this additional data is saved in the AUP3 file. In contrast, when you “Export audio”, any non-muted audio data in the project is copied into an audio file.
As Trebor wrote, FLAC format has the same audio quality as WAV, but only requires around half the amount of disk space. The space saving is the result of “lossless data compression” (similar to how ZIP archives are usually smaller than the data they contain).
Yes. Just press the “Stop” button (or press “Space”) to stop the recording. Make the edit, then press the “Record” button to continue recording.
Experienced users often record first and then edit later, but it’s a personal choice which approach you take.
yes Sorry i meant Export. tyvm sir. Btw, is there a way to during recording/pausing the recording, i can add some kind of name/description to a certain region of recording track to mark that region for editing later on can i do such named marked on multiple regions of recording track? it’s like using labeled regions during editing a waveform. I need it so that after finishing my recording i can easily identify the regions on the waveform of recorded track to be edited later on.
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Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:49 pm
2) can i see the waveform of recording audio during recording?
Sure, just look at it. What’s the problem?
The waveforms only display the loudest 25dB or so of the recording. Home microphones tend to record low volume (to keep you out of trouble) and if you have a quiet recording voice, there may not be any visible waves.
That doesn’t mean everything is OK, the blue waves should peak about half-way or 50% for healthy recordings.
If the volume is too low, you may have a noisy presentation when you boost it later for delivery.
50% waves correspond to -6dB on the bouncing sound meter.
