Hey All - I’m new to the forum and need some help. I am using windows 10 and was instructed to download the ACX Check plugin and drag the download to my Audacity Plugins folder, which I was told for the PC would be under the Programs menu and then enable the plugin by going to Effect menu and select Add/Remove Plugins and check that it is enabled.
I cannot find the Program Menu anywhere. There are several tabs at the top when I open Audacity and the last four have Add/Remove Plugins but I have no idea where to drag the download. I’d really appreciate some direction on where to find the Programs Menu so I can add this plugin.
Home readers never pass noise. Nobody’s home background noise is a thousand times quieter than a voice.That’s what -60dB means. The Metrobus in front of my house is enough to wake somebody up. That would never pass a chapter reading. So that’s what many readers hit first.
ACX Check looks for a half-second of good, clean, quiet background sound and measures that. So the rest of the show could be a noisy wreck, but it will “pass” ACX. That show is not normal. Nobody’s performance actually does that. That’s broken and it will fail other audiobook tests.
Nobody can read directly into audiobook standards. The best you can do is get close and then use our mastering tools to get you the rest of the way.