armed track won't record

Not sure if this is related to your problem but also look in Pref/ Project/ Record & select 'Allow Arm Changes during Playback / Record'

When you say "it won't record", can you be a little more specific?

For example, does the timeline move when you hit 'R' or does it stay put?
Do you get a signal on the track meter from your mic/interface?
Does it seems as though it's recording but you get no waveform?
You do have the track armed for recording yes?

Oh yeah, Midi or Audio?

Check to see if the AUTO PUNCH RECORDING is turned for a clip further back in the project.


If this came from your friend, he could have been doing a punch near the end of the tune and saved it as a project before he shut off the punch in.  So you open it arm a track and hit go.... and it sees the punch so it waits until it gets to the punch before recording.....

As a result, you see good signal, the color change to the track, but nothing gets recorded....you check and the inputs are correct but nothing records......   sounds exactly like that may be the issue.


I've been caught with this same issue more than once..... just look at the tool bar and see if punch is active.

  The timeline moves like normal when I hit R; I am getting a very good signal through the track meter. Also, the track is armed I double checked that. But I get no wave form. This is an audio track. I'll try Hal's tip also...

Punch Points will normally show up like this:







But be careful, if they're right up next to each other they're more difficult to spot:

Have you seen the waveform drawing as you record only to have it disappear when you stop recording? Or are you seeing no waveform being recorded at all?

1) I've had the mysterious "no waveform" show up as a 'take lane'

2) Also had the waveform go blank of-a-sudden on sporadic cases.  Probably operator error. :):):)