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SoniClear makes it easy for anyone to produce professional-quality voice recordings for webcasting. Three features make this possible: Undo capability during recording, VoiceBoost audio enhancement, and built-in MP3 encoding. Undo for Perfection When you make recordings in SoniClear SalesVoice, you can record the webcast script or interview 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 read long scripts without making mistakes. With SoniClear, you do not have to be a voice actor to produce a flawless presentation. VoiceBoost for Studio Quality The digital signal processing in SoniClear makes your voice sound like it has been recorded in a professional recording studio. VoiceBoost performs all of the functions of a $3,000 recording studio voice processor, automatically, and without requiring any special audio engineering experience. Built-In MP3 Encoding SoniClear includes the high-quality Fraunhofer MP3 converter for encoding MP3 files directly in the program. You don't have to install or buy any other program to use this feature. Once you have converted to MP3, the file can be uploaded to your website for playback. Experience the Difference Try out SoniClear SalesVoice for yourself and experience creating professional-quality audio webcasts on your Windows computer. Download the SalesVoice Free Trial today and follow these simple How To Instructions. How To Instructions Use SoniClear to record and convert your webcast into MP3 format for transmission over the Internet. 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 webcast. 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 source 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 finished. 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. From the SoniClear File pulldown menu select Export to MP3. Accept the default file name (or enter a different name), and click Encode. This produces a standard format MP3 file that can be uploaded to your website and linked into a webpage. A useful SoniClear technique for recording longer webcasts 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 the presentation into natural groups of information. Record a section by clicking the Record button, and then click Stop. Listen to that section by clicking the Play button. If the recording is satisfactory, continue with the next section by clicking Record. 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 Support 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. You may want to create a WAV file for conversion to a sound file format that is not supported by SoniClear, such as the Microsoft Windows Media format or RealAudio. Record using the Production Sound Quality setting in the program Preferences, as described above. Then, instead of using the MP3 export capability, run the VoiceBoost enhanced WAV file through the free encoder supplied by Real Networks or Microsoft. The VoiceBoost enhancement will make the streamed audio much clearer when played back over the Internet. |
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