Hi Claire,
With overdub enabled, then when you record, Audacity also plays back any
existing tracks. You can change the setting for this either in the
transport options sub menu of the transport menu, or in the recording
category of the preferences dialog.
With playthrough enabled, when you record, Audacity also plays back the
audio which it is recording. The setting for this is in the same places as
the setting for overdub.
I'll go through the steps which Andrew has suggested:
1. Import or open your introductory music. This is the first track.
2. Move the cursor to when you want your speech to start. One way of moving
the cursor to that position is to press spacebar to start playback, and
then press the letter X when you get to that position. Playback stops and
the cursor is placed at that point.
3. Press Shift + R to record in a new track. The recorded audio is inserted
into a new track starting at the cursor position. If the overdub option is
enabled, you will be able to hear the music track when you are recording.
Hope this helps resolve the confusion,
David.
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 10:15, Claire Potter <claire.potter99@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all, now I'm more confused than before! Some of you are saying one
thing and others another, what exactly, in simple steps, do I need to do?
And what on earth is this playthrough thing and overdub?
Warm regards, Claire Potter, Check out my brand new website:
www.pottersplace.me.uk
On 31 Oct 2018, at 09:21, David Bailes <drbailes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Andrew,
when you say "please disregard suggestions to turn on overdub", I presume
you mean playthrough? (smile),
David.
On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 21:58, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Claire
Please disregard suggestions to turn on overdub. As David B mentioned,
it is not necessary for what you are wanting to do. As David E said,
pressing r will create a track if none exist and start recording on it.
Pressing r again will append to that track. Pressing shift-r will create a
second, third, fourth etc track and start recording on that freshly created
track.
Importantly, when you start recording on a second track, by default you
will hear what you recorded on the first track. As Ted suggested,
headphones will be necessary to avoid a jumbled mess.
For your current project, import the music into Audacity. Then move by
whatever means you choose to the point where you want to start recording
your voice. At that point, press shift-r to start recording. You will
hear the music while you record. It will pull down the level of the music
as you talk. Or you may prefer to adjust levels – depends on the effect
you want.
A couple of other useful commands to keep in mind. Shift-s solos the
current track (plays it and no others). Shift-u mutes the current track.
Happy podcasting.
Andrew
One Audacity feature you may find useful in this situation is Autoducking
under the effects menu.
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Claire Potter
*Sent:* Wednesday, 31 October 2018 4:49 AM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Recording and listening at the same time
Hi, i'm really confused, how can I check if overdub is on, both my
screenreaders, I use NVDA and Jaws don't tell me. When I go to load the
track and press r then n nothing at all happens.
Warm regards, Claire Potter, Check out my brand new website:
www.pottersplace.me.uk
On 30 Oct 2018, at 17:05, Ella Yu <ellaxyu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Turn on overdub (I think it's in the transport mccu). This allows you to
listen to a track while recording on top of it. Wear earphones to listen
for best results. Once you press R to record with the file you want to
listen to loaded, press N for "new track" and press space bar to play the
track. You may speak when you need to.
----- Original Message -----
From: Claire Potter <claire.potter99@xxxxxxxxx
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:31:35 +0000
Subject: [audacity4blind] Recording and listening at the same time
Hi all, I have yet another question for you all. I have a music track
which I need to use, but I need to record some speech over it, this is to
create a podcast intro, does anyone know if it is possible for me to hear
the music track while recording my speech? the speech will not need to
start until around the middle of the track. Thank you in advance.
Warm regards, Claire Potter, Check out my brand new website:
www.pottersplace.me.uk
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