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Do you have a cellphone and which one?

Koz

Post what happened when you recorded yours.

Koz

What's the job? There is no "Best Microphone."

Koz

The sound file posted twice. We got this. Unfortunately all I have is a built-in microphone. I've said before that given good environment and quiet computer, some people can use the built-in microphone. Can you tell if the computer is on just by listening? Vent fans in many laptops will just kill yo...

These tools are for post production processing. Audacity doesn't do any processing during recording.

Let us know how it goes.

Koz

[Post Update 2019-06-20] Clearer details on ACX test submission. Thanks for the callback One other reader went through all the thunder and lightning of getting the sound quality just right and they, too, were bounced for putting the wrong number of seconds of room tone in. Getting that right is a b...

Can we assume you're reading for audiobooks? There are some specialized tools you can use to get there. Audiobook Mastering 4. https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=96103 This also features handy analysis tools to see if you meet audiobook sound submission standards. 18-23 is only ...

There is an order of appearance error that some new users experience. Do Not read the whole book and only then stop to perform submission mastering and testing. Mess with that short 20 second test clip format and make sure your recording environment is OK. Home recording to ACX AudioBook standards i...

they are right there in the data folder.

Do they play? The files are little six second snippets of sound and they will play in Audacity.

Koz

This is a Project. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MyMusicAUP-MyMusic_DATA.jpg The AUP file has the instructions of what to do with the stuff in the _DATA folder. You need them both. Is that what you have? No AUP file? If this is a raw performance with no editing at all, you might be able to resc...