Convenient recording of scratch dialog in Blender's VSE.
In the Sequencer header click Start Recording to capture your microphone's audio and click again to finish.
Please account for some latency in starting the recording (less than a second).
Recordings are stored as WAV files called temp_audio_... next to the .blend file, with options to choose another location and name scheme.
If there is more than one microphone available, a specific one can be selected in the recording configuration panel.
ffmpeg(Windows and Linux). See instructions for Windows.arecord(Linux only). It is part of thealsa-utilspackage.
Note: macOS does not have additional requirements.
Note: this add-on is available as an extension, but is not on extensions.blender.org since it requires dependencies.
- Download the latest extension release from GitHub.
Drag&dropthe ZIP into Blender.
- Download the latest extension release or the repository as ZIP file.
- In Blender's
Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, clickInstalland select the ZIP.
- Remove a previous version if installed as an add-on:
In Blender'sEdit > Preferences > Add-ons, find this add-on, expand it, and clickRemove. - Download and install a new version as an extension.
New versions of an extension can simply be installed on top without needing to manually delete the previous version. This add-on is still provided as "Legacy Add-on" for versions of Blender 4.1 and older.
| 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 |
Push to Talk was initially made for recording temp dialog for Sprite Fright at Blender Studio.
It has since gotten improvements and support for microphone recording on all platforms.
It is considered stable and with no plans for future development.
We do address bugs and questions, the add-on is actively maintained.
Contributions and feedback are very welcome.