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Thread #139152   Message #3189622
Posted By: Tootler
17-Jul-11 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Help Me Make This Recording-speech/flute
Subject: RE: Tech: Help Me Make This Recording-speech/flute
I did something similar to Suinbhne but all you need is Audacity and your Zoom H2 (and maybe your favourite Audio player on the PC)

  1. Record the speech on your Zoom H2 (already done), copy it to your PC.

  2. Playback the speech to the flautist over headphones and record her accompanying music on your Zoom H2.

  3. Copy the flute track to the PC.

  4. If desired edit the two audio files separately for audio quality.

  5. import both into Audacity and mix the two together.


I have dubbed background music on to video of my granddaughter, keeping her chatter using this method.

There is a pretty good tutorial on the Audacity website on mixing tracks. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tutorial

I have an Edirol R09 rather than a Zoom but the consensus seems to be that the sound quality from both is pretty good, even using the internal mics.