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Video dubbing, explained

How dubbing actually works, how a voice is stripped from a mix without losing the music, what a rythmo band does, and where fandub comes from. Written to be useful, not long.

How to dub a video with your own voice The full method in five steps, the gear that actually matters, and the mistakes that make a dub sound fake. Remove the voice from a video, keep the music What an M&E track is, how separation works, and why it is never perfect. The rythmo band, the tool that makes dubbing possible The scrolling text strip under the picture: where it comes from, how to read it, and the trick to land on time. What fandub actually is Amateur dubbing by fans: origins, difference with fansub, and the legal reality. Voice over and dubbing are not the same thing Four techniques people constantly confuse. Which one do you actually need?

Where to start

Never dubbed anything? Read how to dub a video first. Everything is in there, and the other guides go deeper on specific points.

Want to understand the technology? Go to vocal separation. That is the operation everything else depends on.

Dub a video

Six more guides are available in French, including dubbing anime, recording from a phone, dubbing with several people, and voice training. See the French guides.