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Edit audio of recorded presentation

Hi!


I recorded a presentation in Keynote and would like to edit my recording of some slides.


I only find a way to re-record the whole presentation from a certain point onwards. So it seems that I have to re-record the major part of the presentation risking new slips of tongues etc.


Is there a way to just re-record the text for a certain slide without redoing the whole rest? I think that would be an obvious feature.


Thanks!

Posted on May 15, 2020 12:38 AM

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User profile for user: Gary Scotland
Gary Scotland
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Posted on May 18, 2020 2:48 AM

Timeline sound recording would be a useful tool to have in Keynote, however Recorded Slideshow is limited by replacing the sound recording from a specific slide onwards, the original recording is removed from the start of the new recording onwards.


I never use recorded slide show for this reason, I use QuickTime and GarageBand to record and edit then place the sound files either on each slide or as a continuous in Soundtrack.


If you want to preserve the existing recording try this, its a reasonable one off workaround:



  1. with keynote closed, back up the Keynote file (right click >Duplicate)
  2. open the Keynote file, go to:   File > Advanced > Change Filetype and select:  Package
  3. save then close Keynote
  4. right click the Keynote file then select show package contents, open the Data folder and copy the movie recording file (right click > copy) then paste on to the desktop
  5. double click the movie file to open in QuickTime player:    File > Export sound only then save to desktop
  6. in Keynote, go to File > Play > Clear  Recording
  7. Save
  8. go to Inspector > Document > Audio and drag the exported sound file from the desktop on to the Soundtrack well
  9. save



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Gary Scotland
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May 18, 2020 2:48 AM in response to Bensch

Timeline sound recording would be a useful tool to have in Keynote, however Recorded Slideshow is limited by replacing the sound recording from a specific slide onwards, the original recording is removed from the start of the new recording onwards.


I never use recorded slide show for this reason, I use QuickTime and GarageBand to record and edit then place the sound files either on each slide or as a continuous in Soundtrack.


If you want to preserve the existing recording try this, its a reasonable one off workaround:



  1. with keynote closed, back up the Keynote file (right click >Duplicate)
  2. open the Keynote file, go to:   File > Advanced > Change Filetype and select:  Package
  3. save then close Keynote
  4. right click the Keynote file then select show package contents, open the Data folder and copy the movie recording file (right click > copy) then paste on to the desktop
  5. double click the movie file to open in QuickTime player:    File > Export sound only then save to desktop
  6. in Keynote, go to File > Play > Clear  Recording
  7. Save
  8. go to Inspector > Document > Audio and drag the exported sound file from the desktop on to the Soundtrack well
  9. save



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