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Is there a plug-in that will automatically give me the correct settings for ACX audiobooks?? It will tell you which ones you missed and by how far. The tool is ACX- Check . There are too many things that can go wrong for an ACX Filter or Effect to automatically fix it. That's dangerously close to m...

If you don't have that panel on the left, you can drag the newly created Audacity folder to Go > Applications from the far top menu bar. I've done that. All these places are stand-ins for the OS-X /Applications folder. I do wonder why your graphic install failed. That's concerning. Are you doing thi...

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Analyze_Plug-ins#ACX_Check That's where to find ACX-Check analysis tool. This is how to apply custom software to Audacity. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Download_Nyquist_Plug-ins#download LF Rolloff is a bit of an odd duck since it's not a stand-alone to...

I know seeing all that written out is daunting, but contrast a printed recipe with watching your mum cook.

Koz

Open the clip in Audacity. Effect > Normalize: [X]Remove DC, [X] Normalize to -3.5dB > OK Effect > Equalization: LF-Rolloff for speech > OK. (this is a special download) Listen to the first two seconds with the volume advanced a bit. Do you hear the little pencil drop at 1/4 second? This hold your b...

[Note to self: Get Diane to read all my forum posts.] I applied two effects to your clip. Effect > Normalize which is a fancy way of saying I made it louder (under very controlled conditions). Then I applied the most gentle possible Noise Reduction . See sentence about 2/3 down. Screen Shot 2016-11-...

I'm using your posting as an excuse to generate better graphics. The modern sound meters are miles (or km) better than the older ones, but you have to know what they're telling you, and my settings are different from the factory defaults.

Reading your post.

Koz

Now you have some idea what the person behind the glass wall was doing. We can give you a good push when we find out where you're starting from.

It would be good to get a sample of work you already did, but that can wait.

Koz

The .DMG is a Disk Image and you have to unpack it before you can install it. Double click the .dmg file. It should present you with the install graphic. Click and drag right in the picture.

Koz

I bet you're asking yourself "why isn't there a video or publication about reading for audiobooks?" There is. ACX has them. Step one: Figure out which soundproof booth you're going to install. https://blog.acx.com/2014/06/26/how-to-succeed-at-audiobook-production-part-1/ http://www.acx.com...