New track on the fly.

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New track on the fly.

Post by amateur » Wed May 05, 2010 11:18 am

Has any one found out ho0w to create a new track "on the fly"

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by Irish » Wed May 05, 2010 1:26 pm

Depends on what you mean by "on the fly"

Clicking the Record button or pressing "R" will start recording on a new track, but it will not work if you are already recording a track or playing back an already-recorded track.

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by amateur » Wed May 05, 2010 2:48 pm

Irish wrote:Depends on what you mean by "on the fly"

Clicking the Record button or pressing "R" will start recording on a new track, but it will not work if you are already recording a track or playing back an already-recorded track.

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Many thanks - what I would like to do is continue my recording on a new track, without stopping.

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by kozikowski » Wed May 05, 2010 2:52 pm

Even if you do get that to work, depending on settings, Audacity will try to play your old track while you're recording the new one.

Why do you need this? There may be another way around it.

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by amateur » Wed May 05, 2010 3:02 pm

kozikowski wrote:Even if you do get that to work, depending on settings, Audacity will try to play your old track while you're recording the new one.

Why do you need this? There may be another way around it.

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When recording a newspaper for blind listeners, it would be convenient to commence a new track at the end of an article, without closing the first, so that the readers keep "the flow".

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by kozikowski » Wed May 05, 2010 4:31 pm

Can't you do that with Labels? I thought there was a hotkey you could use to put labels into a performance during capture. Then you can Export according to the labels and get a performance with "chapter markers" as well as a continuous performance if nobody hits stop.

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by amateur » Thu May 06, 2010 12:16 pm

kozikowski wrote:Can't you do that with Labels? I thought there was a hotkey you could use to put labels into a performance during capture. Then you can Export according to the labels and get a performance with "chapter markers" as well as a continuous performance if nobody hits stop.

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Very many thanks with your suggestions. I'm off to try them out.

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Re: New track on the fly.

Post by waxcylinder » Thu May 06, 2010 12:27 pm

kozikowski wrote: ... I thought there was a hotkey you could use to put labels into a performance during capture.
Use CTRL+M to mark the current playing/recording position

Or you can click your cursor on a particular point while recording/playing and press CTRL+B to mark the cursor position

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