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How to Do a Voiceover in Premiere Pro

Premiere records narration on an audio track or plays a file you import. Here is each, and how to use a clean generated voice.

Step by step

How to do a voiceover on Premiere 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: File, then Import, choose the audio file, and drag it onto an audio track in the timeline.

  3. To record instead: in the Audio Track Mixer (or the track header), use the voiceover record button to narrate against your sequence.

  4. Use the Essential Sound panel to set the clip as Dialogue and balance it against music and effects.

Premiere's Essential Sound panel cleans and levels dialogue beautifully, but it cannot fix a flat read. Generating the narration gives you a consistent, well-paced take to start from, then Essential Sound polishes it.

Straight answers

Voiceover on Premiere Pro, answered.

What audio format should I import into Premiere?
WAV gives the highest quality for editing; MP3 also imports fine. Cantari exports WAV on paid plans and MP3 on every plan.
How do I make the voiceover sit above the music?
Select the voice clip, mark it as Dialogue in the Essential Sound panel, and use ducking so the music dips under the narration automatically.
Can I keep the voice consistent across a series?
Yes. Generate every episode's narration from the same voice, so the sound matches across the whole series without re-casting a person.
Keep going

Voiceovers elsewhere.

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

Your Premiere 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.