Awesome
Push To Talk
Convenient recording of scratch dialog for an edit in Blender's VSE.
Usage
In the Sequencer
header click Start Recording
to capture your microphone's audio and click again to finish.
Configuration
Audio files
Recordings are stored as WAV files called temp_audio_...
next to the .blend file, with options to choose another location and name scheme.
Microphone
If there is more than one microphone available, a specific one can be selected in the recording configuration panel.
On Linux, it typically starts with sysdefault
or usb
.
Installing
Requirements
ffmpeg
. See instructions for Windows.arecord
(Linux only). On Arch you can install it via thealsa-utils
package.
Installing as Extension
This add-on is not available on extensions.blender.org because it requires ffmpeg as a dependency.
- Download the latest extension release.
- In Blender's
Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions
, clickv
, clickInstall from Disk...
and select the ZIP.
Installing as Legacy Add-on
- Download the latest extension release repository as ZIP file.
- In Blender's
Edit > Preferences > Add-ons
, clickInstall
and select the ZIP.
Updating
- Download the newest version ZIP.
- In Blender's
Edit > Preferences > Add-ons
, find this add-on, expand it, and clickRemove
. - Click
Install
and select the ZIP.
Alternatively: this git repository can be cloned to a folder on disk and that folder linked to the scripts/addons
folder of the Blender executable. This way, the add-on and be kept up to date with git pull
without the need to remove/install it.
Compatibility
Blender Version | Status |
---|---|
4.3+ | Supported |
4.2 LTS | Supported |
3.6 LTS | Supported |
3.3 LTS | Supported |
2.93 LTS and older | Unsupported |