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When I do an ACX Check, I get a popup window that lists the values of, for example: Peak Level - 3.5 db Passes RMS Level - 19.9 db Passes Noisefloor - 78.3 db Passes I understand what those numbers mean, but just below those numbers are these: RMS (A) 0.056537 (-25.0 db) Noisefloor (A) 0.000078 (-82...

Koz, I'm searching for the holy grail on Christmas morning. Given our issue with the first sec and trailing 5 secs which, allegedly contain noise (but unseen on the sound track), what about this for a suggested workflow: First, independently record about 10 secs of quiet 'room noise' ... then save t...

Also, Koz, earlier you said you wanted to see exactly what the rejection msg said, so here it is: The ACX Quality Assurance Team has reviewed your recently-completed audiobook, "TRUTH LIES & TROLLS (Bridge Club Book 4) ". We have found 1 issue that must be corrected before we are able to process you...

Koz, I'm searching for the holy grail on Christmas morning. Given our issue with the first sec and trailing 5 secs which, allegedly contain noise (but unseen on the sound track), what about this for a suggested workflow: First, independently record about 10 secs of quiet 'room noise' ... then save t...

Koz ... room tone. I think you said earlier to find some room tone on a previous section that had passed ACX QC and then cut and paste that in any new recording. Did I understand that right? Here's what I\ve been doing previously ... when I open Audacity, I'd make sure furnace, etc, is off ... then ...

Koz, I had a reply from ACX telling me to reply directly to the rejection email in order to reach the Engineer who reviewed the chapter(s) in question and so, this morning, I sent the below note: "Color me frustrated. I did four books, all of which went thru QA with nary a hiccup. The fifth book, ho...

Aaaarrrgggghhh ... still don't know if they've accepted my fix to Chapters 3 and 7, but yesterday they bounced Chapter 1 for the same reason. That's a little confusing to me as wouldn't they have detected an issue in Ch 1 BEFORE they noticed something in Chapters 3 and 7 ? Further, I ran Chapter 1 t...

Great answer, Koz ... noted and will comply

Koz, one more question. When I do the mastering, and I use the Noise Reduction effect, what I've sometimes done is repeat the process thereby often getting the noise to around -80. For example, the original read might be -60 ... I then use the Noise Reduction and it bumps it up to, let's say, -72. T...

Koz, I do use the mastering scenario you outlined above.

I've completed four books for ACX with none of them being bounced for any reason ... but book 5 has this one chapter that I can't get through. If they reject the fix I sent yesterday, my only recourse is to re-record it.