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Record your Personal Commentary, Poetry, and Interviews

Use SoniClear SalesVoice to create vibrant recordings of your voice for posting to your weblog, poetry site, and other creative web projects. For example, listen to the poem Fall_ing by Kieran Sala. Some longer form radio shows recorded using SalesVoice can be heard in the Example Recordings (see the "Interview Archive Examples").

Unlike other products and services for Podcasting and Audio Blogging, SoniClear makes it easy to produce perfect recordings that sound dramatically better than ordinary audio. Two unique features make this possible: Undo capability during recording and VoiceBoost audio enhancement.

Undo for Perfection

When you make recordings in SoniClear SalesVoice, you can record your presentation in sections. After you complete each section you can review how it sounds and re-record it if you are not satisfied. Most people are not trained to deliver long monologues without making mistakes. With SoniClear, you do not have to be a voice actor to produce a flawless recording.

VoiceBoost for Studio Quality

The digital signal processing in SoniClear gives your voice a professional recording studio sound. VoiceBoost performs all of the functions of a $3,000 recording studio voice processor, automatically, and without requiring any special audio engineering experience.

Experience the Difference

Try out SoniClear SalesVoice for yourself and experience creating great audio blogs on your Windows computer. Download the SalesVoice Free Trial today and follow these simple How To Instructions.

How To Instructions

Download and install SoniClear SalesVoice, and start the program.

The default source of audio is from your sound card microphone. If your computer has a built-in microphone (typical for laptops) the program will record automatically from it. Otherwise, plug a computer microphone into the mic-in jack of the sound card.

If you are using some other sound source (such as a USB microphone or line-in from a microphone preamplifier) you will need to review the documentation instructions (see Help/SoniClear Help in the program, or the SoniClear Online Documentation).

Now create a new file for recording. Click the New button, enter a file name, select Presentation as the recording type, and click OK.

This will display "Ready to Record" in the status window, along with the length of time that you can record (based on the amount of free space on your disk drive). The program is now ready to record your voice.

Click the red Record button and start speaking. The first time using the program you will probably need to adjust the record volume. If you are using the standard microphone or line-in sources in your sound card, you simply adjust the "level" slider. The best level is when the record meter registers generally in the middle of the range. Too low or too high of a meter reading will result in poor audio quality.

When finished speaking, click the Stop button. You can review the audio by clicking the Play button. If you do not hear anything be sure the audio to the computer speaker is on. This can be adjusted by clicking on the speaker icon in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

If you are satisfied with the sound, the recording is done. If not, you can click the Undo button and record again. Keep repeating the record and undo steps until you are satisfied with the result.

The finished WAV file can then be exported as an MP3 file for web delivery. From the SoniClear File pulldown menu select Export to MP3. Accept the default file name (or enter a different name), and click Encode. Will will automatically generate the MP3 file. Now upload this MP3 file to your Podcast or weblog service. Instructions will vary for this step, so consult with the documentation provided with the hosting system you use.

A useful SoniClear technique for recording longer podcasts and audio blogs is to record in sections. Each time you record and then stop, you have the option to listen to the section just recorded and erase only that portion. Divide your presentation into natural groups of information. Record a section by clicking the Record button, speak into the microphone for that section of the presentation, and then click Stop. Listen to that section by clicking the Play button. If the recording is satisfactory, continue to record the next section by clicking the Record button. The program will automatically start recording at the end of the file. If the recording is not correct, click the Undo button. This will remove only the last recorded section from the file. You can then re-record that section.

SoniClear automatically enhances the WAV file with VoiceBoost processing, while you speak. There are no additional processing steps to do or commands that you need to make. SoniClear will produce the best quality sound possible, given the original quality of the audio that is being sent into the computer. A number of factors can affect the sound. The quality of the microphone is the most important point. In addition, sound cards vary widely in their quality, in terms of noise level and distortion. Refer to our notes about microphones on the Microphone Notes Page. Suggestions on how to get the best quality sound is also included in the program documentation (SoniClear Online Documentation), and on the Troubleshooting Support Page.