Automatic End to Recording?

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Harmon
Automatic End to Recording?
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   Is it possible to have the recording stop automatically after a certain period of silence? I am trying to burn a lot of tapes into mp3s, and would like to do so semi-unattended. If I'm not there to manually stop the recording in Audacity when the tape ends, it records long periods of silence at the end which I then have to manually remove.
    Seems like it would also be a very nice feature to have Audacity act more or less like a noise-sensing switch, starting to record when the microphone head a sound, then quiting when it was quiet. But right now I'd be glad just for the ability to have it end the recording after 30 seconds or a minute of silence.
bansl
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Hi,

you can add my vote for this one, I get a phone call, or someone stops by, and before I know it the current side has finished recording and my hard drive is full of silence.

Thanks,

Bryan.
Gale (Audacity Team)
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