Yes, your have to disable the record enable in the track or disable the Punch In, if you don’t want to punch anymore. There is a preferences, and the Punch could be disabled automatically after the Punch Out.
Thanks for the reply Martin, Yes, I’ve tried “disable punch on stop” in preferences,=.
This is the same issue, then I need to renable punch for each take.
This may be a stupid question, but why couldn’t steinberg make it so that,…if I have punch points set up it will only record when I actually hit the record button, NOT playback?
"Punch in/out is a recording technique used on early multitrack recordings whereby a portion of the performance was recorded onto a previously recorded tape, usually overwriting any sound that had previously been on the track used.[1] The erasing and/or recording heads had to be very carefully aligned and applied to the tape surface with delicate timing and precision to avoid ruining the recording, and the practice was feared by most producers and engineers.
After the advent of 16- and 24-track equipment it was no longer necessary to risk the recording as a whole, as an empty portion of another track could be dedicated to such use. Vocalists in particular would usually record several renditions over separate parallel tracks, with the producers choosing the best bits from the layered vocals to mix together. The term “punching in” remained in use despite this fact."
Thanks for the definition of what punch recording is, shanabit.
My question was involving not WHAT it is, but WHY it,…RECORDS on playback, when it should be designed just like a Multitrack tape recorder.
Which would NOT record if you were listening to a playback. It SHOULD record with punch points ONLY if I hit the RECORD button.
It would be a great feature if after a punching I didn’t need to disarm the track to listen to what was just recorded.
IF you set the prefs you have the same thing as a multitrack. BUT this thing of having to record enable verses playback is kinda wonky as you have said.
I agree with you BTW. As a workaround I use loop mode recording or I use a pedal to punch in and out of record
Cubase punch in is set to RECORD from the punch punch unless you disable it. This sound like a great feature request BTW
I know, it gets confusing sometimes with recording preferences and taskbar functions overlapping?
But you can set the punch in disable after stop in the transport bar settings. That way it will automatically disables the punch in after you hit the stop button and it will automatically disable monitoring so you can play back the track.I think it’s called something like ‘disable punch in after stop’. Sorry not at my studio computer right now so I can’t check the absolute names and locations. But I for sure know it can be configured the way you requested!
Steinberg manages monitoring, punch in and record modes differently over three places. Preferences, taskbar settings and audio/midi record modes. And I couldn’t agree more that it’s not really a logical workflow. They should try to group those items into a more logical workflow. Maybe under one menu? A right click on the taskbar (maybe a right click on the record button?) showing all those functions would have my preference. Because if you want to record something you always start at the taskbar and at the record button.
Hit playback and your tracks playback, hit RECORD and they will RECORD.
I worked on all tape formats and there was never a “feature” like this that would wipe your track on playback because it was record ARMED. This “feature” is a nuisance not a workflow enhancement.
Why on earth can’t Steiny make it so that punch recording only happens when you hit the record button?
Isn’t it totally obvious that after you do your punch in, you immediately want to listen back to it?
It’s so simple: only record when the record button is pressed. I can never understand why fanboys feel it their duty to defend what is patently an idiotic and broken workflow.
LUCKILY, there is a fix available via a macro:
First, go to preferences > record > and turn on “Deactivate punch in on stop”.
Next, create a macro with the following commands:
1# Transport - Activate punch in
2# Transport - start.
Assign this macro to a hotkey of your choosing.
Now, after your punch in, you can listen back without doing another punch in.
If you want to do another punch in, just press your dedicated macro hotkey and it will first activate punch in, then start play.
So this pretty much solves the problem, the only workaround aspect is that you need to press a special hotkey to start play when you want to punch in, which i think we can live with.