User Manual

Recording Voice-Over Narration
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The Audio Punch-In tool opens. For information on the buttons and other controls in the
Audio Punch-In tool, see “Audio Punch-in Tool Features” on page 851.
Audio Punch-In tool. Top, left to right: Play In/Out button, Record button, and Stop button. Center: Input Source
menu. Bottom left: Input Channels buttons. Bottom right: Timeline Track menus.
3. Select the input source and input channels that correspond to your hardware setup, and set
other values in the window as appropriate.
To select the input channels you want, click and hold the appropriate Input Channels button.
4. Click the Timeline Track menus, and select either New Track or an existing track to specify
where your Avid editing application places the audio voice-over in the Timeline.
You can only use mono audio tracks for punch-in. You cannot select stereo tracks or locked
tracks.
You can replace part (or all) of an existing track, or you can create a new track for the
voice-over.
5. (Option) Set In and Out points in the Timeline to specify the part of the sequence to which
you want to add narration.
6. Click the Play In/Out button or press the V key.
Loop play begins over the entire sequence. If you set an In point and an Out point, loop play
begins from the In point to the Out point.
The Play In/Out button blinks bright green while playing.
7. When you are ready to start the voice-over, click the Record button or press the B key.
The Record button blinks bright red while recording, and the Play In/Out button is a steady
green. The Audio Meter Channel button in the Audio tool becomes an I and changes to
orange.
8. Continue to click the Record button to record additional voice-overs.