Amazing video friend!!! For anyone looking to start audiobooks or voice acting. This is one of the best videos you can watch and take notes from. Even though i have well over 40 hrs of recording, i still find myself rewatching this video for directions, tips, and where i can improve. Thank you!!
You've provided the most comprehensive video out there. I've been looking for a good video that will explain what's important to know about Audacity to prepare it for recording, but you also provide great advice on everything else. Thank you for doing this!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your Audacity audiobook recording tutorial. It was super helpful, covering everything from room noise to ACX requirements. Your clear instructions made the process so much easier for me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and making a difference. If I may ask, sir, how were you able to eliminate the echo, often known as reverb, in your recordings? And where did you record your audio? - Majed B.
Thank you for your kind words. Sound proofing your recording area with soft surfaces or foam is the best way to reduce that echo effect. I essentially set up a blanket fort in a closet. You can hear the difference.
Your video is amazing. Thank you. I'm running into a problem that is making the ACX check not pass. I think it is because Audacity 3.6 has a new limiter with different values than the one in your video. Do you happen to know the correct values for it? So far none of the fiddling I've done has helped.
I'm sorry to hear that stuff if busted in the latest version. I do not know the proper values and I won't be struggling with this myself for at least another 6 months. Good luck in your fiddling!
This has to be, by far, the best and most educational video I have watched in a very long time. I have used Audacity for many years, on various projects, and never fully grasped it, but rather used effects as hit or miss. Majority of the time, not knowing what those effects were actually achieving. Thank you, HasteWriting, for breaking it down and not only walking us through each step, but explaining what benefits and/or pitfalls those steps will bring to a project.
You had me at [paraphrasing] 'production times will go down with practice... and then up again as you raise your standards!' Thank you for the great video.
I used your brilliant advice and used the excellent find away voices for all 31 including audible. I did have to upload kindle book to Amazon to be allowed include Audible and supply the link. Today in second week I got notice of 3 more sites to add to 6 on which my book is listed including audible. It was great to be able to get it listed in so many places, including the big gorilla so easily.
Do you read with the glottal stop instead of pronouncing 't' sounds? (For example, @20:35 you said "sen'ence" [instead of "sentence"] twice.) This appears to be a speech impediment introduced from "Valley Girl" speech that affects multiple-syllable words that end in /ən/ or /ənz/ (or /əns/), like "mountain[s]," "button[s]" and "sentence" and occasionally even shows up in accented syllables, with more prominent vowels, such as "wanted" (=> "wan'id").
I grew up in Ohio, so I've got a midwest accent. I try to read naturally when narrating, which for me means I do not always pronounce the 't' especially in dialogue. For prose, I try to be a little bit more careful about my enunciation, but I'm sure I'm dropping 't's throughout.
If there was no interest then your rates were too low. People who do this professionally don’t work for peanuts. If they do then they won’t be great. I’m not by any means a rate snob. But it’s a lot of work and also is far from easy to be good at it. For example, this author spent 200 hours to record a book that would take me 25 hours max.
@@BryanTheHonored Hello. Thank you for showing an interest. I cannot guarantee anything as I am inexperienced in these matters but I would be glad to hear of your experiences and perhaps set up a dialogue.
I'm doing classic Audiobooks as a hobby and you're totally right about how it takes longer when your standards go up, I'm redoing chapters now that I know how to edit
Thank you so much for this. I'm in the process of recording and editing my novel. It's a lot of fun. I love the process. The mouth noises are the worse. You covered everything I needed to know. This is awesome.
Same wit mouth noises. Got a best-quality Rode but I learned that if I speak 6 cm's off to the left or right (cheaper than a difffuser) I can avoid that and have a quiet room ambiance where pops and clicks just don't happen. Just the rythm and pacing then. This video is GOLD.
This is such a comprehensive but still easy to understand tutorial. I've used audacity before and done short audio recordings for websites before but just the idea of recording and editing an entire audiobook seemed so daunting. I was really reluctant to even try this but now I'm already ordering a mic and keen to give it a go.
Thank you so much for this in depth guide! I couldn't have found your video at a more perfect time. I was trying to find a video exactly like yours, but my searches kept leading me to the basics and that was honestly starting to make everything worse. Your video has singlehandedly made the entire daunting process a lot easier to understand.
When you said "These numbers can go down with practice, but I found that they went up again as my standards got higher".... oof... I felt that, brother. ✊😔
thank you thank you thank you for creating this video!! I'm about to record my first audiobook and had no idea how to do it, but I do use Audacity. I'm so glad I found your video.
Thanks so much for doing this video. I decided to start doing my own audiobooks last year. It is a time consuming process, but I really enjoyed it. I "thought" I knew it all, (Ha!), but I learned something new from your video that should help me out as I edit my audiobook.
All you have to do is put the four digit time stamp with a colon in between in the video description. Typed out as shown, like this 12:45, and youtube adds the chapters in.
I just started recording my first Audio Book with ACX.I'm using version 3.4.2- My original recording is with a RodeCaster 2, then edit the audio in Logic ProX, and I was able to export and all my numbers pass ACX Audio test with one fail- RMS is -23.7. What I also don't understand is that when I import files that are 24-bit into Audacity, it changes the files to 36bit float (automatically). I'm having issues, Can you do this with my version 3.4.2 so I can understand better how to fix my files to make them ACX ready.
Oof, that sucks. I have not dabbled with the latest version sufficiently to answer this question. If I come across something, I'll let you know, but I'm working on non-Audacity projects at this time.
@@garyclement2888The only two distributors I'm aware of are ACX (which includes Amazon and itunes) and Findaway Voices (which includes Spotify and 40 some other smaller ones)
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Amazing video friend!!! For anyone looking to start audiobooks or voice acting. This is one of the best videos you can watch and take notes from. Even though i have well over 40 hrs of recording, i still find myself rewatching this video for directions, tips, and where i can improve.
Thank you!!
Thank you so much!!! I swear there has never been a better explanation than this!
You've provided the most comprehensive video out there. I've been looking for a good video that will explain what's important to know about Audacity to prepare it for recording, but you also provide great advice on everything else. Thank you for doing this!
You're welcome. And thank you for taking the time to say so. It truly warms my heart.
Thank you for this! It shows why us Professional VO's need the time that we do and ask for the pay that we do.
Definitely! It is time consuming and skilled work.
This is probably the most helpful video on RUclips ever. Thank you so much, it's exactly what I was looking for and more.
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your Audacity audiobook recording tutorial. It was super helpful, covering everything from room noise to ACX requirements. Your clear instructions made the process so much easier for me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and making a difference. If I may ask, sir, how were you able to eliminate the echo, often known as reverb, in your recordings? And where did you record your audio?
- Majed B.
Thank you for your kind words. Sound proofing your recording area with soft surfaces or foam is the best way to reduce that echo effect. I essentially set up a blanket fort in a closet. You can hear the difference.
THIS IS A VERITABLE GOLDMINE!! Thank you soooooo much!!!! ❤❤❤
Excellent, succinct, informative, exactly what a newbie needs to hear, thanx!
Great info! Good explanation and no big fuss!
I appreciate your patience till you did all these steps and details!
Very, very useful. Thank you
Excellent thank you so much!
thank you. thorough video.
Your video is amazing. Thank you. I'm running into a problem that is making the ACX check not pass. I think it is because Audacity 3.6 has a new limiter with different values than the one in your video. Do you happen to know the correct values for it? So far none of the fiddling I've done has helped.
I'm sorry to hear that stuff if busted in the latest version. I do not know the proper values and I won't be struggling with this myself for at least another 6 months. Good luck in your fiddling!
Great video, I have the utmost respect for Al Yankovic
This has to be, by far, the best and most educational video I have watched in a very long time. I have used Audacity for many years, on various projects, and never fully grasped it, but rather used effects as hit or miss. Majority of the time, not knowing what those effects were actually achieving. Thank you, HasteWriting, for breaking it down and not only walking us through each step, but explaining what benefits and/or pitfalls those steps will bring to a project.
Thank you for the kind words. It won't surprise you that I teach in my day job. I'm glad I was able to communicate clearly.
Agreed!!!
ONE OF THE BEST TUTORALS FOR AUDIOBOOK RECORDING. MAYBE THE BEST!
Omg, thank you so much for this step by step breakdown. I've been so intimidated by this process, and this video helped a ton 🤗
You had me at [paraphrasing] 'production times will go down with practice... and then up again as you raise your standards!' Thank you for the great video.
Absolutely incredible resource! You're an absolute gem for breaking this down the way you did and empowering authors with this information ❤️
wow. I'm less than 20 minutes in and I'm taking a pause to just process all this excellent information, so excellently presented. Thank you!
Amazing!
I used your brilliant advice and used the excellent find away voices for all 31 including audible. I did have to upload kindle book to Amazon to be allowed include Audible and supply the link.
Today in second week I got notice of 3 more sites to add to 6 on which my book is listed including audible.
It was great to be able to get it listed in so many places, including the big gorilla so easily.
Do you read with the glottal stop instead of pronouncing 't' sounds? (For example, @20:35 you said "sen'ence" [instead of "sentence"] twice.) This appears to be a speech impediment introduced from "Valley Girl" speech that affects multiple-syllable words that end in /ən/ or /ənz/ (or /əns/), like "mountain[s]," "button[s]" and "sentence" and occasionally even shows up in accented syllables, with more prominent vowels, such as "wanted" (=> "wan'id").
I grew up in Ohio, so I've got a midwest accent. I try to read naturally when narrating, which for me means I do not always pronounce the 't' especially in dialogue. For prose, I try to be a little bit more careful about my enunciation, but I'm sure I'm dropping 't's throughout.
I approached ACX with my 86 novels (I have six best sellers) looking for a narrator and nobody was interested. I've never bothered since.
Weird, I have no idea what to tell you about that as I did not seek narrators. Good luck!
If there was no interest then your rates were too low. People who do this professionally don’t work for peanuts. If they do then they won’t be great. I’m not by any means a rate snob. But it’s a lot of work and also is far from easy to be good at it. For example, this author spent 200 hours to record a book that would take me 25 hours max.
Are you still interested in a narrator? Id be happy to work for you
@@BryanTheHonored Hello. Thank you for showing an interest. I cannot guarantee anything as I am inexperienced in these matters but I would be glad to hear of your experiences and perhaps set up a dialogue.
If you still need a narrator, open to discussion. 😀🎉
You are one AWESOME TEACHER! The way you explain things is absolute perfection. I wish you nothing but the very best of success!
Thank you!
I'm doing classic Audiobooks as a hobby and you're totally right about how it takes longer when your standards go up, I'm redoing chapters now that I know how to edit
Really enjoyed this video you covered it in such detail. Kudos to you, you have a new subscriber!
Your explanation is fabulous!!!!!!!
This is very helpful information. Thank you for including all of these details and links and everything.
Thank you so much for this. I'm in the process of recording and editing my novel. It's a lot of fun. I love the process. The mouth noises are the worse. You covered everything I needed to know. This is awesome.
Same wit mouth noises. Got a best-quality Rode but I learned that if I speak 6 cm's off to the left or right (cheaper than a difffuser) I can avoid that and have a quiet room ambiance where pops and clicks just don't happen. Just the rythm and pacing then. This video is GOLD.
Okay. That sounds great. I'm going to try that. Definitely cheaper than a diffuser 😀@@lydeangeles
This is such a comprehensive but still easy to understand tutorial. I've used audacity before and done short audio recordings for websites before but just the idea of recording and editing an entire audiobook seemed so daunting. I was really reluctant to even try this but now I'm already ordering a mic and keen to give it a go.
Thank you so much for this in depth guide! I couldn't have found your video at a more perfect time. I was trying to find a video exactly like yours, but my searches kept leading me to the basics and that was honestly starting to make everything worse. Your video has singlehandedly made the entire daunting process a lot easier to understand.
Excellent! That's what I was hoping to accomplish.
Hi, thanks for this comprehensive tutorial. I have to say, it was both helpful, yet overwhelming :) Many nuggets, though.
Thanks so much for these Audacity settings, this has helped a great deal with some of the time sinks I had whilst editing a chapter.
Thank you so much for posting this. Incredibly useful and easy-to-follow :0) I got fed up of listening to tech bods who I couldn't understand :0)
Super helpful!! Thank you so much
When you said "These numbers can go down with practice, but I found that they went up again as my standards got higher".... oof... I felt that, brother. ✊😔
Thank you for this!! Extremely helpful!!
Really appreciate the video. This is probably the best tutorial I've ever come across on RUclips lol.
Amazing tutorial, thank you brother
Gold! Thank you.
Would i be better off using ableton to take advantage of using asio rather than audacity forcing me into using mme
I'm not familiar with the pros and cons of this choice, sorry.
I also found drinking some honey in warm water, that helped my throat.
Thanks, that's a good idea.
This is brilliant! Thank you!!
thank you thank you thank you for creating this video!! I'm about to record my first audiobook and had no idea how to do it, but I do use Audacity. I'm so glad I found your video.
You're welcome. Good luck!
Thanks so much for doing this video. I decided to start doing my own audiobooks last year. It is a time consuming process, but I really enjoyed it. I "thought" I knew it all, (Ha!), but I learned something new from your video that should help me out as I edit my audiobook.
Glad to hear it!
My question is how does the link which skips to a chapter come from?
All you have to do is put the four digit time stamp with a colon in between in the video description. Typed out as shown, like this 12:45, and youtube adds the chapters in.
Aamazing tutorial!! Thank you.
You're welcome!
I just started recording my first Audio Book with ACX.I'm using version 3.4.2- My original recording is with a RodeCaster 2, then edit the audio in Logic ProX, and I was able to export and all my numbers pass ACX Audio test with one fail- RMS is -23.7. What I also don't understand is that when I import files that are 24-bit into Audacity, it changes the files to 36bit float (automatically). I'm having issues, Can you do this with my version 3.4.2 so I can understand better how to fix my files to make them ACX ready.
Oof, that sucks. I have not dabbled with the latest version sufficiently to answer this question. If I come across something, I'll let you know, but I'm working on non-Audacity projects at this time.
What other services can I go to to do Audio Books than ACX? I would appreciate your expertise to understand better@@HasteWriting
@@garyclement2888The only two distributors I'm aware of are ACX (which includes Amazon and itunes) and Findaway Voices (which includes Spotify and 40 some other smaller ones)
Hi i bought the maono pm461, it cost 20-30$ mic and reviews says its a great bang for a buck, do you think it will be acceptable for acx standards?
I'm not at all familiar with that mic, but I bet it's fine for acx standards, most are, it's a question of whether or not it's up to your standards.
First step before recording: get a haircut !