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There's a few "close but no cigars' in there, but if you get a reading you like and it passes ACX—the company, not the software tester—you win. We should remember ACX needs all your chapters to match. Beginning and end, middle and the ends, and to each other. Did you ever find out why your read...

Voiceover work tends to follow ACX's lead. If you can pass ACX, you can submit almost anywhere else. So that's the good news. It's not entirely a crap shoot.

Koz

And just to make this even worse, passing the technical specifications is the first step. You also have to pass the ACX Human Quality Control where a real person evaluates your theatrical reading style. Passing noise floor specifications does you no good if you scare people when you talk. ACX used t...

Most lavaliere microphones are non-directional. They depend on closeness to the performer to do their tricks. This works on large news sets or other acoustically dead or controlled environments. If you record in a bathroom, it's going to sound exactly like recording in a bathroom. I made really good...

DeSibilator is a modification to an existing DeEsser tool. DeEsser and DeClicker were offered as free plugins, but DeEsser could have odd tonal problems and didn't always sound right. Once the design problems were identified, they were cured with DeSibilator. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic...

Desibilator is a free plugin.


I applied it to your sample voice (thank you for that) and all the harsh SS sounds vanished.


These are the settings I used.


Enjoy,

Koz

Don't double post. A forum elf has to read your message before it becomes visible. Too many people trying to sell us stuff.

This is a post about how to prepare a short sound sample.

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887

Koz

That's sibilance. Your SS sounds are boosted, harsh, and gritty. We have tools for that, but we may need to hear your raw voice without the music and all the processing.

DeSibilator needs an accurate measurement of the SS sound boost range.

Koz

So. Up until now, we're guessing what your goal is. If you post back, be clear on your goal.

"I can't get my so-and-so to do this" isn't a goal. That's the shortcoming. "I want to produce a music podcast is the goal."

Koz

You might be able to get additional software do production mixing such as Voicemeeter.

https://vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/

That can make additional sound pathways and mix between them. Jury's still out on the wireless headset.

Koz