How to play Choicer Voicer
Choicer Voicer hands you a scene with the dialogue stripped out. You listen to each original line, record your own version, and once every line has a take you watch the whole thing back as a finished dub. This page walks through a first session from a cold start.
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What you need before you start
- A browser from the last few years: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari.
- A working microphone. A laptop's built-in mic is fine.
- An HTTPS connection. Browsers block microphone access on plain HTTP.
- Headphones, ideally. Open speakers let the original audio bleed into your recording.
Step 1: Load a pack
Open the studio. The tape rack starts empty, so the first step is a pack: download one as a ZIP from GameBanana and import it with Import pack. It only needs importing once — after that it stays on the rack, and you pick it from the Now dubbing dropdown.
If you want a specific pack to start with, browse Star Wars, Toy Story, SpongeBob, Family Guy, and Twilight. Each page covers what is in the pack and how to perform it.
To browse everything instead, open the Choicer Voicer section on GameBanana, download a pack as a ZIP, and leave it zipped. Back in the studio, choose Upload pack ZIP, then drop the ZIP onto the import panel or pick it with the file button. The pack is unpacked into your browser's storage and appears on the rack.
Step 2: Allow microphone access
The first time you record, your browser asks for microphone permission. Accept it. Use Choose mic in the right-hand panel if you want a different input. If you dismissed the prompt or blocked access, allow the microphone in your browser's site settings and reload.
Nothing is recorded until you press record. Solo takes stay local; multiplayer shares your recorded takes temporarily with the room. Voice pack media is never uploaded. See the privacy page for details.
Step 3: Hear the original line
Press Hear clip. The scene plays with the original delivery, and the line you are about to perform is printed across the bottom of the monitor. Listen for the pacing more than the words: most lines are short, and landing the rhythm is what makes a dub read as intentional rather than late.
Step 4: Record your take
Press Start recording, or tap R. The matching video segment plays silently as your timing and lip-sync cue. Perform the line, then stop. Your take plays back immediately so you can judge it, and recording again over the same line simply replaces it. There is no limit on retries.
Step 5: Read the waveform
Under the monitor, your take is drawn on top of the original as two overlapping waveforms. It is the quickest way to see a timing problem: if your shape sits to the right of the original, you came in late; a much taller shape means you are louder than the scene and will sound detached from it.
The take score next to the waveform is a rough guide to how closely your recording tracks the original. Treat it as a hint, not a grade — a deliberately different delivery is the point of a dub.
Step 6: Work through the clips
Press Next clip to move on. The counter in the right-hand panel tracks how many lines are recorded, and the options drawer lists every clip so you can jump straight to one you want to redo. Use Play take to hear the current recording before moving on.
Step 7: Watch and export the dub
When every line has a take, Watch dub becomes available. It plays the scene through with your voice in place of the original dialogue, over the pack's backing track where one exists. From that dialog, Export video renders the dub to a file you can keep or share. Longer packs take a while to render, and the progress bar reports where it is.
Tips for a better dub
- Record somewhere soft. Bathrooms and bare kitchens add reverb you cannot remove afterwards.
- Sit closer to the mic than feels natural, then perform slightly quieter.
- Commit to a choice. A confident wrong delivery is funnier than a hedged accurate one.
- Do the whole pack once before perfecting any single line. It shows you the shape of the scene.
- Passing one device around a group, one line each, is the best way to play it.
Making your own pack
Open the Pack Maker and choose a video. Mark each line on the timeline, enter its character and caption, and optionally attach a dialogue-free backing track. The tool extracts the line audio and still frames locally, then generates a ZIP ready to import into the Studio.