Recording button triggers Pause button

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wolmar
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Recording button triggers Pause button

Post by wolmar » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:15 am

Im having a problem everytime i press the recordiing command the Pause command is automatically triggered and nothing is recorded, does anybody knows how to solve this problem

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Re: Recording button triggers Pause button

Post by steve » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:29 am

Sounds like you've accidentally enabled "Sound Activated Recording (on/off)". Look near the bottom of the "Transport" menu and deselect that option.
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