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Music bed or voice over first
Hello there,
I am creating a documentary and using a professional voice-over artist for the time.
I am wondering which is the best way around creating the audio.
Should I create the music bed first, the voice over first or just have some fixed elements for the music bed before recording the voice over?
I only have a short demo of the script form the VO artist so I am thinking I shouldn’t get too attached to the parts of the music bed I have already selected as there is a chance it won’t work.
No one is writing a score for this – I am buying in the music myself. However, I have found getting great music for it has been hard, I imagine it will be even harder trying to find music that fits the VO.
I would appreciate anyone with more experience of doing this giving me some advice on best practice.
Thanks
(Sorry, I know this is more a general post production question and not specifically about APP but thought there would be a few who see this forum who might be able to help)
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1 Reply
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Do the VO first. Get your main edit completed with the VO, then add in music. You can always edit in or out pauses in the voice to go with the flow of the music.
I’ve had good success lately with Smart Sound music. Many of their tracks can be downloaded in a variety of lighter mixes which you can customize to go under a VO then bring in the full version for emphasis.
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