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How to Do a Voiceover in Final Cut Pro

Final Cut records narration or plays an imported file. Here is each path, and how to bring in a clean generated voice.

Step by step

How to do a voiceover on Final Cut Pro

  1. Generate the voice in Cantari: paste your script, pick a voice, and generate a natural read in seconds, then export the audio file (MP3 on every plan, WAV on paid plans). No microphone, no retakes.

  2. To import a ready voice: drag the audio file into your event, then onto the timeline as a connected clip under your video.

  3. To record instead: open the Voiceover tool (Window, then Record Voiceover), position the playhead, and record.

  4. Use the Volume and the audio inspector to balance the narration against music and effects.

Final Cut's recorded voiceover is convenient but live: it picks up your room. Importing a generated take keeps every line clean and consistent, and you can re-generate one line without re-recording the session.

Straight answers

Voiceover on Final Cut Pro, answered.

Can I import an audio file as a voiceover in Final Cut?
Yes. Drag the file into your event, then onto the timeline as a connected clip beneath the video.
How do I duck music under the voice in Final Cut?
Lower the music clip's volume where the narration plays, or keyframe it down so it dips under the voice and back up between lines.
Why generate the voice instead of recording it?
A generated line is clean on the first take, consistent across a project, and re-doable from text, no microphone, booth, or retakes.
Keep going

Voiceovers elsewhere.

The voice itself comes from text to speech. New to it? Read the guide.

Your Final Cut Pro voiceover starts with the voice.

Generate a natural read from your script in seconds, export it, and add it the way this guide shows. No microphone required.