Recording a Voice-Over
You can use special audio controls in the Media pane to record a voice-over for your story. You can record the voice-over while the video is playing. You can record a voice-over only for advanced sequences.
MediaCentral UX uses the recording function of the Adobe Flash Player to determine the input device used for the voice-over. The Flash Player automatically detects any default microphone or other audio recorder on your computer and uses that device unless you change it through the Flash Player settings. To access these settings, right-click anywhere in the Media viewer and select Settings.
If you select a device different from the default system input device, then remove the device, you might need to manually change the Flash Player settings.
The first time you click the voice-over controls during a session, you see a message from the Flash Player asking for permission to let the MediaCentral UX server access your camera and microphone. Click Allow.
If you open a sequence created in Avid Instinct, you cannot add a voiceover or markers until you save the sequence in MediaCentral. The Save button is enabled for this purpose, even if you did not make any changes to the file.
For Interplay Production sequences, the video format and frame rate is usually determined by the first clip that you add to the sequence. However, if you record a voice-over before inserting a video clip, the video format and frame rate are determined by the Video Format setting in the Interplay Administrator. More specifically, the setting is found on the Editing Settings tab of the Application Database Settings view. This setting applies at the folder level. The following illustration shows the Video Format for the root folder set for PAL 25i.
If the setting is Any, MediaCentral UX uses NTSC 29.97 as the default format.
To record a voice-over:
1. Click the Output button to load the sequence into the Media pane.
With the Output button selected, the Voice-Over button is displayed in the lower right of the Media pane.
2. Click the Voice-Over button.
The voice-over controls are displayed.
3. Click the Media Pane Menu button, select Input Source, and select the device you want to use for recording.
4. Adjust the recording device parameters to your preference, and use the volume slider to set the desired volume level.
5. Set the start point for the recording by doing one of the following:
Drag the position indicator to a location in the Media Timeline or the Sequence Timeline.
Click the Play/Pause, 1 Frame Back, or 1 Frame Forward buttons in the voice-over controls.
6. When you are ready to record, press the Record button.
A three-second countdown is displayed in the viewer, audio pops mark each second, and the Record button flashes red. At the end of the countdown, the Record button remains red and you can begin recording.
You can monitor the recording level in the audio meter and adjust it as needed while recording.
Click Cancel to stop recording without saving the file.
7. When you are finished the recording, press the Record button again.
The voice-over is added to the sequence, in the V column. You can review the recording by playing the sequence.
When you record a voice-over, the new audio clip is named sequence_name.VO.nn. Voice-overs are checked into Interplay Production in the same folder as the sequence they are recorded into.
8. To exit the voice-over controls, click the Voice-Over button.
