Click the Record button
(or choose Transport > Record) to record into an existing sound file (also called punch-in recording).
If you want to record to a new file, please see "Recording a new file."
Set your recording options:
Click the General tab in the Record tool.
Verify that your recording method is set to Normal.
Choose Normal or Create new region setting from the Mode drop-down list. For more information, see "The Record tool."
Select the sound data you want to replace, or click to position the cursor where you want to begin recording. For more information, see "Selecting data using the mouse."
Click the Arm button
if you want to begin recording as soon as possible after clicking the Record button
.
The Arm button is optional, but can allow for more accurate takes. When you click Arm, the wave device is opened and all recording buffers are loaded in order to minimize the amount of time between clicking the Record button and when recording starts.
Click the Record button
(or choose Transport > Record). Recording begins, and the recording position is displayed in the activity view at the top of the Sound Forge Pro window.
If you want to check your input levels before or during recording, you can use the meters in the Record tool. For more information, see "The Record tool".
The peak meters represent the volume of the recording input. For best results, the peak level should be somewhere in the yellow range with an occasional red segment: you want your input to be as loud as possible without clipping.
Recording will stop automatically at the end of the selection.
If you're recording without a selection, existing data is overwritten during recording, and you can click the Record or Stop
button to end recording.
Set your recording options:
Click the General tab in the Record tool.
Verify that your recording method is set to Normal.
Choose Normal from the Mode drop-down list. For more information, see "The Record tool."
Select the sound data you want to replace.
Select the Loop Playback button .
Click the Arm button
if you want to begin recording as soon as possible after clicking the Record button
.
The Arm button is optional, but can allow for more accurate takes. When you click Arm, the wave device is opened and all recording buffers are loaded in order to minimize the amount of time between clicking the Record button and when recording starts.
Click the Record button
(or choose Transport > Record). Recording begins, and the recording position is displayed in the activity view at the top of the Sound Forge Pro window.
If you want to check your input levels before or during recording, you can use the meters in the Record tool. For more information, see "The Record tool".
The peak meters represent the volume of the recording input. For best results, the peak level should be somewhere in the yellow range with an occasional red segment: you want your input to be as loud as possible without clipping.
When recording reaches the end of the time selection, the cursor returns to the beginning of the selection, and a new take is recorded.
Click the Record or Stop
button to end recording.
You can use the Undo and Redo commands to cycle through your recorded takes while previewing.