Voice over issue

[TNperry]

Using Corel X10 Ultimate and running Windows 10 on my PC. After I make the video and go back and do a voice over this is what occurs. The project continues to run and doesn't fade from one scene to another. I have tried doing the voice over with the project setting and the clip setting and they both do the same thing. This issue makes it difficult to lay down a voice track on just one clip of the project as I would like to make comments on what is taking place on or in that specific clip. Everything works great other than this specific glitch or at least a glitch to me. Maybe I am confused and this is the way it is designed to work? I hope its a setting of some sort that someone can advise me on what to do.

[Ken Berry]

I can't help you with how the voiceover should work, as I never use it. But what I do might give you some other ideas. I write a script, broken into bite size pieces for specific scenes in the video. I record these using a third party audio editor (I normally use the freeware Audacity, but any audio editing program can do the same job.)

I record in standard .wav format, though you could also record in mp3. I like using Audacity as it gives me the chance to easily redo that piece, and also to apply filters as necessary e.g. to increase or lower the sound level (though you could do this in VS of course). You can also cut out bits (such as where you paused too long or coughed) if you like or add a new sentence or two as the mood takes you.

When finished, it is easy to place each voice piece in exactly the right place in the project. While recent versions of VS will do this automatically, I still manually use the rubber band method to reduce and later increase the background noise of the main video, or background music you might have added, to emphasise your words...

In other words, I avoid the inbuilt VS voiceover function as I have more control and wider versatility in editing the way I do it.

[Terfyn]

I have used voiceover on a number of occasions with X10. My suggestion is:-
Complete the video then run through it a few times while making notes of what you want to say. Decide if your voiceover needs to straddle a couple of clips.
Write your script (or make notes) and run the voiceover. (clearly you can repeat the exercise as many times as you want 'till you are happy with the result)
You can start and stop the video (in Project mode) as often as you like so you can stop and then continue with the voiceover.
If you are adding music or another sound track (possibly splitting the audio from the main video track) you can apply Audio Duck to that track and adjust the effect as you go along the tracks.

[TNperry]

Thx. Will give it a shot and see what happens.