Setting specific place and track for recording

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acemix94
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Setting specific place and track for recording

Post by acemix94 » Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:33 am

I'm doing an overdub project and had a question regarding how to specifically tell Audacity what place and track to start recording. Let's say I want to start recording at 1:50 specifically in Track 2. (Track 2 has material in it, but only earlier in the project. It's empty at 1:50.) I put the cursor at 1:50, but when when I do "Shift/Record," it starts at the right place, but on a newly generated track. I don't want it on a new track, I want it on Track 2. How do I tell Audacity exactly which track to record on? Thanks!
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Re: Setting specific place and track for recording

Post by steve » Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:49 pm

If you are using the current version of Audacity (2.4.1) with standard default settings, just do "Record" rather than "Shift + Record".
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