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kozikowski wrote:The peak average is -9 to -24, the overall RMS value is -24 to -34, the noise floor is 50 or below and the absolute peaks are -3 or at worst -2.8,

Where do those numbers come from?

kozikowski wrote:Can we go home now?

Does that meet Audible's "Mastering Guidelines"?

Quite right Koz. Even if the recording meets all of the technical specifications, that will only get it passed Audible's automated test system - after that, someone will listen to it and if sounds bad it will still be rejected even though it meets all the measurements. With the right audio processin...

kristi wrote:Sorry but I can't find the "Upload attachment" tab in this forum

Click the "Reply" button in the normal way, then look just below the box where you type your message.

Steve, I would be happy to help. What specifically do you need from me? Legally I don't think I can hand you over the entire book but I might be able to do a couple of random chapters from each one. Excellent :) I certainly won't need the entire book, and probably not even whole chapters. Mostly it...

If you want tagged lossless files, I suggest using FLAC or ALAC (lossless compression) instead of WAV. The tagging is more standardized, and as a bonus the file size will almost be cut in half! FLAC is one of my favourites - it's a well established standard and it doesn't have Apple or Microsoft ch...

Maybe I should uninstall Audacity and then re-install the 2.04. Probably a good idea. And since you have old versions floating around, do a thorough check that Audacity has been completely removed, then (re-)download 2.0.4 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/windows Download the first file ...

You don't need to download anything. There are two easy ways to create a screenshot. One is that Windows can make screenshots (screen capture) - details are easy to find on Google. The other way is even easier because it is built into Audacity: Open the Audacity project and resize the window so that...

Sorry I don't know the answer to your direct question, but are you able to compile C++ programs from source code? If you are then it may be worth you looking at mod-script-pipe http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Scripting

It's a good thing you are asking about this now. I just completed my 3rd audiobook and for the first time I got nailed on my levels. You may be in a perfect position to help me :D I've just had a reply back from one of the technical guys at Audible.com with some technical information about how they...