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by lcastleb1
Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:02 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

Re: ACX Mastering levels

Thanks!! USB Interface? Which one? Trick question. If you have an analog microphone, you need an interface box to connect it to the computer. You have a digital microphone, so the interface is built-in. Skype is famous for applying its own sound processing and it doesn't always give up if you leave ...
by lcastleb1
Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:50 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

Re: ACX Mastering levels

Hi Everyone. Sorry for the long delay. Here are the answers to the questions. What's the microphone? Blue Yeti How is it connected to the computer? USB USB Interface? Which one? Well when you ask which one I'll show my ignorance here....not sure Which computer? Lenovo IdeaPatch 110 Touch-15ACL Which...
by lcastleb1
Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:58 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

Re: ACX Mastering levels

Yes, they do repeat. Interesting regarding noise is heard on playback but not the actual audio. Thanks.
by lcastleb1
Fri Jul 07, 2017 1:09 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

Re: ACX Mastering levels

One note, you can get wonky noise values if you don't have at least a half-second of clean room tone available, and/or you put a half-second or more of Control-L silence in the piece. The former will give you very high voice values and the latter will give you those negative a million values. Both ...
by lcastleb1
Fri Jul 07, 2017 1:04 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

Re: ACX Mastering levels

(sorry, haven't figured out how to cut and paste into this window). Click the "Place inline" button (just below the message composing window after you have uploaded a file). That automatically adds text to your post at the cursor position that looks like: [attachment=0]acx image.PNG[/attachment] ca...
by lcastleb1
Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:12 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

Re: ACX Mastering levels

(sorry, haven't figured out how to cut and paste into this window). Click the "Place inline" button (just below the message composing window after you have uploaded a file). That automatically adds text to your post at the cursor position that looks like: [attachment=0]acx image.PNG[/attachment] ca...
by lcastleb1
Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:31 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: ACX Mastering levels
Replies: 18
Views: 1519

ACX Mastering levels

Greetings. Looking for help with a file I'm trying to master for ACX. I've played with both amply and normalizing but cant seem to get the Clipping and peak values to both meet. I've attached a copy of what the acx checker states (sorry, haven't figured out how to cut and paste into this window). Ho...
by lcastleb1
Fri Jun 09, 2017 1:28 am
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: ACX check question
Replies: 9
Views: 2461

Re: ACX check question

Thanks for the response. Now next silly question. Per the directions I'm to save the file in the Audacity Plug-in folder. However when I do this I receive an error message that I don't have access? Any ideas?
by lcastleb1
Wed Jun 07, 2017 2:25 pm
Forum: Audiobook Production
Topic: ACX check question
Replies: 9
Views: 2461

Re: ACX check question

There are several new tools available that also abbreviate preparing an ACX submission from your work. Until those tools, there was no way to intentionally set RMS, one of the ACX specifications. You always had to do it sideways around the barn with other tools. Steve developed ACX Normalize which ...