Program is cutting out silence in recording

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abmasnd
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Program is cutting out silence in recording

Post by abmasnd » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:02 pm

When I play back a speech I've recorded, it seems the program is cutting out the natural silence/breath between spoken phrases. What is that called on Audacity so I can adjust it or how can I fix it? Does this happed during recording or during playback? Thanks for any help.
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Re: Program is cutting out silence in recording

Post by kozikowski » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:32 pm

Audacity 1.3 has a Preference called Smart Recording. You can turn that off. Restart Audacity.

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Re: Program is cutting out silence in recording

Post by abmasnd » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:04 pm

Thank you for your suggestion, but I have searched and cannot find "Smart Recording" anywhere on my 1.3.11 beta verson of audacity. Maybe it's called something else?
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Re: Program is cutting out silence in recording

Post by Trebor » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:42 pm

abmasnd wrote:... Maybe it's called something else?
Possibly "sound activated recording" ...
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Don't tick the box I've coloured yellow.
If it is ticked Audacity will not record, ("cut out"), some of the silence between sounds when recording.
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