Audacity Forum

Yippee! I got the thumbs-up email from ACX today, and the book I was struggling with is now on sale. I will paste in the whole email below, in case there's anything interesting to you. I came here for advice a couple of months ago, because ACX was telling me my voice was too soft and the noise floor...

Wonderful, thanks so much. Now I know what to do. I lean toward doing the least tinkering possible, but it was helpful to know that you can't have perfect ACX Noise Floor and RMS right from the raw take. It will always need a little help. I have my work cut out for me this weekend--2 Introductions, ...

Koz: Oh, so that's why you went to California!

Thanks, everyone, for all your help.

Koz: Lauren Bacall, LOL. I wish I could cultivate it, like an actor cultivates exactly 2 days' worth of chin stubble. Didn't they get Andy Williams to dub a song for her? I forget which movie. Yes, I can easily put these files into my Dropbox and send you a link. Would you be able to take a look at ...

Trebor, thanks for producing that comparison of "laryngitis". I have never used De-Ess or De-Click. I see "click removal" in my Audacity 2.3.3, but not De-Ess. That's a plug-in, right? I am wary of tinkering with Dynamics. This sounds good, sounds bigger. But I'm not sure I should apply it like wall...

THANK YOU!!! I'm going to try to group responses so this doesn't sprawl all over the place. 1. Oh no! OK, you won't believe this. Before I submitted the files I went through and processed them to clear the ACX Check. But I did not go back and listen to the results . I listened just now to what I sen...

Hi there. I opened this thread in November while trying to prepare files to re-submit to ACX. I've passed ACX approval quickly in the past and have 7 audiobooks for sale at present. With this new book, "First Fruits," I recorded most of it at my home desk in MD, and the rest of it after moving to TN...

Well, I uploaded all the files to ACX today, and we'll see what happens. I had to record new Chs 6 & 7, and they pass the ACX Check (like all the other chapters), but they do sound somewhat different since they were recorded in my new house. Hopefully it's close enough to pass. Thanks for your help....

I never was able to figure out a way to get into the Voice For Hire racket. So I only have to please myself; I record only my own books. But because people always told me I have a nice voice, I recorded books for the blind for many years. Maryland (and I was told, every state) has a closed-circuit r...

Quick update--I'm up to Ch 20, and so far only Chs 6 & 7 have the noisy Noise Floor (say that three times fast). The others are OK.
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