Audacity never has claimed to be a professional recording program. Regardless of whether the feature should be added, and I'm not taking a side in the debate, the argument that it should be because Audacity is expected to be used in a professional environment is not valid. Gene -----Original Message----- From: Daveed Mandell Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:42 PM To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > I'm very sorry, but this is an extremely awkward method for so-called > "punch-in" recording. It's just not acceptable in a professional > environment. > > Daveed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gale Andrews <gale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, September 9, 2013 12:29 pm > Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: New Audacity release > >> >> >> | From Daveed Mandell <daveedm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> | Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:07:14 com0700 >> | Subject: New Audacity release >> > One question I have for the developers is, why is punch-in, >> > punch-out recording not available in Audacity? I would have >> > thought it would have been a funamental requirement for especially >> > professional recording. Thanks for passing this question on. >> >> This was discussed extensively on this list back in May. >> >> Please read here for how you can do punch-ins now: >> //www.freelists.org/post/audacity4blind/Dropin-Recording,5 . >> >> I've already added your vote for destructive punch-in >> recording, so the votes will be taken into account when >> new features are considered. I support the idea, but not >> everyone on Audacity Team does. >> >> >> Gale >> >> >> >> The audacity4blind web site is at >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind >> >> Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, >> Audacity keyboard commands, and m... >> >> To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to >> audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with subject line >> unsubscribe >> > > > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > > The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe