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Hi there, After recording one finished hour of my audio-book I'm desperate to find a solution to the clicking noises that seem to be so frequent in my clips. For a long time I thought I was just bumping my headphone cables or something to make the noise myself, but I've been making an effort to hold...

Okay, follow up. After reading through your comments and looking at some other posts on here, I tried normalizing my file (the original audacity file, not the exported mp3 since I read you shouldn't edit the mp3). However, I still couldn't get it to pass, so I tried normalizing the exported .mp3 by ...

Okay, I exported with the settings you suggested. Still fails the ACX after export. The reason I know it doesnt pass is because when I uploaded the first 15 mins to ACX it said: " The audio quality of this file does not meet ACX's Audio Submission Requirements. The Rights Holder can still approve th...

Update - I rerecorded the entire thing yesterday and for only a couple of minutes at a time did that noise show up. I had to go back and re-record those sections, which was a huge time suck. Still can't figure out the noise source, and I even asked my sister to check everything out with me. Nothing ...

Hmm, interesting. I have a Blue Yeti (not the pro), and I actually have been using this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H6VJHX2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Recently purchased to try and dampen any echo, which seems to work. I wonder if it's possible the laundry was going...

Hi, Thanks. Steve - I tried the silencer finder and you're right, it worked! There were a couple spots of total silence right at the spots where I'd resumed recording that my own ears couldnt pick up on. I deleted the little sections once the finder pointed them out to me and it worked. Thanks SO mu...

Hi all, Thanks for the prompt responses. Appreciate it. The thing is - even before I do any edits at all I'm getting this error (sometimes, but not others). The exact same recording can have a noise floor too low (-200 db) and another section (taken a second earlier or later, with no changes to lite...

Hi, I am recording my first audiobook and could use some help. I've recorded tons of auditions and done a lot of familiarizing myself with Audacity to prepare myself, but I keep running into this one nasty issue. No matter how consistent my settings and studio setup is, sometimes my recording will p...