recording by microphone over music -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:recording by microphone over music Posted by: mynameis Date:8/24/2001 1:45:26 AM hello all, i was wondering if you could help with a problem i have. i have an mp3 sound file, and i would like to include a talking message over the mp3 while the song is playing. basically, i'll be talking over it. does anyone know how i could do this?
Subject:Help me out here, y'all! Reply by: gbat Date:8/24/2001 6:45:48 PM mynameis, I was waiting for someone with a little more experience than me to answer but I see there has been no takers thus far, so I'll have a go. I think Sound Forge only does 2 tracks at a time. If you had a multi-track program like Vegas or Cakewalk or Power Tracks or N-Tracks you could load up the MP3 and then just make another track with the voice. Then mix them down together. Yo, guys, help me out here. Any other way for mynameis? By the way, I like your handle. :)
Subject:RE: Help me out here, y'all! Reply by: mynameis Date:8/24/2001 11:39:35 PM gbat, hey thanx for the help. i've tried it already and it worked by doing exactly what you said. i recorded myself then mixed it in, but i was hoping there would be a procedure where the mp3 just plays itself, then i speak over it. i doubt that this could be done, but if anyone knows, please drop me a line. thanx
Subject:RE: Help me out here, y'all! Reply by: Dave2 Date:8/25/2001 5:13:59 PM I do lot's of voice overs and being new to S.F. I dicided to figure a way to listen to background music from my computer and voice record to S.F. at the same time. I think this is important. Without going into each little experiment step, Heres the bottom line. 1. For openers I found that I could play back my music file in another audio editor listen to it with headphones and voice record in S.F. at the same time. Realizing that not everyone has mulitiple audio editors I tryed Windows Media player and found that worked as well. 2. The basic setup steps are. Setup to record in S.F. Open your music file in your player. start record In S.F. start play back from the player and start talking. At the end of the recording session. Close your player. 3. Open your background file in S.F. If it is stereo use the 'Process Channel converter' I selected 'Stereo to Mono-50 percent no faders. this will produce a single track file. If you recorded your voice over in stereo do the same thing. 4. Open a 'New' Stereo file. go to the background music file 'Select All' and drag to a channel in the 'new' Stereo file. Do the same thing with the voice over file. 5. Now we have the background music and voice over each on their own track and can easily adjust individual track volume and the other Fun things we use S.F. for. Frankly, I think that there are to many steps for this process I hope that a Sonic rep. or a expereniced user can show us a better method. Dave M.
Subject:RE: Help me out here, y'all! Reply by: Rednroll Date:8/26/2001 1:13:11 AM There is a better way, it's called Vegas. Why use a screwdriver, when you need a hammer. Sure you can use a screwdriver to hammer in nails, but a hammer works much easier and efficiently. In other words get the right tool to do the job it was meant to do.
Subject:RE: recording by microphone over music Reply by: Dave2 Date:8/26/2001 8:38:18 AM Yep, I agree. The question was How to do this with S.F. and thats what I researched. Fact is when I record voice over's I have to be able to hear back ground music and watch video at the same time. I can not do this with S.F. Some times we have to use channel locks when we realy need a special made quick lock metric wrench. Thanks, Rednroll, for your excellent reply. Dave M.
Subject:So what do u recommend? Reply by: mynameis Date:8/27/2001 2:27:30 AM As the subject says, what software do u recommend me to use?
Subject:RE: So what do u recommend? Reply by: Rednroll Date:8/27/2001 12:41:00 PM As my reply had said, "Vegas"

Subject:recording by microphone over music

Posted by: mynameis

Date:8/24/2001 1:45:26 AM

hello all, i was wondering if you could help with a problem i have.
i have an mp3 sound file, and i would like to include a talking message over the mp3 while the song is playing. basically, i'll be talking over it. does anyone know how i could do this?

Subject:Help me out here, y'all!

Reply by: gbat

Date:8/24/2001 6:45:48 PM

mynameis,

I was waiting for someone with a little more experience than me to answer but I see there has been no takers thus far, so I'll have a go.

I think Sound Forge only does 2 tracks at a time. If you had a multi-track program like Vegas or Cakewalk or Power Tracks or N-Tracks you could load up the MP3 and then just make another track with the voice. Then mix them down together.

Yo, guys, help me out here. Any other way for mynameis? By the way, I like your handle. :)

Subject:RE: Help me out here, y'all!

Reply by: mynameis

Date:8/24/2001 11:39:35 PM

gbat,

hey thanx for the help. i've tried it already and it worked by doing exactly what you said. i recorded myself then mixed it in, but i was hoping there would be a procedure where the mp3 just plays itself, then i speak over it.

i doubt that this could be done, but if anyone knows, please drop me a line.

thanx

Subject:RE: Help me out here, y'all!

Reply by: Dave2

Date:8/25/2001 5:13:59 PM

I do lot's of voice overs and being new to S.F. I dicided to figure a way to listen to background music from my computer and voice record to S.F. at the same time. I think this is important. Without going into each little experiment step, Heres the bottom line.

1. For openers I found that I could play back my music file in another audio editor listen to it with headphones and voice record in S.F. at the same time. Realizing that not everyone has mulitiple audio editors I tryed Windows Media player and found that worked as well.

2. The basic setup steps are. Setup to record in S.F.
Open your music file in your player. start record In S.F. start play back from the player and start talking. At the end of the recording session. Close your player.

3. Open your background file in S.F. If it is stereo use the 'Process Channel converter' I selected 'Stereo to Mono-50 percent no faders. this will produce a single track file. If you recorded your voice over in stereo do the same thing.

4. Open a 'New' Stereo file. go to the background music file 'Select All' and drag to a channel in the 'new' Stereo file. Do the same thing with the voice over file.

5. Now we have the background music and voice over each on their own track and can easily adjust individual track volume and the other Fun things we use S.F. for.

Frankly, I think that there are to many steps for this process I hope that a Sonic rep. or a expereniced user can show us a better method.

Dave M.

Subject:RE: Help me out here, y'all!

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:8/26/2001 1:13:11 AM

There is a better way, it's called Vegas. Why use a screwdriver, when you need a hammer. Sure you can use a screwdriver to hammer in nails, but a hammer works much easier and efficiently. In other words get the right tool to do the job it was meant to do.

Subject:RE: recording by microphone over music

Reply by: Dave2

Date:8/26/2001 8:38:18 AM

Yep, I agree. The question was How to do this with S.F. and thats what I researched.

Fact is when I record voice over's I have to be able to hear back ground music and watch video at the same time. I can not do this with S.F.

Some times we have to use channel locks when we realy need a special made quick lock metric wrench.

Thanks, Rednroll, for your excellent reply.

Dave M.

Subject:So what do u recommend?

Reply by: mynameis

Date:8/27/2001 2:27:30 AM

As the subject says, what software do u recommend me to use?

Subject:RE: So what do u recommend?

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:8/27/2001 12:41:00 PM

As my reply had said, "Vegas"