Add, record, and adjust voiceovers

Add narration to any video by uploading an audio file, recording one yourself, or generating one with AI. This article covers uploading and managing voiceover clips on the timeline; for AI-generated narration see AI voiceovers: text-to-speech and ElevenLabs voices.

The voiceover timeline

Your project timeline has two audio layers: one for music and one for voiceovers. Click the microphone icon in the timeline (or Voice-over in the content bar) to open the voiceover panel. The voiceover layer holds multiple clips, and you can use it for any audio — narration, sound effects, or extra tracks.

Upload your own voiceover

Open the voiceover panel and switch to the Uploads tab.
Click Upload voice-over and pick an audio file (MP3, MP4, WAV, or M4A), or select a file you've uploaded before and click Save.

Voiceover audio uploads go directly into your project's timeline — they can't be stored in the Asset Library.

Adjust, move, and replace clips

Volume and fades: click a voiceover clip in the timeline to open its properties, then use the volume slider and fade in/out controls.
Trim: drag the handles at the start and end of the clip.
Replace: select the clip and choose Replace voice-over, then follow the prompts.
Multiple voiceovers: just keep adding clips — the voiceover layer supports as many as you need.

Move a voiceover to a different scene (pinning)

Voiceovers are automatically pinned to the scene you add them to, so they move and adjust with that scene.

Unpin: select the clip, click its link icon, and choose Detach from scene. The icon changes to an arrow and you can drag the clip anywhere on the timeline.
Re-pin: drag the clip on top of a scene — it links to that scene automatically.

Record a voiceover

Biteable doesn't have a built-in audio recorder, but any of these work:

A web recorder: this free online audio recorder records and saves an MP3 you can upload to your voiceover timeline.
Your phone: record with a voice memo app (like Voice Memos on iPhone) and upload the file.
Biteable's Record tools: record a video, then pull the audio out with the audio extraction tool and upload the MP3. This also works for videos you receive through Record Requests — download the video from your assets, extract the audio, and upload it to the voiceover track.

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