Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 247)

242 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Adding and mixing audio
Last updated 8/12/2010
An audio clip containing your narration is added to the Media panel and to the Narration track in the Timeline or
Sceneline (below the selected clip).
Note: If you do not click the Stop button, recording automatically stops at the beginning of the next file in the Narration
track, or 30 seconds past the end of the last clip in the Timeline or Sceneline.
9 To preview your recording, click the Go To Previous Narration button . Then click the Play Present Narration
button .
10 To continue recording from the point at which you stopped, click the Record button again.
Clicking Record again overwrites any narrations that are already in the Narration track.
11 Click the Pause button at any time to stop the preview.
In the Sceneline, a microphone icon appears in the top-right corner of the clip you’ve narrated.
Replace or discard a narration
1 Do one of the following:
• In the Timeline, drag the current-time indicator in the Timeline to the location where the old narration begins.
• In the Sceneline, select the clip containing the narration you want to change. Then, in the Monitor panel, drag the
current-time indicator
to the location where the old narration begins.
2 Select the Add Narration option from the Audio Tools menu.
3 In the Record Voice Narration window, do either of the following:
• To replace the narration, click the Record button . Clicking Record again overwrites the existing recording with
the new one.
• To discard a narration, click the Delete Present Narration button .The old narration clip is removed from the
Timeline or Sceneline, but remains in the Project view of the Tasks panel.
Mixing audio and adjusting volume
About audio mixing
Mixing audio involves adjusting volume levels so that they maintain a good range within each clip, and then adjusting
them in proportion to other clips used in the movie. For example, you might first adjust the volume of a narration clip
so that there is little variance between its softest and loudest sections; then raise the narration’s overall volume so that
it is clearly audible over background sounds or music included in other clips.
In Adobe Premiere Elements, volume changes are measured in decibels. A level of 0.0 dB is the original volume (not
silence). Changing the level to a negative number reduces the volume, and changing the level to a positive number
increases the volume.
To control a clip’s volume, you can use the Volume graph—the yellow line running horizontally across the audio track
of each clip (sometimes referred to as the volume rubberband)—or the Audio Mixer. You can use the Audio Meters
window to view the overall audio volume for your project.
Consider the following guidelines when adjusting volume levels:
• If you combine particularly loud audio clips on multiple tracks, clipping (a staccato distortion) may occur. To avoid
clipping, reduce volume levels.