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 (Windows and Linux). See instructions for Windows.
• arecord (Linux only). On Arch you can install it via the alsa-utils package.

Note: macOS does not have additional requirements, as the add-on ships with a sound recording utility for that platform.

Installing as Extension

This add-on is an extension, but it is not available on extensions.blender.org because it requires ffmpeg as a dependency.

1. Download the latest extension release from github.
2. In Blender's Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions, click v, click Install from Disk... and select the ZIP.

Installing as Legacy Add-on

1. Download the latest extension release or the repository as ZIP file.
2. In Blender's Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, click Install and select the ZIP.

Updating

1. Download the newest version ZIP.
2. In Blender's Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, find this add-on, expand it, and click Remove.
3. Click Install and select the ZIP.

Compatibility

Blender Version	Status
4.3, 4.4, 4.5	Supported
4.2 LTS	Supported
3.6 LTS	Supported
3.3 LTS	Supported
2.93 LTS and older	Unsupported