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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Transport Menu: Transport Options</h1>
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<div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div class="intro">This submenu lets you manage and set various options for transport (playing and recording) in Audacity.</div>
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<dl><dd><span title="DTransport Options menu"><img alt="Transport Options menu 3.4.0.png" src="../m/images/6/60/transport_options_menu_3.4.0.png" width="646" height="368" /></span></dd></dl>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Set_sound_activation_level_.C2.A0">Set sound activation level  <font size="-1"></font></span></h2>
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<dl><dd><span title="Dialog for setting Sound Activation Level"><img alt="Sound Activation Level W10 3-0-0.png" src="../m/images/f/fd/sound_activation_level_w10_3_0_0.png" width="431" height="132" /></span></dd></dl>
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<p>Sets the activation level above which <a href="playing_and_recording.html#sar" title="Playing and Recording">Sound Activated Recording</a> will record.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Enable_sound_activated_recording_.C2.A0">Enable sound activated recording  <font size="-1"></font></span></h2>
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<p>Toggles on and off the <i>Sound Activated Recording</i> option in <a href="recording_preferences.html#sar" title="Recording Preferences">Recording Preferences</a>. This option can be useful to save disk space when recording an intermittent input, such as a call recording system.
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</p><p>When turned on (indicated by the check mark in the menu item), press the Record button in <a href="transport_toolbar.html" title="Transport Toolbar">Transport Toolbar</a> to start the Sound Activated Recording session. Recording will now occur whenever the received input is above the Sound Activation Level you specify (see the menu item <a href="#sound_activation_level">above</a>). Recording will pause whenever the received input falls below that level. Press the Stop button to stop the recording session.
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<p>Sound Activated Recording can be combined with <a href="timer_record.html" title="Timer Record">Timer Record</a> to set the start and end time of a Sound Activated recording.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Continuous_scrolling_.C2.A0">Continuous scrolling  <font size="-1"></font></span></h2>
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<p>You can change Audacity to play and record with a fixed head pinned to a position in the Timeline. In this mode the head remains static and the waveforms will move as the audio is played or recorded.
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</p><p>See <a href="timeline.html#pinned" title="Timeline">this section</a> on the <a href="timeline.html" title="Timeline">Timeline</a> page for more details.
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<p>This is "overdubbing" and toggles on and off the <b>Hear other tracks during recording (overdub)</b> option in <a href="recording_preferences.html" title="Recording Preferences">Recording Preferences</a>.
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</p><p>When turned on (indicated by the check mark in the menu item), any existing audio tracks will play when you start recording, according to the state of their <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks"><b>Mute</b></a></span> or <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks"><b>Solo</b></a></span> buttons.
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</p><p>Hear other tracks during recording (overdub) is "on" by default in Audacity.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Enable_audible_input_monitoring_.C2.A0">Enable audible input monitoring  <font size="-1"></font></span></h2>
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<p>Toggles on and off the <b>Audible inut monitoring</b> option in <a href="recording_preferences.html" title="Recording Preferences">Recording Preferences</a>. <i>(This used to be knowns as <b>Software Playthrough</b> in earlier versions of Audacity)</i>.
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</p><p>When turned on (indicated by the check mark in the menu item), input being recorded will play, but there will be a noticeable delay (latency) before the input is heard. For some examples of setting up equipment to record without playthrough latency, see this Tutorial about <a href="tutorial_recording_multi_track_overdubs.html" title="Tutorial - Recording Multi-track Overdubs">Recording overdubs</a>.
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<td align="left" valign="top">Audible input monitoring must be <b>unchecked</b> when recording <a href="tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html" title="Tutorial - Recording audio playing on the computer">computer playback</a> because it will create feedback echoes.
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</p><p><a href="transport_menu.html" title="Transport Menu"><b><</b>  Back to: Transport Menu</a>
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