There have been many requests for various types of "punch in"
recording, but I'm not aware of anyone previously asking for
"inserting" the new recording into an existing track. I have added
this feature request to the feature request page of the Audacity wiki.
It occurs to me that there may be a simpler way to do what you want:
1) Turn off "Overdub" in the Transport menu so that you are not
distracted by the other track.
2) Record the new bit onto a new track.
3) Select and cut the new bit
4) Paste it into the original track.
5) (optional) delete the second track (which is now empty).
Steve
On 17 July 2017 at 04:24, Ikrami <blindathlete6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you for the clarifications, I believe I am aware of these techniques,
but I was just inquiring if there is a direct way to place the cursor in the
middle of a track and start recording, and have the recorded audio inserted
at the cursor position without overwriting the rest of the audio. It turns
out that this feature is not currently implemented in Audacity, but I wander
if this is intentional to overlook this feature because the developers see
that it is not important for a multitrack audio editor?
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: recording to the middle of a track
If you want to 'replace' part of the first track, you can use "Split Delete"
to remove that part that you want to replace, then record on the second track
to fill the gap.
If you want to "insert" new audio, then you need to insert some silence into
the first track at the point where you wish to insert the new audio. There
are two ways that you can insert a gap into the first
track:
1) You can place the cursor at the relevant point and then generate some
silence (from the "Generate" menu).
2) You can place the cursor at the relevant point and then select to the end
of the track (Shift + End), Cut the selected portion (Ctrl + X), move the
cursor to the end of the desired gap, and paste (Ctr + V).
After making the gap, record the new part on the second track.
A variation on this second method is to cut the part that you want to be
after the new material, then record the new material with "Append Record",
then paste the audio that you cut on the end of the new recording.
Steve
On 17 July 2017 at 01:58, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Steve, I think I have missed something. that doesn't resolve the issue if I
understand correctly. Material recorded on the second track is not inserted
between existing material on the first track, it overlaps. In fact I get
the same result whether I use Record or Append Record (r and shift-r
respectively).
Andrew
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Fiddle
Sent: Monday, 17 July 2017 2:07 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: recording to the middle of a track
Rather than recording into the middle of an existing track, create a
new audio track, set the cursor position to where you want recording
to start and record into the new track using "Append Record". On
Export, all tracks are mixed down into a single audio file,
Steve
On 15 July 2017 at 23:35, Robert Hänggi <aarjay.robert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry, but there's no punch-in or record into time selection feature
implemented yet (nor in the next release).
Robert
On 15/07/2017, Ikrami <blindathlete6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
How can I record Audio the middle of a track in audacity. I know
that I can use the append record feature, shift + r, but this will
insert my recorded audio to the end of the currently focused track.
But what if I want to record some audio at the beginning of it or at
the middle? Is there an easy way to do it, instead of recording to a
new track and then copy paste the new audio to the required position?
Best regards
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