Calibrating Microphones For Recording; Recording Audio - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

Calibrating microphones for recording

If you are recording audio for a project, you must set the microphone or recording device to the
correct recording level. This process is called calibrating the recording device. Adobe Captivate
can detect optimal microphone and recording sensitivity levels automatically.
Note: Adobe Captivate must be able to detect a recording device before trying to calibrate. Check
that a microphone or recording device using "line in" is connected to your computer properly and is
turned on before calibrating.
To calibrate a microphone or recording device:
Open the Adobe Captivate project for which you want to record a new audio file.
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From the Audio menu, select Record.
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The Record Audio dialog box appears.
Click Settings.
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The Audio settings dialog box appears.
Click Calibrate input.
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The Calibrate microphone dialog box appears.
To set the correct recording device level, read the following sentence into the microphone until
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the red recording window becomes green:
"I am setting my microphone recording level for use with Adobe Captivate."
When you finish, click OK.
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Recording audio

If you have a microphone connected to your computer, you can record audio to be included on a
slide. You can use audio for many types of narration or instruction. For example, if you have text
captions in a project, you can record a voice-over narration track of someone reading the text on
the captions.
To record audio:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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To open the Record Audio dialog box, do one of the following:
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In Storyboard view, click Audio in the toolbar.
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In Edit view, click Audio in the toolbar.
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If you want to set recording options, click Settings and make the necessary changes. Depending
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on the type of recording (voice-over, music, and so on) and the desired playback (within an EXE
file, over the Internet, and so on), you may need to adjust audio settings.
(Optional) If you have created text captions or slide notes that can be used as a script, select the
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View Script option. (The text will appear on the right.)
Click Record to begin recording.
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Speak into the microphone or recording device.
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