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Inexpensive options for dubbing/recreating videos

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Dubbing and Recreating Video: Hardware and Software Recommendations

Dubbing
  • Recommendations: Inexpensive or Free

Download video from YouTube

Video editor: Import video into video editor and narrate

Unidirectional microphone/mic that will pick up sound from a single direction

Please follow this advice from our production team: The trick is to record it in a small room with not much echo. That could be inexpensively achieved by recording in a carpeted room and hanging blankets on the wall while recording.

Note: This is a requirement for high-quality audio.

Audio editing

Dub/edit audio tracks

Note: This is only for audio editing; no video.  See this link for tips on noise reduction.

Recreating

  

Download YouTube videos

Graphics tablet to recreate handwriting for blackboard style videos.
  • Wacom bamboo 80
  • Monoprice
  • Any pressure sensitive tablet computer will work

Note: do not use a mouse, it will not look like handwriting.

Unidirectional mic/mic that will pick up sound from a single direction

Please follow this advice from our production team: The trick is to record it in a small room with not much echo. That could be inexpensively achieved by recording in a carpeted room and hanging blankets on the wall while recording.

Note: This is a requirement for high-quality audio.

Software: Video Drawing software

Software: Video Screen capture software

Note: Built-in noise suppression filter doesn't have any editing features. It is used by gamers for streaming, so getting good quality should be possible.

Edit the video