16 - Adding Voice Over

About this video

This CapCut lesson fills an awkward gap in an ice cream video with voice over. The instructor explains two routes: record your own narration directly into the timeline using the microphone record button, choosing an attached microphone from the dropdown, hitting record and stop, then positioning the new clip; or import a voice over recorded separately by talent or a voiceover artist. As an example, Sam’s pre-recorded clip delivers fun facts about ice cream sandwiches, including the claim that in 1899 New York street vendors served ice cream hokey pokies between two sheets of paper before adopting cookies, and that 1905 Jersey Shore photos show sandwiches sold for $1. The instructor stresses a good mic, a quiet environment, and trimming and slightly boosting the imported clip. Because there is no picture over the narration, he pulls B-roll beauty shots of cookies from the media panel, switching from list to grid view to see them, trims them, places them on a track above the voice over, and mutes their audio. He also lets the closing hang for a YouTube end screen and fades audio out by dragging the double-arrow handle on a clip edge.

Key takeaways

• You can record voice over directly into the CapCut timeline with the microphone record button, selecting your microphone from the dropdown before recording.
• A separately recorded voice over from talent or a voiceover artist can be imported under audio, trimmed, and dragged into the timeline just like your own recording.
• Good voice over depends on a good microphone and a quiet environment, not just on the recording feature itself.
• When narration plays over a section with no matching picture, cover it with B-roll such as beauty shots, trimmed and placed on a track above the voice over with its own audio muted.
• Audio can be faded out at the end of a clip by dragging the double-arrow handle on its edge over a few seconds.

Episode details: published January 7, 2026 · 7:05 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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