Our recommendation is narrate into your camcorder onto a DV tape, using a studio quality balanced condensor mic.

The advantages of recording onto a DV tape are:

1. After your project is finished, your narration is still on a tape and if you re-edit the project in the future, you won’t have to record and edit the voice-over again.

2. You can narrate away from your computer and its fan.

3. you can log the “footage” and only capture the “keeper” takes.

If you know you’ll never re-edit, and you want to save a few minutes and a few cents, you can use the voice-over …