Voice recording; pausing and restarting on the same track

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Voice recording; pausing and restarting on the same track

Post by Granpoh » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:32 pm

Hello

When I record voice into Audacity and am forced to pause and restart in the middle of the track to delete a mistake, etc. how do I get it to where when I start recording again, it gets appended to that same track instead of opening up another track beginning where the last one ended. I know that they all get mixed together when saving, but I don't like having 20 different tracks open, as it gets confusing.

Thanks for all help.

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Re: Voice recording; pausing and restarting on the same trac

Post by waxcylinder » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:00 pm

In 1.2 you can't do this.

In 1.3 (and the upcoming 1.4) you can by hitting Shift+Record or Shift+R - I find this very useful in 1.3 when flipping over an LP to record the second side.

The Beta is actually pretty stable now - so you might want to consider moving to 1.3

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Re: Voice recording; pausing and restarting on the same trac

Post by steve » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:17 pm

How about just marking the position of the mistake with Ctrl+M then carrying on and when you have finished, go back and correct all the mistakes.
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Re: Voice recording; pausing and restarting on the same trac

Post by Granpoh » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:19 pm

That's what I needed to know. I may just take your advice and make the 1.3 transistion.

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Re: Voice recording; pausing and restarting on the same trac

Post by Granpoh » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:22 pm

stevethefiddle wrote:How about just marking the position of the mistake with Ctrl+M then carrying on and when you have finished, go back and correct all the mistakes.
That's helpful advice too. I didn't know I could do that. Thanks Steve

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