Recording time in recording

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Long shot:
Is there a way to record time since the beginning of a recording as sound? I’m using WASAPI mode.
If there was a way for me speak time into recording, that may accomplish my purpose.

I’ll be transcribing an .MP3 recording using Dragon Naturally Speaking and would love to have time transcribed in.

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You can use Overdubbing. Use the mono performance as a backing track and speak into a new track. Push them together into a stereo show with performance on the left and your time reading on the right.

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

There’s also SMPTE Time Code. That’s a series of tones designed to fit on a sound track and carry either time of day or whatever time you wish.

Watch your ears.


If you pointed that sound at a time code reader, it would assure you that the time was midnight, or very close to it.

There is a time generator and a time reader. There may be software readers by now. It’s been a while.

Koz

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Thank you for your prompt reply.

I’d prefer a simpler solution. Is there a way I can go to selected spots in a recording and just speak phrases like “10 minutes”, “20 minutes”, etc over selected times in recording without even having to use the “time shift” tool? I don’t mind losing what’s on the main track when I speak these phrases.

Thanks

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What I am wondering is if I could place a cursor on an existing track and record over it for a second or so?

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Looks like I can do what I want:

  1. Change from WASAPI to “Windows Direct Sound”
  2. Place the cursor where I want to record over.
  3. SHIFT+R say my piece
  4. Spacebar to stop recording.