Cough Switch

[Cary B. Cornett]

In radio we used to have a thing call a "cough switch". If the announcer needed to cough or clear his throat, he would hit the cough switch until he was done, and while the switch was down his mic would be muted.

When doing a VO, there are times when I wish for a cough switch. I know that it can be edited out later, but I would rather not record that nasty noise in the first place.

What I'd really like, though, is a "pause/play" button that works in record. If I need to cough, I hit the button. The recording stops, but the mix engine keeps going. When I hit the button again, a new region is started and recording resumes. I find having to run through a sequence of commands to re-start recording breaks the "flow" of a session (and my concentration) for me.

Come to think of it, perhaps the Record button is the one that should have the Pause function. "One touch" resumption of recording would be really cool, IMO, especially for VO-type situations.

Would anyone else here find that useful??

[Dave Labrecque]

In radio we used to have a thing call a "cough switch". If the announcer needed to cough or clear his throat, he would hit the cough switch until he was done, and while the switch was down his mic would be muted.

When doing a VO, there are times when I wish for a cough switch. I know that it can be edited out later, but I would rather not record that nasty noise in the first place.

What I'd really like, though, is a "pause/play" button that works in record. If I need to cough, I hit the button. The recording stops, but the mix engine keeps going. When I hit the button again, a new region is started and recording resumes. I find having to run through a sequence of commands to re-start recording breaks the "flow" of a session (and my concentration) for me.

Come to think of it, perhaps the Record button is the one that should have the Pause function. "One touch" resumption of recording would be really cool, IMO, especially for VO-type situations.

Would anyone else here find that useful??

Cary, it's not exactly the same, but in SRP you can toggle REC with one of the enter keys. The difference is that you would not have contiguous regions, but space between them where you coughed.

Doesn't SS have a capability to wire a footswitch to a couple of the pins on a MIDI port for this?

Option 2: do like your doctor says while checking for hernias.

[Bob L]

I'm not so sure I see the probnlem with sijmply hitting the stop switch and then the Rec switch again (or SRP/REC)...

But... you can have a mic kill switch by using my free Signal Switcher plugin... that acts as a momentary chan kill switch... Hold the button down while doing your VO... let go when you cough... or Shift-Click the button to keep the chan open... then press it when you cough.

Bob L

[Ian Alexander]

I record alone most of the time, but even on a phone patch, I don't bother to stop. (But I might turn down the pre for a moment.) Hard drive space is cheap. It isn't worth goofing up the restart and missing a chunk. I do turn away from the mic, so no escaping globs gum up the works, and so I don't break my own eardrums. Other than that, let it roll.

[AudioAstronomer]

I can make a footswitch that sends an 'enter' command to the computer pretty easily. That would turn recording on/off like punching.

Is that what you're looking for?

[Warren]

I can make a footswitch that sends an 'enter' command to the computer pretty easily. That would turn recording on/off like punching.

Is that what you're looking for?

Can it also be setup for SRP via foot switch?
Would be great when your hands are full of a guitar

[Rabbit]

Can it also be setup for SRP via foot switch?
Would be great when your hands are full of a guitar

the AlphaTrack does this, it's a pretty nice feature I use a lot for overdubs and punches, albeit not cheap compared to a single purpose midi device that does one thing only.

[Bob L]

There are usb switches that can be programmed to emulate keyboard or mouse commands... search the web... I have seen these for about $50 - $100.

Bob L

[mako]

I can make a footswitch that sends an 'enter' command to the computer pretty easily. That would turn recording on/off like punching.

Is that what you're looking for?

Rob - that sounds really useful for me when recording my own guitar.

How much would that cost?

Thanks

mako

[AudioAstronomer]

Rob - that sounds really useful for me when recording my own guitar.

How much would that cost?

Thanks

mako

More than you could buy an off-the-shelf one for unfortunately. But I can make it look pretty

Can it also be setup for SRP via foot switch?
Would be great when your hands are full of a guitar

Yes