How do you record beginning from where you left off?

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shroud
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How do you record beginning from where you left off?

Post by shroud » Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:51 pm

When I press record again it seems to record on a different track from the beginning, and then when I play back it plays both recordings at the same time.
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Re: How do you record beginning from where you left off?

Post by steve » Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:44 pm

2 ways:
1) Press the Pause button (or "P" key) rather than the Stop button if you just want to pause the recording and then resume.
2) If you need to "Stop" then resume, use Shift + R to "append record".(also available in the Transport menu).
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Re: How do you record beginning from where you left off?

Post by shroud » Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:15 am

Thank you. How do the same on Mac?
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Re: How do you record beginning from where you left off?

Post by kozikowski » Wed Sep 24, 2014 6:53 am

P, Stop, and Shift-R work on all three computers.
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Re: How do you record beginning from where you left off?

Post by shroud » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:53 am

I did that on Mac and it suddenly played back a second of what I just recorded as I was recording.
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Re: How do you record beginning from where you left off?

Post by Gale Andrews » Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:37 am

shroud wrote:I did that on Mac and it suddenly played back a second of what I just recorded as I was recording.
I think you are describing a known Audacity bug. Try turning Overdub off (in the Transport Menu). Does that work for you?

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