I am unable to get my audio files to meet ACX requirements.
Originally, I recorded the file and then I applied Noise Reduction and Compression features. Additionally, whenever I was not talking, I applied the silence feature and removed even the background noise (in hindsight, I realize this may have been a bad thing to do).
After I discovered that my files were not compatible, I applied the Limiter feature and was able to pass the Peak and RMS tests. However, it tells me that my Noise Floor sounds unnatural and is too low (-inf dB). How do I raise the noise floor? Unfortunately, I’m not sure I can remove the “silence” segments of my audio file.
Really at a loss here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I applied Noise Reduction and Compression features.
Were you following someone’s recipe for audiobook production? Our Audiobook Mastering process stays away from Compression if only because it makes background noise worse and most home readers fail background noise (Room Tone).
We really are entering in the middle of the movie. I think you passed the point of rescuing the reading. Any patches you make will take longer than just reading it again. There is a theater quality shift, too. People’s second books sound better than their first—they have better experience.
There’s a terrific chance we can steer you to a simple process to publishing, but we need to know what your studio sounds like without all the gymnastics and patching.
This is the process for announcing and posting a plain 10 second voice test.
Is this your book? What’s the material? Is it a story of unrequited love on the Scottish highlands? Are you already published in paper or eBook? ACX has changed some of their requirements since before the sickness.