Or say that you only like part of your recording, or you accidentally recorded yourself slamming the space bar. Or if you want to move it only a little you can use your arrow keys. No big, just click the purple box that is recording and drag it around with your mouse. Now once you've recorded your voice over, you may discover that you really don't like where the voice over is. If you consistently get into the red turn your input volume down! Don't let yourself get into the red zone. Watching the Sound lever indicators are a great start. To the best of your ability make yourself sound clear but not like you're in a fishbowl. My suggestion is to play with those two sliders for a while. I can't give you exact numbers for this because it's going to depend on your microphone and where you are recording. The input volume and noise reduction are two options that can allow you to up the quality of your audio without upgrading you microphone. Turn the noise reduction up to have it dampen the background noise. Essentially how loud your recording is going to be and how sensitive the microphone is to it. As you can see I currently have my built in microphone selected but if you plug in a microphone the option to switch will show up in the drop down menu. The first one is the drop down menu that let's you select which microphone you wish to record from. On this menu there are some options that are definitely worth paying attention. You can also split an audio clip by highlighting the audio bar and then slicing it with your finger as if you were playing Fruit Ninja.Once clicking the microphone the Voiceover menu appears. Also on this trim menu is an option to split and audio track, which is useful for adding a cutaway clip or another effect during which you don't want your soundtrack to play. You can toggle between background and foreground options on the trim menu tools. An audio clip listed as a green bar is used as background audio, and an audio clip listed as a blue bar is used as foreground audio. When you add an audio track, you can trim its start and end points by tapping on the audio track and then dragging the yellow handles on either end just as you would trim a video clip. Instead of selecting a video and tapping the down-arrow button to add the video clip to your project timeline, tap the button to the right that features sound waves - this will add only the audio of the selected clip. If you have a video that features a song or some sort of audio that you would like to use as background music, you can detach the audio from the clip and add only that. You can also tap the play button to preview it before adding it to your project. Tap on a song to select it and then tap the down-arrow button to add it to your project timeline. Tracks listed in white are able to be used. When you are searching for a song in iMovie, tracks that are grayed out are either not stored locally or are DRM protected. When I purchased the same song from iTunes, it was freed from its DRM protection and I was able to use it for my iMovie masterpiece. I tried downloading a track from Apple Music to use as a soundtrack in iMovie but was told the song was DRM-protected and can't be used. If you have moved from purchasing music via iTunes to streaming music via Apple Music, Spotify or another streaming service, you may encounter DRM restrictions that prevent you from added a song to your iMovie project. And if you have audio tracks stored in iCloud Drive, tap the last item in the list to peruse your iCloud Drive folders. If none of the themes strikes your fancy, then you can browse your iTunes library by Playlists, Albums, Artists or Songs. Theme Music is a collection of bland audio tracks that iMovie supplies. Tap the Audio tab at the bottom and you'll see a number of categories. To add background music, tap the Media Library button that you used to add video clips to your timeline - it features a little film strip and music note icon. Soundtrackįor background music, you can select a bland theme from iMovie itself or a song or a track you created in GarageBand or another app that you have stored locally on your iPhone.
#How to add a voiceover in imovie 10.0.6 movie#
After you have started an iMovie project on your iPhone and perhaps added a title sequence and video effects, it's time to think about adding a soundtrack or sound effects, adjusting audio levels or recording audio of your own for a voiceover effect.Īdding audio effects makes your movie feel less like a collection of video clips and more like a cohesive project.