Hi, I recorded a simulation in Storyline 3 using the 'Try out' mode and it worked reasonably well creating 127 slides, however it failed to produce any audio files, whatsoever? Is it me, or are you expected to record these separately?
When inserting a screen recording as step-by-step slides (i.e., View Mode, Try Mode, or Test Mode), recorded audio won't be used. Step-by-step slides display only the action-related video clips from your screencast.
Your audio will still be available in the original screen recording if you need to insert it as a video on a single slide.
Thanks Katie, ok so its not me after all ! Since I want the correct audio instruction to appear on each of the 127 slides a single recording of all the instructions in the form of a single video is of little use. Looks like I will just have to create separate audio files.
From here, you'll need to insert separate audio files into each segment of the recording. It may be faster to record the narration directly in Storyline.
I did consider recording snippets directly on each slide, however based on my previous recordings I am not sure I want to go there, as the audio quality is not very good in Articulate.
...and recently I found that what sounded like a reasonable audio clip when first recorded upon later review it appears to have deteriorated both in volume and quality!
Having used a Rode Podcast professional level mic I would have expected better quality audio. Now I am left wondering if there is something preprogramed in the software to reduce all the audio to the lowest common denominator in terms of audio quality?
Great question! By default, the audio recorded in Storyline 360 is compressed automatically. If you've recorded the audio in another program, then you can import it into Storyline 360 as an mp3 file and choose to set the Compression to None.
Only MP3 files can be uncompressed in Storyline. The compression setting is grayed out for all other audio formats and narration that you recorded in Storyline.
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Hello John. Great question!
When inserting a screen recording as step-by-step slides (i.e., View Mode, Try Mode, or Test Mode), recorded audio won't be used. Step-by-step slides display only the action-related video clips from your screencast.
Your audio will still be available in the original screen recording if you need to insert it as a video on a single slide.
Thanks Katie, ok so its not me after all ! Since I want the correct audio instruction to appear on each of the 127 slides a single recording of all the instructions in the form of a single video is of little use. Looks like I will just have to create separate audio files.
Hey John,
You're definitely not alone, and you're right!
From here, you'll need to insert separate audio files into each segment of the recording. It may be faster to record the narration directly in Storyline.
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Hi Katie
I did consider recording snippets directly on each slide, however based on my previous recordings I am not sure I want to go there, as the audio quality is not very good in Articulate.
...and recently I found that what sounded like a reasonable audio clip when first recorded upon later review it appears to have deteriorated both in volume and quality!
Having used a Rode Podcast professional level mic I would have expected better quality audio. Now I am left wondering if there is something preprogramed in the software to reduce all the audio to the lowest common denominator in terms of audio quality?
Hi John!
Great question! By default, the audio recorded in Storyline 360 is compressed automatically. If you've recorded the audio in another program, then you can import it into Storyline 360 as an mp3 file and choose to set the Compression to None.
Here's more about Storyline 360's audio settings!
Hi Lauren, Thanks for your reply,
I am not using Storyline 360 (yet), so does your reply apply to Storyline 3?
Also the obvious question which springs to mind is...."can the compression be turned off for recording made within Articulate Storyline 3 (or 360)" ?
Hi John,
Apologies for the misunderstanding there! Storyline 3 cannot uncompress audio, as that feature is only available in Storyline 360 update 33 and above.
As the article mentions, only imported .mp3 files can be uncompressed:
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