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High Sierra 10.13 same behavior. ACX Check succeeds under Audacity 2.3.3 and not under 2.4.1.

Koz

I couldn't either. I posted an alert.

Koz

This one. I don't know of another release.

;nyquist plug-in
;version 3
;type analyze
;name "ACX Check"
;action "Compute statistics about clip and compare to ACX requirements"
;author "Will McCown"

;
; 2015-07
; release 1.0

Koz

I can repeat this in 10.13 High Sierra...later.

Koz

Mac Mini. OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks. 16GB memory. 250GB SSD, 41GB left. ACX Check fails under Audacity 2.4.1 Launch Audacity. Generate > Noise, Pink, 0.9, 30 min Select the whole track. Analyze > ACX Check > ACX Check seems to launch and I get a blue progress bar. Pause. Spinning Beachball, Sometimes sec...

I note you never said you submitted to ACX/Audible. Where did you submit?

Koz

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Post the rejection note. They always tell you what they didn't like. You pass the technical standards, but that's only half of the submission path. You also have to pass Human Quality Control where a real person listens to it for mouth noises, tongue ticks, echoes...

Note that process is different with the recent Audacity upgrade.

Koz

That's the formal instructions. The actual process, if you have all the tools, boils down to this. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/AudiobookMasteringSuite.jpg If you recorded well in a quiet, echo-free room, you may be done. If you think you are done, ACX has a way to post a short test. It's...

That and typing with rubber gloves and seeing the screen through foggy glasses.

Koz