Re: [Rosegarden-devel] punch in record

[Richard B. <bo...@bo...>]

> Could you please explain me the meaning of "Punch in record"
> function?

In recording, punch-in is used when you want to insert a new (usually 
small) section of material into an existing composition.  For example 
you could've recorded a guitar solo but screwed up a section of it - 
rather than re-record the whole thing you just want to record the bit 
you messed up.  You can edit out the offending audio and then re-record 
the section you want on a different track and mix-down the result to 
provide a hopefully seamless take of the solo.

Rosegarden's punch-in isn't quite working yet (how many times do I say 
this?) in that you should be able to play the composition and then hit 
the spacebar (the punch-in record hotkey) to toggle recording.  At the 
moment the spacebar only toggles recording when the transport is 
stopped - this has it's own uses as it allows you to quickly record 
where you want to without the usual recording count-in messing up the 
pointer position.  This is half of the proper punch-in functionality.

I suppose a reasonable translation of punch-in is "toggle record".  
Punch-in is the historical name and the name you'll find on the 
hardware and in most sequencers too.  There's lot of other interesting 
attributes associated with this type of recording - for example in some 
sequencers you can pre-mark out sections where you want recording to 
occur and therefore save you having to toggle recording manually.

BTW did we evr get anywhere with step record, Chris?

B