Multi-track recording with Audacity
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In Audacity by default using the Record button will append record onto your existing track, see the Recording page. In order to record on a new track, for multi-track overdubbing, you will need to use Shift and the Record new track button, or use its shortcut Shift + R.; You can change this in Recording Preferences by checking 'on' the 'Record on a new track', doing this will make Audacity. Multi-track recording with Audacity Posted Oct 7, 2006 0:05 UTC (Sat) by Hawke (guest, #6978) Parent article: Multi-track recording with Audacity. The sample representation was changed to 16 bit integer mode and the audio i/o setting was changed to 2 channel (Stereo). The inability to record mono tracks is an obvious deficiency. Audacity does provide multi-channel recording, but being able to use this is very dependent upon the O/S and the sound card.
Hawke (guest, #6978)Parent article: Multi-track recording with Audacity
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The sample representation was changed to 16 bit integer mode and the audio i/o setting was changed to 2 channel (Stereo).
The inability to record mono tracks is an obvious deficiency..
So the author found the setting used to record mono tracks and then complained that it was missing? Transcribe!. WTF? In addition, you can split stereo tracks into two mono tracks or mix two mono tracks into one ('Quick mix').
The 'Play other tracks while recording new one' setting was enabled, this is the critical feature that allows 'sound-on-sound' recording.
Am I missing something or does this defeat the purpose of multi-track recording? Why would you do 'sound on sound' recording when you can record each sound as a separate track and then mix them together in software? Winamp obs app. Furthermore, this seems to be the cause of the later dropouts and latency problems the author complains of. In fact, I find it difficult to get audacity to not play back the other audio tracks while recording the new one, regardless of the setting in preferences. (On further testing it seems as if the software initializes to 'play other tracks while recording new one' but leaves the checkbox off; so checking and unchecking this preference will disable the feature.