One thing fixed, another is not

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Elzevir27
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Re: One thing fixed, another is not

Post by Elzevir27 » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:08 pm

Hi Koz,

I cannot find RMS Normalise in Effects. Normalise is there, but when I tried to apply that it clearly didn't work. Do you know where it might be?

Thanks

Henry

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Re: One thing fixed, another is not

Post by Elzevir27 » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:30 pm

Ignore the last comment. I found RMS Normalise, but when I put the Limiter setting to -3.5 it told me I was still over. I changed it to -3 and it worked. Is this a recent ACX update or is there another setting that isn't quite right?

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Re: One thing fixed, another is not

Post by DVDdoug » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:40 pm

Make sure to RMS normalize first, then limit per the Audio Book Mastering Outline.
I put the Limiter setting to -3.5 it told me I was still over. I changed it to -3 and it worked.
OK, but these are negative numbers so -3 is higher (less negative) and more likely to fail than -3.5dB.

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Re: One thing fixed, another is not

Post by kozikowski » Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:26 am

You should check with ACX before you submit a test to them. As of a relatively short time ago, they greatly changed the steps for a test. For one example, instead of the old two or three minutes of voice performance, it's up to fifteen minutes now.

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Re: One thing fixed, another is not

Post by kozikowski » Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:32 am

Different posting. You should start a new post instead of piggy-backing on an older post. It can be a little rough keeping track of who is talking to whom and when.

The Audiobook Mastering Suite is a collection of tools you have to use in order. If you do that, RMS and Peak will come out perfect and if you recorded in a nice, quiet, echo-free room, it should pass noise.

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