Trimming The Announcer - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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Checking the Input Levels
Before trying to record, you need to check and adjust the audio input
levels. If your audio input is too low, it will be lost in the background
noise. If it is too high, it will overload the input channel and be distorted/
clipped. You can do this by using the Console view, as we did in the
previous tutorial. Please refer to that section if you need to know how to
do this.
Recording
Let's record the announcer track.
1. Make sure that the Announcer track is armed for recording.
2. In the Transport toolbar, click Rewind
3. Read the script, with feeling.
When you finish recording, click the Stop button
space bar. A new clip will appear in track 1 in the Clips pane.
Play back what you've recorded and see how it sounds! If you don't
like the results, choose Edit-Undo Recording (or press Ctrl-Z) and try
again. It's okay if the announcer's voice over doesn't fit exactly...
because we will be editing it to make it shorter soon.
When you have a recording you like, remember to disarm track 1 and
save your work.

Trimming the Announcer

Our next task is to edit the announcer segment to make it Þt within the
20 seconds. There are two parts to this. First, we'll trim the beginning of
the audio and move the entire voice-over so that it starts at the
beginning. Then, we'll remove the pauses or breaths and slide the
segments around in time until they Þt.
Opening the Audio View
We'll perform our editing work in the Audio view. To set up the Audio
view, do the following:
1. Solo the Announcer track, so you don't hear the music while you
edit.
2. Select the Announcer track by clicking on the track number (track
1).
, then click Record .
, or press the