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title: 'Free, Native Punch Recording - Mac, Windows, & Linux!'
url: 'https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/free-native-punch-recording-mac-windows-linux'
markdown: 'https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/free-native-punch-recording-mac-windows-linux.md'
date: '2016-06-13'
description: 'No fancy script. No hacks. Just simple, straight forward, Punch & Roll recording. For free on all Macs, Windows, and Linux computers. OcenAudio comes through with a feature that I mentioned to them back when I interviewed them in May of 2014. Isn’t it great to find a developer that really liste…'
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  category:
    - Journal
  tag:
    - audacity
    - daw
    - ocenaudio
    - software
    - twistedwave
    - voiceover
---

# Free, Native Punch Recording - Mac, Windows, & Linux!

## [Free, Native Punch Recording - Mac, Windows, & Linux!](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/free-native-punch-recording-mac-windows-linux)

    13th Jun 2016   [audacity](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:audacity#body-wrapper) [daw](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:daw#body-wrapper) [ocenaudio](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:ocenaudio#body-wrapper) [software](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:software#body-wrapper) [twistedwave](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:twistedwave#body-wrapper) [voiceover](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:voiceover#body-wrapper)  

[![Ocenaudio Punch Record Settings](https://stevenjaycohen.com/images/c/7/c/4/9/c7c49fc4a31872f5cb1eaacec678cb8e427daa51-ocenaudio-punch-recording-420x302.png?ssl=1)](https://stevenjaycohen.com/files/2016/06/ocenaudio-punch-recording.png?ssl=1)No fancy script. No hacks. Just simple, straight forward, Punch & Roll recording. For free on all Macs, Windows, and Linux computers.

[OcenAudio](https://ocenaudio.com) comes through with a feature that [I mentioned to them back when I interviewed them in May of 2014](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/ocenaudio-the-best-free-voiceover-software-youve-never-heard-of/). Isn’t it great to find a developer that really listens to the needs of the users?

The configuration is as simple as enabling 3 Checkboxes in the preference window:

- Move cursor to record stop position
- Destructive Recording
- Preroll (set to desired number of seconds)

With these three settings enabled, OcenAudio does natively what my scripts for [TwistedWave](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/punch-and-roll-for-twistedwave/), [Audacity](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/punch-and-roll-editing-in-audacity-on-mac-osx/), and [Adobe Audition](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/adding-punch-roll-to-adobe-audition/) attempt to bolt on from the outside.

Like the programs that I scripted, OcenAudio doesn’t have true non-destructive editing (for that you’d need Reaper, ProTools, Logic Pro, etc). So, if you forget to turn on the second checkbox you will find the program inserting your new audio before your flub instead of writing over the mistake that you wish to replace.

With this new native feature OcenAudio sets itself apart from other simple editors and earns a spot closer to that of a traditional DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). It seems to manage memory better than Audacity. It runs on more platforms than TwistedWave. It doesn’t require a subscription like Adobe Audition. What’s not to like?

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