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.
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.
To play a community pack instead, open the Choicer Voicer section on GameBanana, download a pack as a ZIP, and leave it zipped. Back in the studio, choose the ADD PACK tape at the end of the tape rack, 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. If you dismissed the prompt or clicked block, press Reset mic in the right-hand panel to trigger the request again. Should the browser refuse outright, clear the site's permission in your browser settings and reload.
Nothing is recorded until you press record, and takes are never uploaded. See the privacy page for what is stored and where.
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. 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.
Turn on Freestyle timing in the options drawer if you would rather not chase the original timing exactly. It loosens how strictly your take is matched to the clip's window.
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. Save an individual take with Save take if you want the raw audio file on its own.
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
A pack is a folder that gets zipped. Each line is a set of files sharing one base name: the audio of the original delivery, a still image or video for the scene, and a .txt file holding the line as written. A pack can also include a backing track, so music and effects continue while dialogue is replaced, and an icon used on the tape rack. Zip the folder and import it the same way you would import anyone else's pack.