Recording at start of mono track

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RobS120
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Recording at start of mono track

Post by RobS120 » Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:02 am

I have Audacity 2.4.2 in Windows 10 Pro in a new laptop. In prior use of Audacity I would open a track I want to record against, click on "track" then "add new" then "mono", place the cursor at the start of the new mono track, hit "record" and record my new track while listening to the loaded track. With my new laptop and Audacity 2.4.2, the recording starts at the end of the loaded track, no matter what settings I try (including "record new track"). Any ideas? Thank you. Rob S.
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by steve » Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:46 am

There's no need to "Add New". Just click the "<<" (rewind) button to get the play cursor to the start of the track, then "Shift + Record button" (or "Shift + R") to record to a new track.
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by RobS120 » Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:24 pm

Doesn't work still. Still starts recording at end of imported track that I want to record to. Help! Thank you. Rob S.
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by steve » Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:09 pm

Perhaps your "Shift" key doesn't work :?
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by RobS120 » Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:55 pm

Shift key works fine. It seems that cursor goes automatically to end of imported track whenever recording starts. Any ideas?
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by steve » Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:04 pm

Did you "rewind" to the start before pressing "Shift + R"?
The "Home" key will rewind to start.
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by jeffm » Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:22 pm

If your device panel is set to "2 (Stereo) Recording Channels", Audacity will not record on a mono track. It will default to the end of the first stereo track.
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by RobS120 » Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:41 am

JeffM. You are BRILLIANT! That solved the problem. Thank you! Thank you!!
Now to get the forehead dents out of my computer screen.....
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Re: Recording at start of mono track

Post by jeffm » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:15 am

Glad I could help. I had the same problem :)
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