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Koz

A note. I don't remember asking; Sample.wav is a raw, unprocessed reading, right? You didn't do anything to it before you posted it? If you submit in mono rather than stereo, you can get 20 seconds of performance in before the forum cuts you off. Record in stereo if you have to, split stereo to mono...

Hopefully, my voice isn't too bad. I'm a little nervous to put this out there.

I don't think you have anything to worry about for theatrical reading. Do you read to a congregation? It sounds like you've done this before.

We're worrying over fine points of technical file quality.

Koz

Working from a fresh copy of the work, I applied the corrections out of order putting Low Rolloff last and got noise of -60.6.

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Koz

Curioser and curioser. I applied Low Rolloff to the suite processed work and the noise rocketed from -60.5 to -60.7.

I'm using the default length of ~5000. That's the only obvious variation.

As we go.

Koz

(Koz: can you post the link?). Low Rolloff for Speech is included in Audacity 2.2.1 (and possibly 2.2.0). It's the identical curve with a more civilian-friendly name. It's my standing joke that Steve is world famous for eleven lines of code. If he had signed the work it would be twelve lines. I did...

Oh, one more. Are you using the little desk stand that came with the microphone? There's no mention of any shock mount, so you can add your own to keep floor and desk noises away from the microphone. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MicBookTowel-500t.jpg Doesn't have to be Stephen King. Any heavy ...

I think it may be a little crisp but I can't do anything easy to help. Maybe one of the other elves will add de-esser or one of those filters. That's probably good to go. Do you think it sounds OK? This is where having good speakers or headphones comes in super handy. ACX likes your chapters to matc...

Nothing wrong with that. Step one. Split stereo track to mono with the drop-down menu on the left. Delete one track. ACX would just as well you submit in mono anyway. Track 1 is straight Mastering Suite 4. Your work passes everything, but you are a hair's breath away from failing noise. Half dB mean...

pointed everything to my T1 Drive That's your 1TB spinning metal drive or your cloud drive over a T1 link? Audacity doesn't much like working hot over a data link. It doesn't understand delays, routing, collisions and negotiations. Work on your fast internal drive and transfer storage back and fort...