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Adding Recorded Audio to Scenes and Tours

Add recorded audio files to your CMS to create a more immersive virtual tour

Mariel Tavakoli avatar
Written by Mariel Tavakoli
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Audio is key to building an accessible and immersive virtual tour. In this article, we'll be sharing how to record and edit audio clips, and configure audio in your tours in Circuit.

We will also explain how to upload recorded audio to the CMS, how to add recorded audio to a tour, and how to add recorded audio to individual scenes and hotspots.
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Naming your Audio Files

Before you begin, we recommend naming your files after the scene and hotspot title that your audio file will be attached to, as this makes it easier for editors to go in and add them later.

  • For scene guide cards, this would follow a [Group folder] - [Scene name] naming formula.

    • For example: "Explorer College - Main Quad"

  • For hotspot guide cards, this would follow a [Group folder] - [Scene name] - [Hotspot title] naming formula.

    • For example: "Explorer College - Main Quad - Land Acknowledgement"

Upload Audio Files to your CMS

  1. Click Audio on the navigation menu

  2. Click Add Audio on the top right

  3. Similar to adding images, give your audio file a Title and then browse for the file or drag and drop it

  4. Click Save

  5. After your file has been saved, it will appear in the audio section. Here, you can edit, delete, or listen to the audio

Add Recorded Audio Files to:

Scenes

  1. On the scene editing page, open the scene you wish to add an audio track for

  2. Scroll down to the Guide Card Audio section

  3. Click Choose an Audio Track

  4. You can Search for an audio file you have already uploaded, or click Create to upload a new file

  5. Once you have added your recorded audio file, Click Save Draft to save your changes and click Publish to publish them

Hotspots

Follow the same process as above to add audio to your hotspots:

  1. Navigate to the hotspot

  2. Scroll down to the Guide Card Audio section

  3. Click Choose an Audio Track

  4. Select an audio file from the library or upload a new file

  5. Click Save Draft or Publish

Tours

  1. On an existing or new tour, scroll down to the Guide Audio section

  2. Click Choose an Audio Track and select an audio file from the library or upload a new file. This audio will play on the tour splash page, and should match the Introduction text

  3. Scroll to the bottom and click Save Draft or Publish

After adding audio to your scenes and tours, your tour will not automatically play the audio until you enable it at the tour level.

Enable Audio on your Tour

  1. From the available navigation options at the top, click Settings

  2. Scroll to Guide Audio Enabled section

  3. Click on the check box to enable audio on all of your content on the tour

  4. Click Publish

Recorded Audio

If you would like, you can revisit our overview on the differences between recorded and generated audio. You can also learn more about the recorded audio production process. Click the links below to get started! 🖱️

Audio Overview
Recorded Audio Production

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