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Overload and volume limiting are only the first two of three problems with using Mic-In. It's a really good bet you don't really have stereo. What usually happens is the Left part of the stereo signal from your mixer or sound device is copied to both Left and Right of the show, the two blue waves. Y...

We don't know how you're supplying the sound to be recorded, but it could have DC Offset or some other similar damage. You could also have feedback where the sound system is trying to record itself multiple times. If it's not bad enough, you'll just get a little confusion at the beginning of a recor...

http://www.acx.com/help/setup/202008260

Koz

I'll keep notes on what was done here Those notes may get your existing reading through submission compliance. Up to you. You can't plug a Neumann TLM102 into a computer, so describe the rest of the setup. Don't leave anything out. I get around the computer noise problem with my Macs which make alm...

Because of tool interaction, you may still exceed the -3.0 peak when you make the MP3 for ACX submission. In that case re-apply Effect > Normalize with a new value of -3.5 or higher. Don't go too high or that will kill your RMS (Loudness) rating. You really need to get rid of that background noise. ...

That better (WAV clip attached)? Screen Shot 2016-07-02 at 11.26.00.png Turn up the volume in the first second of your supplied clip. What is that motor noise in the background? MMMMMMMMMM You should do whatever you need to make that noise go away. The room should have no, as in zero noise when you ...

That's ACX/Audible/AudioBooks, right? I'm surprised they didn't catch that on the 15 minute clip. Is this your first reading? It's not unusual for a fresh reader to gain enough experience on the first reading that they want to read it all again. ACX warns against the two ends of the book not matchin...

I am connected OK and get audio into computer. That's not the problem. That hasn't been our experience. Connecting Headphone or Line-Out to a Mic-In represents in many cases a mis-match and massive overload. How the computer reacts to that overload depends on the maker, but excessive noise, distort...

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/LaptopMicIn.pdf

Oher people make adapters which would work.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

Koz

If you're making a standard Audio CD, your only options are to press "Forward" four times. Audio CDs do not carry song titles or other information. If you mount one on a computer CD drive, the computer will go on-line and look up the song titles for you, so it will seem like they're coming...