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 <http://www.pottersplace.me.uk>
On 30 Oct 2018, at 17:05, Ella Yu <ellaxyu@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ellaxyu@xxxxxxxxx>
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