User Guide
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RECORDING AUDIO CHP. 9
Recording into a time selection
By making a time selection, you specify where along the
timeline to record. The time selection also determines how
long Vegas records. Any selected events that occur within
the time selection are split and the recorded data is placed
into the time selection. For more information, see Recording
into an event with a time selection on page 149.
Vegas displays the event’s waveform as it is recorded and automatically stops recording when the cursor
reaches the end of the time selection.
Recording into an event
By recording into an event, you automatically create a new take containing the recorded material that is the
same duration as the selected event. The edges of the selected event serve as the punch-in and -out points
that Vegas uses for recording. Recording into an event allows you to establish a pre-roll before recording,
which gives you time to prepare before recording starts.
Because Vegas saves the entire recording to the media file (not just the material between the edges of the
take), you are not limited to the recorded material contained in the length of the new take. You can adjust
the edges of the event or slip the contents of the event if necessary. For more information, see Shifting the
contents of (slipping) an event on page 70.
The existing event that you record into is not affected or deleted. Instead, the event now contains two media
files, each listed as a separate take in the event. For more information, see Working with multiple recorded takes
on page 150.
1.
Place the cursor before the event to allow for pre-roll.
2.
Press and click the event to select it.
Tip:
You can record into multiple events by pressing and
making selections.
3.
Click the Arm for Record button ( ) on the event’s track. When recording into multiple selected events,
arm their respective tracks at this time.
4.
Click the Record button ( ) on the transport bar to begin recording.
5.
Click the Record button ( ) again or the Stop button ( ) on the transport bar to stop recording.
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