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My audiobook has been rejected because of the following issue: Issue: 19 files have a low RMS and are too quiet: Please see attached document for a graph of affected files. Requirement: files measuring between -23dB and -18dB RMS Solution: Please raise the overall RMS level of each file to within ou...

OK I have nearly sorted all the issues that the ACX technician has raised but this one is really frying my brain. Issue: 19 files have a low RMS and are too quiet: Please see attached document for a graph of affected files. Requirement: files measuring between -23dB and -18dB RMS Solution: Please ra...

I have been given some encouraging news by the technician at ACX He is now saying that the problem with noise floor is only in one chapter so re-recording that chapter is relatively easy He is also saying the following: In regards to the RMS issue - you simply need to raise the level of your files b...

I have spent a great deal of time recording an audiobook on Audacity but it has been rejected by Audible The big issues are: Issue: The following files do not meet our noise floor requirement (high pitched mechanical noise) – All Submitted Files Requirement: a maximum -60dB noise floor Solution: In ...

Thank you - brilliantly helpful I have attempted to upload my first file to ACX (my opening credits to my audiobook lasting about 15 seconds with ambient room sound either side) but it has been rejected - the message comes up 'please replace with a file of at least 192 bit rate' I did do a sound tes...

Thanks for help on this - I did not know I needed to submit the book as a series of separate chapters - good to know! Reading the requirements has raised another issue In a few places in my book characters cry out or shout and inevitably the levels on these bits are a bit high. Is there any way that...

I have an audio book that is over four hours long and I am spending hours and hours scrolling along the time line back and forth from the end. Is there either: 1. A way to record voice directly into a selected part of the audiobook 2. A way to skip to a particular time code of the audio book Any hel...

When I press record Audacity automatically starts laying audio at the end of my recording. How can I tell it to insert the audio into a particular place in an existing audio track so that I dont have to then copy and paste?

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Adam

Hi Im fairly new to Audacity and am recording my first audio book. I have figured out how to insert corrections into the book but am spending ages scrolling along the timeline to get to the particular part of the recording I am trying to get to - can someone advise me on the short cut to getting to ...