Apple iMovie HD - Manual (Page 67)

Chapter 9 Working With Sound 67
Adding a Voiceover
You can record sound directly into iMovie HD if you have a built-in microphone or an
external microphone connected to your computer. You can use this feature to create
your own voiceover narrations or commentaries.
Your microphone records at the input level set in the Sound pane of System
Preferences. To turn the recording level of a mike up or down, use the “Input volume”
slider in the Sound pane.
To set the recording level of a microphone:
1 Open System Preferences and click Sound.
2 Click Input.
3 Select the microphone you want to use.
4 Adjust the “Input volume” slider to raise or lower the volume that the microphone
records at.
To record a voiceover:
1 In the timeline viewer, drag the playhead until you see the frame where you want the
voiceover to begin.
2 Click the Audio button to open the Audio pane.
3 Click the Record button.
4 Speak clearly into the microphone.
While you are speaking, the input meter should be yellow. If it turns red, you are
speaking too loudly.
5 Click the Stop button to stop recording.
The sound you recorded appears in the first audio track. Like any other audio clip, it can
be dragged to a new position in either of the audio tracks.
Record/Stop button