I know how to loop PLAY (with shift+space after defining a region), but i can't find how to record while looping the region.
Precisely: I want to record multiple versions of the same vocal line in a single session, without declaring a new navyarmyccutrack everytime.
Is it even possible? If not I might change software.
How to make Audacity record in loop
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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Hammond542
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Re: How to make Audacity record in loop
Audacity can't record in a loop, though you can of course record the same thing over and over on one track.
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Re: How to make Audacity record in loop
How many times will you be recording over the loop ?
You can always just duplicate the audio manually in Audacity. This is fairly easy to do:
For example, if your entire track consists of the audio you wish to loop:
1) Use Ctrl-A to select All audio (here, were planning to loop all audio).
2) Click the Skip-to-End, then Ctrl-V to copy the original audio.
3) Repeat step 2 a total of 7 times.
4) Use mix and render to remove split marks.
5) Repeat steps 1 - 4 a couple of times.
If you start out with 1 second of audio to loop, one pass will give you 8 seconds, two passes will give you 64 seconds (about a minute). Three passes will give you 8 minutes, and Four passes will give you an hour.
I hope this helps.
You can always just duplicate the audio manually in Audacity. This is fairly easy to do:
For example, if your entire track consists of the audio you wish to loop:
1) Use Ctrl-A to select All audio (here, were planning to loop all audio).
2) Click the Skip-to-End, then Ctrl-V to copy the original audio.
3) Repeat step 2 a total of 7 times.
4) Use mix and render to remove split marks.
5) Repeat steps 1 - 4 a couple of times.
If you start out with 1 second of audio to loop, one pass will give you 8 seconds, two passes will give you 64 seconds (about a minute). Three passes will give you 8 minutes, and Four passes will give you an hour.
I hope this helps.