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by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:26 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

Are you sure that's a good Amazon page? Screen Shot 2020-06-25 at 19.16.21.png That AT microphone works like this and this is the approximate recommended lip spacing. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/HawaiianShakaSpacing-NoScreen-500t.jpg There is a Sampson G-Track. Those are nice. https://ww...
by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:33 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Creating a DVD using MP3 files
Replies: 1
Views: 94

Re: Creating a DVD using MP3 files

Do you have a DVD/CD burner? A physical drive?

Windows Media used to be able to do this as part of its regular tools.

Koz
by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:15 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

Do Not get rid of the old microphone. This is a bad place for minimalism. A recent poster upgraded their whole system and it didn't work right. I told them to use their old system (still working) until we thrashed this out. They didn't have their old system any more. And now they didn't have a new s...
by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:10 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

AT2035 The AT2035 is a side-fire microphone. you talk into the company name, not the round end. Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen interface. The 2i2 is a full-on stereo interface. It may not like recording in mono (one blue wave). I would record in Stereo with nothing on the right channel. When you ge...
by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:49 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

I have my little humidifier in the room going
It doesn't take much. The specification for audiobook background sound is a thousand times quieter than your voice.

I'm not making that up.

Koz
by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:46 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

was that for demonstration? Some of that was a little Hollywood. That's my Zoom H4 recorder. Last time I used it, it had noise problems, but had I put my H1n in there, that would have worked. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/ZoomH1nTechnicalSetup.jpg Adjust height as needed. My preferred hei...
by kozikowski
Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:32 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

What's the actual list? I almost asked you what the KTS Setup was. Duh... If you already have a closet you only need the moving blankets, not the plastic pipes, although you still need some way to hold the blankets up. I designed a full-on wooden frame system for a commercial sound shoot. It's doubl...
by kozikowski
Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Help: I'm suddenly recording amplified background noise
Replies: 11
Views: 120

Re: Help: I'm suddenly recording amplified background noise

It's good to know if you use any of the chat programs like Zoom or Skype. They can create some serous sound problems.

Koz
by kozikowski
Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:07 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

Don't worry about the RMS/Peak thing. As DVDDoug above, there is a whole suite of tools to set that. I applied the suite here and it failed noise.

You need to get the basic voice in order.

Koz
by kozikowski
Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:54 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check
Replies: 20
Views: 1036

Re: New to auditions, lots of testing and can't get the recording right for ACX check

Gotta love those cows, although most of the dairy herds were quite a bit further west. The Hudson valley is concerned with housing New Yorkers. And painters (Hudson School). Congrats on baby steps. There are quite a few forum posters who ripped through a massive book only to get turned down with uns...