Recording extra tracks while hearing playback

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tonenslap
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Recording extra tracks while hearing playback

Post by tonenslap » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:30 am

Hi there,
Can you record extra tracks (layer tracks)
while hearing the first (or other) track playing back at the same time?
I'm using Audacity version 1.2.3

I've searched the forum and FAQ's to no avail

Would appreciate some guidance from those
who are experienced with this program :-)

Cheers,
Tonenslap

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Re: Recording extra tracks while hearing playback

Post by waxcylinder » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:35 pm

Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O and click on the tick box that says "play other tracks while recording new one"

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Re: Recording extra tracks while hearing playback

Post by tonenslap » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:31 pm

Hi Wax,
Wow! That simple :-)
Thanks heaps mate, much appreciated.

Regards,

Tonenslap

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Re: Recording extra tracks while hearing playback

Post by waxcylinder » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:36 pm

tonenslap wrote:Hi Wax,
Wow! That simple :-)
Yeah, but only simple when you know where to find it - as you now do - glad to have helped.

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Re: Recording extra tracks while hearing playback

Post by KennyD » Fri May 08, 2009 8:10 pm

Hi,

Using 1.3.7 in OVERDUB mode it's recording the first track again (dubbing) and the new input onto the second track. Any way I can just listen to the first track while recording the second?

Appreciate a suggestion.

Ken

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