I can’t hear myself when I punch and roll record

[kozikowski]

I’m narrating an audiobook

Your first? We publish audiobook mastering tools and diagnostic testing.

Missing features

You can also post a sample of your voice on the forum and we can do quicky diagnostics—usually much faster than ACX’s two week turnaround time.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/TestClip/Record_A_Clip.html

And, yes, you can submit a test to ACX. Do Not read a whole book and only then stop to find out if the quality is high enough.

How to send a test to ACX

Just sharing in case this helps others… As a newbie, I am trying to make sure everything is done as well as possible, so after benefitting from a 10 second test here (thank you!), I found that I could also send a longer test to ACX for feedback. Here are the instructions I received from ACX: “I understand you would like to submit a sample audio file to our Audio Team for review. This survey only accepts mp3s no longer than 10 minutes, at a 320kbps maximum bit rate. To begin this process, ple…

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