This doesn't look right... help!

[waxcylinder]

I'm not sure if it should be AudioBook or Audiobook - Our Wording consistency page has the second form right now

Peter.

[kozikowski]

Oh, I think I see it. There's a little tick at about 5 seconds (there may be more). That's not a logical place for a lip smack, I don't think, so the computer may be doing that. That could be fun. Hope for lip smacks. Those are relatively easy to deal with.

Trying to cure data errors in the computer can be really entertaining.

There is an up side. ACX rarely rejects submissions because or human noises. Breathing typically goes straight through. This may be a good time for a test submission.

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Koz

[Trebor]

The Cat - Audacity reading.wav (1.35 MiB)
... As requested, no effects or alterations were done to this recording...

It sounds good, for most purposes, excellent. But ... I can hear a motor/fan on "can opener".
I'm not imagining it : if an extreme degree of compression is applied the motor/fan can be heard throughout ...

''The Cat'', before - after EXTEREME compression.flac

"after" is deliberate gross-exaggeration of low-level noise

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If you want people to part with money you need to do a bit more to reduce that motor/fan noise,
(and DeClick),

[kozikowski]

You can reduce the can opener with gentle noise reduction. After mastering, drag-select a bit of the 2-second room tone and Effect > Noise Reduction: Profile.

Then select the whole performance by clicking just right of the up arrow on the left.



And Effect > Noise Reduction: 6, 6, 6 > OK.

That should reduce the noise without affecting your voice.

Koz

[kozikowski]

Audiobook

That works. We'll make it into a simple word instead of a compound.

Koz

[kozikowski]

We should note that the standard for background noises is some 13dB louder than your can opener. So you're already doing quite some better than the ACX cutoff. Balance that against needing to remember to perform all your corrections for each and every chapter.

Keep notes.

Koz

[waxcylinder]

Audiobook

That works. We'll make it into a simple word instead of a compound.

Koz

Thanks Koz, I'll sort that.

Peter.

[CBJorgen]

Balance that against needing to remember to perform all your corrections for each and every chapter.

Not sure what that means Kos? I appreciate any and all constructive criticism you can give me. If I'm being a pain in the butt, please feel free to hand me off to someone else, or tell me where I get get the info I seek.

Trebor,
I don't know how there is a fan motor noise in my recording. There are no fans, or motors of any kind running in my location. I was suspecting my computer which sits right next to the vocal booth. According to the tech at Apple, my iMac doesn't have a fan. I even took my mic out of the booth and set it down right behind the computer and clicked on the mic recording level to see if it was picking up any noise, but nothing. But I will study up on how to eliminate these sounds. you gentlemen have given me a lot of great info. I wish there was a class that I could take to learn this stuff. I do much better when I can talk to and ask questions to alive person.

[waxcylinder]

Audiobook

That works. We'll make it into a simple word instead of a compound.

Koz

Thanks Koz, I'll sort that.

Peter.

Done- see: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audiobook_Mastering

Peter.

[steve]

Audiobook

That works. We'll make it into a simple word instead of a compound.

That's also what Wikipedia says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiobook