Autorecord cuts off first 1000ms

[smeezekitty]

Auto-record is a neat feature but it cuts off the first 500-1000ms.
Any solution?

[Gale Andrews]

Auto-record is a neat feature but it cuts off the first 500-1000ms.

Audacity doesn't have a feature called "Auto-record". If you mean Sound Activated Recording in 1.3 Beta, it doesn't have a pre-roll, so you can't do much except possibly:

• Reduce the activation level (move the slider left) at Transport > Sound Activation Level (this may or may not help)
• If you are on Windows, change the "Host" to Windows DirectSound in the Devices Preferences, which might reduce the latency
• In the Recording Preferences, reduce "Audio to buffer" slightly (this may cause dropouts) - the default is 100 ms

Gale

[smeezekitty]

Auto-record is a neat feature but it cuts off the first 500-1000ms.

Audacity doesn't have a feature called "Auto-record". If you mean Sound Activated Recording in 1.3 Beta, it doesn't have a pre-roll, so you can't do much except possibly:

That's exactly what I meant.

[*] Reduce the activation level (move the slider left) at Transport > Sound Activation Level (this may or may not help)

Does not help.

[*] If you are on Windows, change the "Host" to Windows DirectSound in the Devices Preferences, which might reduce the latency

Slightly better but still clips.

[*] In the Recording Preferences, reduce "Audio to buffer" slightly (this may cause dropouts) - the default is 100 ms [/list]

[Gale Andrews]

In the Recording Preferences, reduce "Audio to buffer" slightly (this may cause dropouts) - the default is 100 ms

Does that mean it doesn't help, or you don't know what to change? What are you recording, with what equipment, and how is it connected to the computer? I don't lose more than about 100 ms when doing Sound Activated recording. What results do you get if you do this latency test ?



Gale