Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.

With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio. The advantage of using a Service is that you can assign it a Keyboard Shortcut in System Preferences (see below).Audacity is a free, easy-to-use popular open source audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.Īudacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, and minidiscs.

To use this script on OSX, either paste it into AppleScript Editor and save it as a program, or use Automator to Create a Service (pictured below). Feel free to download my VO Project Template for Audacity. This script above assumes that you have 2 Audio tracks and a Label track set up in your Audacity Project (see below). Since the script relies mostly on shortcuts built into Audacity, it should be easy to port to other operating systems (like Linux or Windows). This is as close to non-destructive Punch and Roll editing that you can get in Audacity. If you improve upon this script, let me know so I can include your changes here. When activated, this script automatically cuts the audio from the cursor to the end of the VO track, places a Label at the edit point, pastes the audio to the EDIT track (in case you need it later), pre-rolls 5 seconds of your recorded audio, then starts recording again.

Keystroke 'k' using - Record from end of track As a way of giving back to the Audacity Community, I put together an AppleScript that simulates Punch and Roll.

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