User Guide

Chapter 8: Sound Effects and Music 121
The Voice-over tool
Recording a voice-over in Studio is as easy as
making a telephone call. Just open the Voice-
over tool, click Record and speak into the microphone.
You can narrate as you watch the movie play so your
words match the action on the screen. You can also use
the tool as a quick way of capturing music, sound
effects, etc. via your microphone.
Before you can record audio using the Voice-over tool,
you need to connect a microphone to the input jack of
your PC sound board. You must also have at least one
video clip in the Movie Window.
Review the video scenes in your movie and decide
where you want the voice-over to begin and end. When
you are ready, open the Voice-over tool. Note that the
recording lamp – the dark rectangle in the upper left of
the above illustration – is not lit.
Select your starting point on the Movie Window
Timeline. You may do this by selecting a clip, playing
the movie and stopping it at the desired point, or by
moving the Timeline scrubber.
Position the microphone for use and try speaking a test
phrase to check your recording level (see “Voice-over