record button greyed out

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mingustoo
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record button greyed out

Post by mingustoo » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:13 am

I'm sorry, what's the deal with greyed-out record buttons? I can't seem to find it in the manual. Live 6.10 on Macbook 2.0 10.4.9
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Re: record button greyed out

Post by Amaury » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:22 am

Hi,

That means there is no input set in the track input chooser. Make sure the In/Out view is enabled in the View menu, and open the Input drop-down menu for the track. Select something. If your soundcard's physical inputs are not listed there, choose "Configure.." in the menu, and set the audio input in the Preferences.

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Re: record button greyed out

Post by vjpr » Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:29 am

Just to clarify that this is a bit silly.

Even if you only want to record automation in the session view, you must select an input device, like your microphone for example.

Then you can click the arm button and change a knob and watch the envelope being drawn for your clip! Even though you won't use the microphone.

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