User Guide

CHP. 9 RECORDING AUDIO
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Recording
You may record into an empty track, a time selection, an event, or a combination of time and event
selection. Vegas adds the recording to the timeline as new take and saves it to a media file on your hard
drive.
Vegas also supports triggering recording from MIDI timecode.
Recording into an empty track
1. Select a track. Alternately, to record to a new track, choose Audio Track from the Insert menu.
2. Place the cursor on the timeline where you want to begin recording.
3. Arm the track by clicking the Arm for Record button ( ) on the track.
If this is the first time you arm a track for recording in this project, Vegas prompts you to identify the
location where the new audio files will be saved. For more information, see Arming the track for recording on
page 145.
4. Start recording by clicking the Record button ( ) on the transport bar.
Depending on the recording selection, a waveform is created along the timeline as you record into the
armed track(s).
5. Stop recording by clicking the Record button ( ) again or the Stop button ( ) on the transport bar.
6. A small dialog opens displaying the name and location of the file or files that were just created. Click
Done to return to the main workspace.
Note: The Recorded Files dialog does not appear if you are
triggering from MIDI timecode, as this would interrupt the
synchronizing. Instead, files are automatically named and
saved according to your preferences.
Start/stop Stop recording
recording
Recorded waveform
Delete—removes selected file
Rename—changes the name of a selected file
Delete All—removes all files in dialog
Done—returns to track view
When a check mark appears in this box,
Vegas displays this dialog after
each recording session.