Record New Track (Shift + R) Not Working

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JDFarrugia
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Record New Track (Shift + R) Not Working

Post by JDFarrugia » Mon May 25, 2020 5:16 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Audacity and I'm trying to record over an already existing track. I can record a new recording in an empty project but once I try and add a new recording using Shift+R nothing happens...a new track is created but that's it. Originally I got an error about track latency which I fixed by going to Edit> Preferences> Devices and changed the Track Shift After Record to 0mm under Latency. That stopped the error message but nothing else.

Can anyone help? I'm using version 2.2.2 on a Chromebook (using Linux apps option).

Thanks!

JD
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Re: Record New Track (Shift + R) Not Working

Post by steve » Mon May 25, 2020 5:24 pm

Does Linux support on Chromebook support duplex audio? ("duplex" = bidirectional at the same time)
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Re: Record New Track (Shift + R) Not Working

Post by JDFarrugia » Thu May 28, 2020 6:48 pm

HI Steve

Actually figured it out in the end. Just needed to change the speaker to "samplerate" (see screenshot)... whatever that means
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Re: Record New Track (Shift + R) Not Working

Post by steve » Thu May 28, 2020 7:35 pm

JDFarrugia wrote: ↑
Thu May 28, 2020 6:48 pm
 Actually figured it out in the end. Just needed to change the speaker to "samplerate" (see screenshot)... whatever that means
Well done figuring that out.
What that means is that there is something seriously weird about the sound system for Linux apps on Chromebook. (It doesn't actually make sense, but if it works, use it).
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Re: Record New Track (Shift + R) Not Working

Post by JDFarrugia » Fri May 29, 2020 9:04 am

:/ That's concerning... but ah well... at least it's working as you say
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