Subject:Adding music to a narration

Posted by: adam12

Date:10/14/2004 9:43:42 PM

I never focused on the music aspect, but am I able to mix music into a narration using sound forge 6.0?

Subject:RE: Adding music to a narration

Reply by: JonnyD

Date:10/15/2004 5:58:59 AM

Absolutely!! Make sure that both the narration and the music are the same, bit and sample rates, and that they are both either mono or stereo. Open both files, highlight the music bed, right click on the highlighted wave form, click COPY. Next, place cursor on the narration wave form where you would like the music to begin. Right click at that spot, and click on MIX . The rest is up to you as far as the actual level of the music behind the narration. And here's a little tip for you as well. Once you are happy with the mix, before saving it, I drag and drop the mixed wave form to a new file, and save it. That way, I can undo the mix on the narration file, and have a nice edited un-mixed narration for backup or future mixes. Good luck!

jonnyaudio@gmail.com

Subject:RE: Adding music to a narration

Reply by: kbruff

Date:10/15/2004 7:58:12 AM

You will have far more control using Vegas -

Subject:RE: Adding music to a narration

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:10/15/2004 10:50:24 AM

If you wanna go cheap, Vegas Studio (used to be VideoFactory / Movie Studio) handles three stereo audio tracks. It can usually be had for under $100 and you'll get a very nice Video editor mixed in with the package!

Subject:RE: Adding music to a narration

Reply by: adam12

Date:10/15/2004 12:29:58 PM

Hey jonny thanks for the info regarding mixing audio tracks with music.
Somebody mentioned that I would have more control over the mixes if I had vegas studio.

Is this true?

Subject:RE: Adding music to a narration

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:10/15/2004 12:56:54 PM

Yes, you'll have a lot more control. Vegas and Vegas Studio use separate tracks for the voice and music. It's very easy to play around with the relative volumes while listening to the playback and adjust it to exactly what you want. No need to undo and repaste each time you want to make a chage. You can even adjust the volume different from moment to moment as necessary. You don't have to have a final mix until you're finished tweaking and save the final render.