Overdubbing

One of the great things we can do in multitrack is a technique called Overdubbing, where we record a master track that contains all of our sounds / instruments then one by one, re-record each individual sound or instrument on a new track.

Since we’ve recorded our narration, let’s replace your voice with new voices (whether that be you creating a character voice or you finding a friend).

• In a shorter piece like this, sometimes it’s nice to place markers in the file, so in the spaces between the characters, select the waveform and press [M] to create a marker. This will give us a visual reminder or cue for the next line.
  
• We’ll then disarm recording on track one, name track two as “Narrator” and enable and arm recording on the second track.
  
• Now press record and only voice the Narrator parts.
  NOTE: It’s important, however, to wear a pair of headphones since you’ll hear the original recording over the microphone!
• You’ll now see two tracks. The Narrator voice over will have silence for the Boy’s lines.
  
• Let’s disarm recording on track two and label, enable, and arm track three.
  
• This time, let’s mute the master track so that we hear the narrator, but not the original boy recording.
  
• With your headphones on, let’s also enable monitoring [I] which will allow you to hear what you’re recording. This is incredibly helpful for instruments and vocals when recording music.
  
• Now record the last bit of voice over, the boy’s part. You should now be filling in the gaps. You could now place effects, adjust timing, and re-record as much as you need.
  
• To finish, you’ll want to “Mixdown” all the tracks into a single audio file … File > Export > Multitrack Mixdown > Entire Session
  
• And save the file however you see fit. Here I’ve selected a high quality WAV file.