Hi Steve
The function you're asking for will be available in Audacity 2.3.0
The default shortcut is Shift+D.
It does roughly the following:
- deletes the audio right of the cursor
- plays a few seconds before the cursor (settable in preferences)
- records from the cursor until you press stop
- makes a tiny cross-fade at the cursor.
I think test versions are now ready for download.
Cheers
Robert
On 15/06/2018, steve schnelle <papaschnelle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh no! That is great information. Let me ask you something else. If you have
something recorded on the first part of the track and then go back and press
R to append recording on that track, can you listen to the part of what you
have recorded on the first part of the track, say a small lead part, and
then start recording at the end of that pre-recorded lead? Will Audacity
automaticly begin recording after the first part ends? Hope I made sents.
Steve
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 5:55 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: append record
No, not quite right I suspect. Pressing r will append to the track you are
on regardless of where the cursor is. For example, if you recorded three
minutes and then went back to the beginning of the track and pressed r
recording would commence from the three minute mark. Using the above
example, Audacity does not offer you an option for directly dropping into
record at – say – the 2 minute mark. If you wanted to add something at that
point you would have to record on a fresh track and copy and paste.
I was thinking that you wanted to play the lead over existing material. To
do that, you would go to the appropriate point and press shift-r.
Remembering that Audacity is a multi-track recorder, that would start
recording on a fresh track.
I suggest you practise with an unimportant recording before working further
on the song. As well as not having to worry about hiss when recording onto
tape, Audacity does have an undo facility. However, it is best to have a
firm understanding of what you are doing before attacking something
valuable.
Again, apologies if I have misunderstood what you are trying to do.
Andrew
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<audacity4blind-bounce@freelistsorg> On Behalf Of steve schnelle
Sent: Friday, 15 June 2018 7:53 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: append record
Thanks so much Andrew for responding. Yes, I’m using 2.2.2, Win 10 and Jaws
2018. I’m assuming you have to go to the part of the song you want to record
on, stop the track, and then press shift R to append to the track? I’ll try
that when I get home from work today. Thanks again, Steve.
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[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 10:07 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: append record
Hi Steve
I am not sure that I fully understand what you are trying to do, so
apologies if the following is off the mark. I assume you are using current
(2.2.2) or nearly current version of Audacity.
Pressing r the first time will start recording on a fresh track. Subsequent
presses of r will append to that track. I suspect what you want is shift-r,
which will start recording from the current position on a fresh track.
Therefore, if you have a song and you want to play your lead guitar at
various points, go to that point and press shift-r. Well, you probably want
to start a bit before to give yourself time to pick up the guitar. You can
replace any thumps and bumps while picking up the guitar with silence
later.
I do not use JAWS, so cannot comment on what the scripts add. My
understanding, though, is that they add some convenience features. Others
can comment further on the JAWS scripts. One of the things I particularly
like about Audacity is that it can be used with a screen reader without
having to add extras.
Andrew
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Sent: Friday, 15 June 2018 11:28 AM
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Subject: [audacity4blind] append record
I’m doing a project, and it is going well. However I’m not a good lead
guitar player and have to append to my lead track every verse. Can someone
tell me how to use the append record mode with jaws? Do you have to have the
scripts for this? I’ve been looking for a hot key for this with no success.
Thanks so much in advance. Digital recording is so exciting for me after
recording on reel to reel. No white noise, yae.
Steve
