You'd need to use a mixer board in order to turn down the volume down. I can 
do it via mixer but I haven't got it hooked up at the moment.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Turning Volume Down


>I am trying to record something in what you hear and when I want to speak
> and it is too loud for me to speak, I would like to turn the wave control
> down while recording without going into the volume control. For example, 
> if
> there is a swear word and I was going to speak, I could turn the wave down
> and cover up the offending word with my voice.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Audio Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Turning Volume Down
>
>
>> Recording live, can you be a bit more specific?  I think I may be  a bit
>> confused.  Can you explain to me a bit more detailedly, please, what it 
>> is
>> exactly, that you're attempting to do?
>>
>> I'm sorry for the confusion.
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Samuel Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: Turning Volume Down
>>
>>
>>> No, I mean when recording live.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Chris Gilland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Turning Volume Down
>>>
>>>
>>>>i think what you wanna do is to shape the recording.  Just select what
>>>>you
>>>> have recorded, by placing your start and finnish markers where they 
>>>> need
>>>> to
>>>> go, if you don't know how to do that let me know so that I can assist
>>>> you.
>>>> Once that is done, you wanna hit alt c to go to the effect menu.  From
>>>> here
>>>> you either can shape the audio, or you can do what I'd suggest which
>>>> I've
>>>> found seems to work a bit better.  You may wanna do a fade out and do
>>>> the
>>>> normal volume to like maybe 50 percent, or half  in other words of the
>>>> origional volume.  The reason that I say to fade it out rather than
>>>> doing
>>>> a
>>>> volume changte, is because if you do a volume change then the volume
>>>> will
>>>> tend to go down all at once suddenly, which kind of in my opinion
>>>> wouldn't
>>>> sound very natural.  it would be as if I were yelling for example one
>>>> minute
>>>> saying Hey, Sam, do you like noughnuts?  And, right on the nuts sylable
>>>> of
>>>> doughnuts, I stopped screaming as loud as I could and all a sudden
>>>> whisperred all at once.  you'd be like, ok, that was strange, why 
>>>> didn't
>>>> he
>>>> just gradually lower the volume of his voice.  Well, that's kind a what
>>>> the
>>>> concept would be in this case of doing a volume change verses doing a
>>>> fade
>>>> out.  If you do a fade out, but do not fade to silence, only fade maybe
>>>> to
>>>> half volume, then, that will sound very very natural.  Remember:  you
>>>> only
>>>> want to fade out the part that you will be talking over.  Then, just go
>>>> to
>>>> a
>>>> new window with your control n.  then do your control f9 to record, 
>>>> then
>>>> a
>>>> corse hit your control f8 to stop recording.  Then do Control A to put
>>>> your
>>>> start and finnish markers at the beginning and end of the file, then,
>>>> control c to copy, now control tab over to your other file, and do
>>>> control
>>>> m
>>>> to paste mix.  That's all ya gotta do, and since your start and finnish
>>>> markers are set5 where you need them top be for the voice over section
>>>> of
>>>> the filoe, that is thus, where it will be paste mixed.  I hope this has
>>>> made
>>>> sinse and helps.  If not, feel free to write me back and let me know 
>>>> and
>>>> maybe I could get up with you one on one and show you what i mean.  Of
>>>> corse
>>>> you can write the list as well and we'll all try to help you.  I'm
>>>> simply
>>>> just saying if you need an extra hand you can get with me off list, if
>>>> necessary, I'll be happy to work with you one on one.  I'll admit I 
>>>> just
>>>> bought GW, so, I'm still learning myself, but I'm more than willing to
>>>> teach
>>>> you what I do know which actually is quite a lot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, I'll put it this way:  I jsut did a voice over type file like
>>>> you're
>>>> doing for the first time in GW yesterday as a promo for my radio show,
>>>> and
>>>> it went surprisingly well.  So I kind a thus have a decent enough feel
>>>> as
>>>> to
>>>> what I think you're trying basicly to do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyway dude, my e-mail address is:
>>>>
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's also my msn messenger address.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chris.
>>>>
>>>>
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