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Questions about fraps and Voice volume

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IVFearless
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States165 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-15 09:11:21
April 15 2011 08:58 GMT
#1
Hey everyone. I'm working on my microphone issues and so I haven't been able to get any casts up on youtube over the last few days. Instead I've been checking out as many casters as I can find. There is some real talent in the SC2 community.

I'm continuing to have some issues with the level of my voice when recording with fraps. After looking around for a bit it seems that this is a common problem. I've tried adjusting all my settings but nothing seems to help.

What is the viability of recording my voice with a separate program and then adding it to the video. I know that TotalBiscut does it, but he uses Adobe Audition which is ~$275 which is way to much for me. Does anyone know of a free option? **Edit** Does Audacity work well? I've heard it has a hotkey setup that might enable me to start recording in both fraps and the Audacity simultaneously. Can anyone confirm this?**

It looks like I'm going to have about $150 to get myself set up (mic/software/accessories).

Being nigh broke sucks. But, I've never let that get in my way before and I'm not planning on starting now.

In other news, I'm continuing to look into broadcasting technique and starting to compile two lists of habits I notice in other casters that I either want to emulate or attempt to steer clear of. So far, the biggest thing I've found is that it is vital to understand (and say) WHY things are happening as opposed to simply repeating WHAT is happening. Obviously there is a balance to maintain, but I feel like it isn't engaging enough when you lean too heavily on the WHAT.

So, since its my goal to be the best caster in the world (setting a reasonable goal, I know) I've started making flashcards so I can learn how units, tech and structures all interact.

I'm going to a small LAN with some friends this weekend so, unfortunately, I will not have time to get casts up by Monday, but I hope to order my equipment today or tomorrow, so I should be up and running by Wed at the latest.

Hope you all have a great weekend!


Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
April 15 2011 09:53 GMT
#2
For my casting i didn't need much more than my 30€ headset and the ~25€ Fraps licence.

Just check that your mic is not too silent, but most headsets in that pricerange aren't. If it's too lound, you can set it lower in windows itself, no need for extra programs.

If you want to edit the sound recording, there are many programs that can directly extract and combine the audio from/into the videofile, which makes sure you always have audio and video synced unless you cut things from the audio track instead of just reducing the volume of that part to zero.

For the audio editing, you can use audacity, though i haven't needed it yet. For video converting/encoding/cutting i use avidemux which afaik has audio extract and combine options, but there should be some better options out there.
IVFearless
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States165 Posts
April 15 2011 14:00 GMT
#3
Thanks for your answer Morfildur. Could I get a link to some of the stuff you've cast? I'd love to check it out.
Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
April 15 2011 15:05 GMT
#4
On April 15 2011 23:00 IV.Fearless wrote:
Thanks for your answer Morfildur. Could I get a link to some of the stuff you've cast? I'd love to check it out.


youtube.com/SCMorfildur

But you won't be happy about that as i cast in german :p
I also don't do any other post-production than combining the fraps files and converting them to the much smaller MP4 format.
IVFearless
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States165 Posts
April 15 2011 17:32 GMT
#5
no worries. I can always learn
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