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Background music
The mood of your movie is determined as much by your video as it is by the background
music you use. Whether you choose Classical, Country, or Chinese folk music, the decision is
entirely up to you. The source of this music can be any CD in your collection.
To use the audio from a CD in your movie, you first have to record the music
you want with your computer. This creates a WAV file, which is the digital audio
data from your CD. Ulead VideoStudio now supports a number of addtional file
formats, including MP3. MP3s are an exciting new way to share music over the
Internet and there are thousands of songs availible for you to download.
After you have recorded a clip, the controls on the Options panel
have changed somewhat. The top numbers now represent the
total Duration of the inserted clip. As with other types of media
clips, you can now trim the inserted music file to better fit your
movie.
The Record button
turns red when
recording.
The Play button
changes to the Stop
button when playing
a CD.
Detail from Options
panel showing CD track
information, the Record
button and the Play
button.
WAV file trim information.
Recording music from a CD
1. Insert the CD in your CD-ROM.
2. On the Options panel, select a Music track.
3. Select the track (song number) on the CD that you want to play.
Important: Many computers automatically play CDs when they are
inserted. You must close all other CD players for this step to work
properly.
4. Click the Play button to listen to the CD to find the section of the
song that you want to record. Remember that you cannot record
over a WAV file on the Music track, so click on a blank portion of
the track if the CD controls are unavailable.
5. Click the Record button when you are ready.
6. Click the Stop button (or press Esc) to insert the recorded clip
onto the Timeline.
