recording voiceovers

merkelck wrote on 8/8/2003, 4:00 PM

What is the secret to getting the sound card audio to one of the audio tracks for
voiceover purposes? When I click on one of the "record" buttons, it commences
the record process but there is no audio. I am sure I am missing a switch somewhere. The mic/audio passes the WinXP built in test. Any ideas?
Kent

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 8/8/2003, 4:08 PM

Double-click the little speaker icon on your task bar to open your master audio properties and make sure that the box that says "mute" under the microphone pot is unchecked. (I think it's checked by default because, on some computers, your microphone is active all the time.)

If that doesn't help, you can always just record your narration using the sound recorder built into Windows (or your audio program, like Sound Forge, if you have one), save it and then import the file into your Media Files and place it in timeline.

Chienworks wrote on 8/8/2003, 4:12 PM

You may not have the sound card set to record from the microphone. Double click the little speaker icon in the lower right corner of the screen to open up the sound card's mixer control panel. Click Options / Properties / Recording, make sure the Microphone input is checked, click OK. You will now see the recording inputs. Select Microphone and set the level as necessary.

merkelck wrote on 8/8/2003, 8:47 PM

Thanks for the replies. The four recording inputs can only have one at a time
selected. Mine was set to "video" . Selecting the mic, did the trick. This in spite of the fact that the "sound input/output" test worked fine with the mic.
Never a dull moment. Thanks again
Kent