Audio editor with auto record
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 16 posts since 19 Mar, 2006 from Frankfurt, Germany
Does anybody know an audio editor software that can record input only when signal is present? I love this feature in Image-Line's Edison but it lacks some other things in standalone mode, so I am looking for an alternative.
The software should only start recording when audio input is present, then pause afterwards and automatically continue recording when it gets input again.
The software should only start recording when audio input is present, then pause afterwards and automatically continue recording when it gets input again.
- KVRian
- 1466 posts since 1 Jan, 2005 from Norway
Hi!
Stian
Hmmm, I guess Acoustica (http://acondigital.com/products/acoustica-audio-editor/) almost does what you need (even the free Basic Edition). It starts and stops automatically (see "Timer record" in the recording dialog), but unfortunately, it doesn't restart the recording when a signal is present again. The auto-pause option would be an easy feature to implement, though. Maybe something I should consider...audiosync wrote:Does anybody know an audio editor software that can record input only when signal is present? I love this feature in Image-Line's Edison but it lacks some other things in standalone mode, so I am looking for an alternative.
The software should only start recording when audio input is present, then pause afterwards and automatically continue recording when it gets input again.
Stian
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 16 posts since 19 Mar, 2006 from Frankfurt, Germany
I know most people probably have no need for that feature, but it is great for recording in the background while experimenting with some plugins and use the recorded material for cutting interesting parts afterwards.
I often have to load files or set up some parameters in between where no sound is playing. With this option I never needed to cut out big parts of silence or had too big files from those 'jam-sessions'…
I indeed had a look at your editor today because it's been a while since I first used it but still remembered it! Btw the only one that I gave a try before asking - Interesting that you are coming up with an answer
I often have to load files or set up some parameters in between where no sound is playing. With this option I never needed to cut out big parts of silence or had too big files from those 'jam-sessions'…
I indeed had a look at your editor today because it's been a while since I first used it but still remembered it! Btw the only one that I gave a try before asking - Interesting that you are coming up with an answer
- KVRian
- 1466 posts since 1 Jan, 2005 from Norway
I see how this could be useful and I'll try to get it in as soon as possible. As I said, it's not a big deal to implement. We're just about to release version 6, and things are a bit hectic, but I'll see what I can do.audiosync wrote:I know most people probably have no need for that feature, but it is great for recording in the background while experimenting with some plugins and use the recorded material for cutting interesting parts afterwards.
I often have to load files or set up some parameters in between where no sound is playing. With this option I never needed to cut out big parts of silence or had too big files from those 'jam-sessions'…
Funny coincidence... Thanks for checking out Acoustica!audiosync wrote:I indeed had a look at your editor today because it's been a while since I first used it but still remembered it! Btw the only one that I gave a try before asking - Interesting that you are coming up with an answer
Stian
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 16 posts since 19 Mar, 2006 from Frankfurt, Germany
Say stian,
another thing i found while fooling around: it seems that I cannot drag samples from Acoustica and drop it into my DAW. Did i do something wrong here or is that impossible?
another thing i found while fooling around: it seems that I cannot drag samples from Acoustica and drop it into my DAW. Did i do something wrong here or is that impossible?
- KVRian
- 1466 posts since 1 Jan, 2005 from Norway
You are not doing anything wrong. Unfortunately, it is not possible to drag content from Acoustica and drop it in another host (separate process).audiosync wrote:Say stian,
another thing i found while fooling around: it seems that I cannot drag samples from Acoustica and drop it into my DAW. Did i do something wrong here or is that impossible?
Stian
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- KVRist
- 150 posts since 18 Jul, 2005 from Australia
You can do this with the "Save live output to disk" feature in Reaper. Just set the threshold in the "Don't save when below" option and it will act as a level-activated recorder. I wrote a brief description of how to do this here:audiosync wrote:The software should only start recording when audio input is present, then pause afterwards and automatically continue recording when it gets input again.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep10/a ... p-0910.htm
Cheers,
Malcolm.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 16 posts since 19 Mar, 2006 from Frankfurt, Germany
Nice tut, thanks for the info. Although it's too much steps for my kind of workflow.5.1 wrote:You can do this with the "Save live output to disk" feature in Reaper. Just set the threshold in the "Don't save when below" option and it will act as a level-activated recorder. I wrote a brief description of how to do this here:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep10/a ... p-0910.htm
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- KVRist
- 86 posts since 7 Nov, 2012 from Philadelphia
Goldwave does this as well.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 16 posts since 19 Mar, 2006 from Frankfurt, Germany
OMG, that still looks like Win 3.11!feralsystems wrote:Goldwave does this as well.
Those editors all seem not to support drag&drop - I didn't expect that.
How free is Geist in getting samples to other applications? I don't want to save and import wav files all the time and anyway I think it is a little oversized to be used as sample editor only...
Guess I will stick with Edison which seems to have fewest drawbacks for my purpose.