I am new to Audacity, running version 2.0.6 on Linux(Debian Jessie). I am trying to record a short audio test of 2 seconds. Following the instructions in the audacity manual Record Page:
I choose the time range in the Selection Toolbar.
Press Shift+R
The track is recorded from the selected start point, but does not stop at the end of the 2 second period. I certainly have overdub switched off. I noticed reports of problems with timer record and I am now wondering if this is the same issue?
Any help to get this working will be much appreciated.
Drag-select a region in an existing audio track - or > choose the time range to be recorded in Selection Toolbar> .
I confirm that using the simple steps you outline do not work.
Open new project
turn overdub off
use the Selection Toolbar to select from 0-2 seconds
Press R or Shift+R
Recording does not stop at two seconds.
It does work if you do already have an existing audio track and then use the Selection Toolbar to create a two second section (which can even be beyond the end of the existing audio)
I am not sure if this is a bug (or whether it is intended behavior and we have got the Manual wrong).
@Steve, Bill, Koz - what are your thoughts on this please
@whalesong: The Timer Record problems, with timed recordings not finishing on time, have now been resolved and the latest versions of Audacity work properly with Timer Record stopping at the set time.
Workaround is to add new empty audio track (or even an empty label track) before making the selection in the Selection Toolbar at step 3 - then the time set in the Selection Tollbar will be honoured for the recording.
That’s NOT working for me in Audacity 2.3.2 alpha.
It’s a bug.
We’ve had this conversation before on QA and decided that recording should stop at the end of the selection. This works in Audacity 2.1.2, so it’s a regression.
However, Gale Andrews disagreed in 2014 and marked it as “not a bug” https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723
I’ve reopened this bug report as this really does need to be resolved one way or the other.
I have done a lot more testing on both W10 and Mac Mojave - and now finfd that If I properly follw the instructions in the Manual then this works properly:
Open new project
turn overdub off
use the Selection Toolbar to select from 0-2 seconds