All,
kozikowski asked if this was a commercial. It probably is. It’s part of a test snippit from a set of apparently older posts for Audacity to work for the goal of using Audacity for Audiobook Narration creation. But I also know they are older posts, as they reference Audacity version 2 and above. The menus in Audacity 3 have changed a bit so it’s difficult to set up my system and make corrections because the technical side is a challenge to my lesser knowledgeable capabilities of technical Mastering recordings. But it’s a good short clip.
In my Voice Over I course, I found I could memorize some of my commercial lines and do a better job in those cases. Not perfectly, but right now, I’m just doing the reading for tests
I made a change to my external setup. I removed the mic from the first desktop soundproofing and put up the second one and added additional soundproofing foam, so the sides, top/botton, and back are about 3 inches thick in total. Also, depending on the video I watch of podcasters, the mic is either at a 45 degree angle facing the speaker so that only the top of the mic is pointing at them or in some cases the mic is vertical so they are speaking into the side of the mic. Prior test recordings were at the 45 degree angle. The attached recording is in the vertical position where I am speaking towards the front side of the mic. I also made an additional change in that in prior recordings, I had the foam cover on the mic (the pop filter is used in all of these recordings, past and present). That also seems to vary depending on what video you see. I’ve seen recorders with and without the foam cover. This time, I took the foam cover off the mic.
The attached recording has those changes and also has after the inital empty space a “scratching” noise to show that the mic that is picking up has been the Blue Yeti. This recording also has had the small Mastering to pass the ACX Checks.
The links I’m using are:
AudioBook Mastering version 4 - Special Interest Groups / Audiobook Production - Audacity Forum
In that one, the “Process” section is a little outdated as the menus don’t quite match. But I found them mostly by searching the Effects menu options.
There is an old post on the forums which I found the link to the commercial sample:
[Can I find average amplitude over a section of a track? - Special Interest Groups / Audio Processing - Audacity Forum]
There is alos a mention of the Audacity manual including setting up for Audiobook recordings. But apparently the wiki is gone and there doesn’t appear to be an easy way to find an updated manual. At least I couldn’t find it.
Sorry for the long post. But thought I would share the changes and information I had so you know my own processes and setup. Thanks for the information you’ve shared too.