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The lead voice sounds clean with a little echo or reverb. They may have just shot it in a large room. I don't think it's vocal doubled or anything fancy like that. You may need mild compression to keep the expression out—to make it sound flat. It's a rap track, not grand opera. The backing track is ...

These are the current tools and process for ACX mastering. You may find it handy instead of juggling with the standard tools. http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=96103 Steve wrote RMS-Normalize and Flynwill developed ACX-Check. The process sets loudness (RMS) first and then goes o...

Have you heard a Librivox performance with that annoying USB whine?

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/US ... neClip.mp3

Koz

How many people use NoiseGate on a 90 minute show? Stereo? How many people thought it was their fault, and then how many people turned it in? We are warned against extrapolating massive failures from a single forum post. It works the other way, too.

Koz

the target to aim for is RMS in the range 21dB-22dB , with peak in the range 2dB-3dB. Remarkably similar to the ACX values of peaks no louder than -3 and volume in the -18 to -23 range. I wonder if Libravox applies processing. That would mean all the reader had to do is get in the ballpark, not hit...

Here is the page they refer us to. Interesting idea. Record a test and play it back. If you have to adjust your computer's volume control up, then it's too low. No mention of Audacity's volume meters or size of the blue waves. I also notice although they didn't say so, a USB microphone is assumed. ...

Which three-number Audacity do you have?
Which streaming service are you trying to record?
Are you using any other audio applications such as Chat, Games or Skype?

Koz

Checker needs JAVA to work?
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JAVA runtime is a known security hazard.

Run away....

Koz

We have analysis tools to tell you everything you've ever wanted to know about your ACX AudioBook submission, but almost nothing for Librivox. Do they have a page with expected audio values? When you get Checker to work, can you send us a screen capture? ACX checks for three things: loudness, noise ...

An Audacity project is a barrel of loose sound snippets and fragments (_DATA folder) and the AUP file which has the programming to put it all together into a show. The AUP file is the Project blueprint. Somehow, 587 of the first AUP file, there is an error. (Typical AUP file) http://kozco.com/tech/a...