splitting/inserting

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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I have already a track. I want to play the track, at certain point pause, record my own voice, add this to the original track at the point I paused, then continue listening to the original track (from the point I left it + my addition), then pause again, insert my voice again and so on. I am talking about splitting/inserting/splitting/inserting, not overlapping . How can I do it easily?

Yannis
Audacity 2.0.5 (from .exe file), Windows 7.

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  • Launch Audacity
  • “File > Import > Audio” to import the file that you wish to work with.
  • Shift+A can be used to start and stop playback, but unlike using spacebar to start and stop, when you use shift+A to stop, the cursor remains at the place that playback stopped. So when playback gets to the point where you want to insert your own words and press shift+A to stop.
  • Ctrl+I to split the recording at the cursor position.
  • F5 to switch to the Time Shift tool.
  • Drag the audio on the right of the split to the right to make room for your new recording.
  • “R” to start recording then spacebar to stop.
  • Drag the audio from the right hand part of first track so that it matches up with your new recording.
  • F1 key to switch back to the normal selection tool.
  • Click on the first track at the point where you want to resume playback.
  • Press spacebar (or shift+A) to resume playback, the shift+A to stop at the next insert point.
  • Ctrl + I to split the recording at the cursor position.
  • F5 to switch to the Time Shift tool.
  • Drag the audio on the right of the split to the right to make room for your new recording.
  • Press Enter, the the down cursor key, then Enter so that the second track is selected
  • Shift+R to record your next bit.

and so on.

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Thank you for your help.
However, when I press Shift-I get a pop-up message:
“device information is not available”
I tried on two different Windows 7 computers (Home premium and Professional), same error.
What should I do?

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Steve made a small typo when he wrote out the steps. He meant CTRL + I. I’ve updated his steps.

SHIFT + I opens a dialogue where you should be able to change the input (recording) device. However the message indicates you don’t have any available recording devices, so you will have to fix that before you can record.

Right-click over the speaker icon by the system clock, then choose “Recording Devices”. Right-click over empty space and choose “Show Disabled Devices”. Right-click again and “Show Disconnected Devices”. Then right-click over each device and choose “Enable” if that is an option. See here for more help: Missing features - Audacity Support .


Gale

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Oops. Yes I meant Ctrl+I. Thanks Gale.