How are most handling punchins

lineout wrote on 4/13/2003, 9:37 AM

Are most people using vegas to track a project, or another app. I've used it to track and had questions about punching in. I don't see anywhere where it can be done on the fly. Any way to disable the input monitoring until the assigned spot is hit.
I've used Vegas to track myself and a few other musicians. I have never really needed to do much punching so would arm another track and select an area to record. Nobody requested or complained about not hearing himself (what is about to be recorded) before the punch spot, until now. I have to record a vocalist with a great voice and poor musicianship. I need to punch many many times. I usually like to track vocals four times completely through. Then split and comp them with the vocalist, but this guy doesn't want to work this way.
What is everybody else doing?

Comments

PipelineAudio wrote on 4/13/2003, 11:40 AM

tape style " Auto-input" SERIOUSLY needs to be added for sure, but once you get into it, I think youll really LOVE the way vegas punches

bgc wrote on 4/13/2003, 8:23 PM

I think the Help section in the app or the manual talks about Vegas' way of doing punch ins with new events. It's totally different than the old fashioned "tape machine" approach and imho much more flexible and powerful. Especially as someone who records themselves, setting up a new event and loop area and having Vegas automatically loop over my punch-in point and layer takes in a non-destructive event is amazing. It took about a week to start thinking in this way over the old style "punch-in" way, but I would never go back.
bgc

Sari wrote on 4/13/2003, 8:40 PM

Totally agree.

PipelineAudio wrote on 4/14/2003, 12:21 AM

its more flexible and powerful to punch vegas' way, until you NEED to do it on the fly, then you are crippled. I just end up leaving it in record if theres any possibility that I might need to record now and its ok.

But this still doesnt preclude the need for auto input

Foreverain4 wrote on 4/14/2003, 8:28 AM

put the cursor where you want to punch in, hit "s" to split the event. move the cursor to where you want to punch out, hit "s" to split the event. hightlight the event between the two splits you just made. go up and click on the timeline where you want your pre roll to start (click on the timeline so that he event remains highlighted). if you dont want to here the track in pre roll before punching in, just mute it. it will still record.

stakeoutstudios wrote on 4/21/2003, 6:36 PM

Vegas is brilliant for punching when you know what to punch and have set it up.

However, there have been moments where I've just wanted to hit record while it's playing back!