Hello,
I was wandering if you know how I can add sound\music to my film without using any computer software?
Scott
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Audio Editing without a PC
Firstly I would suggest that you don't really want to attempt this for anything longer than a few minutes.
The first way you will need is a video recorder which will allow audio dubbing. These are avaliable but are much less common than they used to be.
This will basically allow you to over dub the videos existing sound but it all has to be done online. Any sound effects will have to be prepared and done manually. At best you may be able to produce 2 seperate audio tracks but useually only one, depends on the recorder.
A better way is produce the audio seperately using a multi track recorder. I have used a Fostex X34 which allows 4 tracks to be recorded. This can be produced and timed more easily than using a video recorder and offers functions like track volume adjustment. Once youy have produced the audio then all you need is plug in the video source to a video with composite in and stereo in and cue the video source and the audio together.
For some tips on how to syncronise the audio and video have a look at the 'How we did it' section
Adam C
The first way you will need is a video recorder which will allow audio dubbing. These are avaliable but are much less common than they used to be.
This will basically allow you to over dub the videos existing sound but it all has to be done online. Any sound effects will have to be prepared and done manually. At best you may be able to produce 2 seperate audio tracks but useually only one, depends on the recorder.
A better way is produce the audio seperately using a multi track recorder. I have used a Fostex X34 which allows 4 tracks to be recorded. This can be produced and timed more easily than using a video recorder and offers functions like track volume adjustment. Once youy have produced the audio then all you need is plug in the video source to a video with composite in and stereo in and cue the video source and the audio together.
For some tips on how to syncronise the audio and video have a look at the 'How we did it' section
Adam C
