How to Create a Great Song Cover With Windows Movie Maker
Set up your camera (on a tripod or table) so you can record yourself properly; , Plug in the mic to your computer., Set up Windows Movie Maker.,Next you want to have the song you're singing on an iPod/music box so you can hear it through the ear...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Set up your camera (on a tripod or table) so you can record yourself properly;
Make sure you can reach or see it while you're recording live. , At the bottom to mid-right there's a picture of a microphone (hovering over it will say "narrate timeline" click it.
Make sure both the check boxes are unmarked and the tab for "audio device" says the type of mic. you're using, and the bottom tab "audio import" says microphone.
At the top of the same page it will say start narration.
Click that when you're ready.
BUT NOT YET! ,,,, It will automatically insert the sound into your program. ,,, Click on every sound file until the whole video is quiet.
You only want sound from the mic, otherwise it will sound weird :/ , and file>save movie file. and save to the highest quality you can. ,, So now you can place your instrumental bit in there ,,, -
Step 2: Plug in the mic to your computer.
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Step 3: Set up Windows Movie Maker.
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Step 4: Next you want to have the song you're singing on an iPod/music box so you can hear it through the ear buds
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Step 5: start your camera in advanced before you start narration (you can clip the camera footage later)
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Step 6: Start narration and sing with what you hear in the ear buds!
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Step 7: When you've finished
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Step 8: click "stop narration" and save where you can find it again.
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Step 9: put the video file on the computer If it's not an .avi file
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Step 10: then you can convert it to one with a video converter.
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Step 11: Then import the video into Windows Movie Maker along with the audio from the mic.
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Step 12: You want to then
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Step 13: edit the sound on the CAMERA footage by expanding the video tab in the timeline.
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Step 14: when you have both
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Step 15: edit the video (no transitions
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Step 16: add cute titles!)
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Step 17: when it finishes saving (might take a while) reopen that save file into Windows Movie Maker again!
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Step 18: Notice the audio your mic was once in is empty!
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Step 19: Re-save the video as another Movie file
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Step 20: UPLOAD AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS
Detailed Guide
Make sure you can reach or see it while you're recording live. , At the bottom to mid-right there's a picture of a microphone (hovering over it will say "narrate timeline" click it.
Make sure both the check boxes are unmarked and the tab for "audio device" says the type of mic. you're using, and the bottom tab "audio import" says microphone.
At the top of the same page it will say start narration.
Click that when you're ready.
BUT NOT YET! ,,,, It will automatically insert the sound into your program. ,,, Click on every sound file until the whole video is quiet.
You only want sound from the mic, otherwise it will sound weird :/ , and file>save movie file. and save to the highest quality you can. ,, So now you can place your instrumental bit in there ,,,
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