We are replacing two professionals. Three if you count the voice artist.
There is a good rule of thumb. Post production editing takes five times the length of the show. That’s best-case. It’s remarkably accurate and you can use that rule in preparing for your show. If editing/production is expected to take over 16 hours in a day, then you’ll have to make adjustments.
There is a video podcaster I like and he will come straight out and tell guests not to stand in a certain place because it will take too much time to edit it later. He’s building the edit time in his head as he shoots the show.
Not everybody does that. Just the successful ones.
Now you know why it’s terrifically important to produce a good quality voice track right at the beginning and not depend on effects, filters, and editing just to make your voice sound normal. Without a good studio and microphone, you will need to do those corrections on everything until the sun cools off. Those edit sessions add up.
Let me know if you get stuck and where. I just post until somebody stops me.
Hey guys! I’ve been stalking you all for a while. I’ve followed advice and still at a quandary. Been recording audiobooks on Audacity 2.3.3. I’ve followed the posted Macros chains and am able to pass the ACX chain… which I’m thankful to be able to use. However, I personally feel my volume is still too low. I’m fairly new to home recording but did studio work for many years previously. I don’t want to continue posting my samples without complete assurance the people listening can actually hear me!
Fortunately, ACX provide a reasonably clear specification of what they want - and it’s not “loud”.
They require an RMS level between -23 to -18 dB RMS.
To measure the RMS level of your recording, select the track, then run the “Contrast” tool (just measure the selection once on the entire track Contrast - Audacity Manual). If you get a result within the range -23 to -18 (ideally close to around -20 dB), then it is loud enough.