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If someone forced me to pick one, I would pick Robert. That sound clip has very slightly less noise than Dave's clip. The difference is very slight and it's going to be all up to you which one you like listening to. That sends you back to your high quality headphones or good quality speaker system f...

When you choose a mastering technique, you need to keep with it for the whole book. ACX doesn't like reading sound changing chapter to chapter.

Koz

I did it with AudioBook Mastering 4 and the addition of a pitch specific filter tuned to your motor hum. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=96103 Plus Effect > Notch Filter: 120Hz Q3 > OK. You're close in the raw reading, so several different mastering processes should work. Dav...

New! and Improved! ways of using advanced technology to scam creatives out of their compensation.

Koz

Page Flip ..."digital equivalent of sticking your fingers in the book," So you get paid zippo if the reader doesn't finish the book? Tell you what. For half price, I'll post the last page of the book. You can read most of it for free in Page Flip and then drop the publication while you re...

I had lunch next to a woman who turned out to be a TED producer. She said without question sound is the worst trouble. And it's not easy to fix, in either real life or post production. The DeEsser can be made to work reasonably well, but plosive pops are very serious.

Good luck.

Koz

Screen Shot 2018-07-31 at 19.55.51.png I've been laboriously doing some recordings, deciding they're horrible, and recording some more until I think I"m getting near where I want to be. Everybody hates their own voice. It's the first time you've heard it without it going through the bones in y...

Depending on the age of the machine, you may have different recommendations.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tut ... puter.html

Koz

[writing that down]

Terrific.

Have you picked out a picturesque ocean-side cottage you're going to retire to when you become rich and famous? Something on the French Riviera perhaps? Saint-Tropez? Mal de Mare? Coq au Vin?

Koz

Excellent. Now, before you wave goodby, tell us how you contacted ACX and how they told you to submit your test. That's a hole in our recommendations. I think officially , they don't accept unsolicited readings "pushed under the door," or "thrown over the transom," to reuse two o...