Thank you Wes. Super easy to follow & understand. Though for the Noise Floor, even if it is above -60db it is still possible to fix. I am working on a project now helping someone with their audiobook and their raw audio files are -55db Floor, but using a DAW like Ableton I can cut this out pretty easily using EQ's & Buss's.
People of Findaway Voices, please make a tutorial video. A step-by-step guide on how to sign up to your site and other necessities we need to know. It would definitely get more people in. Thanks and keep it up!
Wes, thank you. There are so many tools in Adobe Audition and you've helped me navigate one (Match Loudness) that I never understood before. THANK YOU.
Wes, you are doing God's work. The RMS section alone was amazing. I love the batch processing in AU. I have been doing files individually for a year now. This should help with production time.
Why is it preferred to run Match Loudness and set the peaks and loudness, as opposed to running a hard limiter? I actually assumed that part of the Match Loudness process included running first a normalize (to the target loudness) and then a hard limiter to manage peaks. Is it running a different processing on the audio?
I know this voice! And now face after meeting you at Findaway HQ today! This is really helpful and I’m so glad I have the resources Findaway Voices offers! Thanks, Wes! Teri
Great Presentation Wes! I'm wondering though...What if I have an audio book that has sound effects and some background music, as well as music as sound bridges and outro? Does this mean Findaway Voices is not the place for my audio book? I would really love to speak to someone about this.
Question: During the portion where you're working on the total RMS and peak RMS, have you also done any compression on the files beforehand or does this generally take care of all the compression itself?
Some good tips here. Here's one from me: Room Tone and Silence are not the same thing. So, do you want silence, or do you want room tone i.e. the background noise in the environment in which it was recorded? The Head duration according to ACX standards should be no more than 5 seconds - not 1 second only as you state.
Good information - IF you're using AA exclusively. Other DAWs and add-ons (processing FX plugins or third party mastering software like iZotope RX) achieve specifications in a variety of different ways. Plus. All of the numbers (RMS, peak, room tone, etc.) could line up perfectly within spec and the audio might still sound like crap. There's a heck a lot more to it than this simplistic approach. Good input recording levels, like staying well under -3dB from the get go and especially not clipping (going over 0.0dB). A well treated, sound deadened recording environment. Understanding that Room Tone also lies under the vocal, not just between words and phrases. So if there's a hum or rumble it will still be present when the narrator is speaking.
Hi James! Yes, for this video we only focused on Adobe Audition, and also tried to stay focused just on how to make adjustments to already-good audio in order to meet our particular specs. We'll be doing some more videos in the future that focus on audio quality fundamentals and recording setups. Garbage in, garbage out :) Thanks for commenting!
I understand that each chapter has to be less than 120mins and for an 80,000 word book I have 42 chapters so 42 sections or audio files. That I understand. But how do you upload multiple audio chapter files into the body of the book section in the Findaways platform because it says you can only upload one file but I´d have 42 files. Thank you
Hi, If files are provided to Findaway as MP3 or FLAC 192 kbps 44.1 kHz, will Findaway distribute as is? Or will there be further conversion? What is the final resolution distributed by Findaway?
Very helpful thank you, at 15:24 when you drag each chapter into the multitrack window, how did you make it so that each chapter had its own track? When I drag them, it puts them all into one track and I want to have them laid out the way you did. Thanks!
Hey Jason, great question! Go to Preferences > Multitrack Clips and then under the "When Inserting Multiple Clips" section, choose "Place each file onto its own track.” Hope that helps!
That is all very interesting but I see no mention here or anywhere about embedding audio metadata such as ID3 tags? Should they be included with each chapter audio file? Is there an advantage or should they be avoided.
No need to do anything with ID3 tags, all the audiobook's metadata is set elsewhere in our system, we don't pull/scrape any metadata about the audiobook from tags.
Helpful and clear. But I would lose the will to live if I had to tussle with AA! For Mac only, the clean intuitive and nimble Twisted Wave has been my mainstay voice recorder/editor for ten years.
Hi Wes-- so we followed your instructions to a T... during the final Listen I had to re record a section- yet without any filters that section sounded better than the Final edition... ugh... this is what the person helping on this came up with 'I would describe it as a "mixing" question. When we did the "mix", the audio sounds kinda echo-y. We want to know how to enhance the mix. I'd also mention that you have a deeper reading voice. I'm going to show my friend a sample of the mix, and ask specifically for how he'd mix the audio in audition. He might know the settings to use' any ideas? thanks in advance...
The total RMS is the squared amplitude of the audio signal, averaged over a period of time, then the square root of that result. When adjusting the RMS, the target value should be set near the middle of the desired (acceptable) range, because this value is based on an average, further adjustment to the audio signal is adjust the average as well. Since the acceptable range is -18db and -23 db, we picked a midpoint target of -20.5 db.
@@FindawayVoices Thanks, but as my knowledge is quite basic , I had to research a little more and found good resources to understand the RMS, for futher references here next: www.audiorecording.me/understanding-what-does-rms-stands-for-in-audio-definition-details.html
I have a question regarding copy written material in the back ground. If I've purchased stock music to play under the intro, credits, and back matter, is that allowed? How do I prove my licensing? Thanks
This was excellent. I have a good understanding of what I must do. I have a co-narrator who lives in another state. I will give her your technical specs. We are taking turns reading from the same page. I will have to combine her narration of each page with my narration. Any advice?
If I'm narrating my own book, is it okay to say "written and narrated by ..." as opposed to "written by... " and "narrated by" separately? Also, is it okay to mention the series number and series name in the opening credits, e.g. "[Title] Book 1 of the .... series."
Hey do you know how to hire a narrator in find away voices? I am even interested in the deals they offer with the narrator, but I can't find any options about the narrator in the site.
hello wes! great video. these tips are super helpful as I was starting to find myself in a loop of what to do for the loudness. question about the audition match loudness. when you run the parameters is that effecting the audio file by limiting or adjusting volume or is this just a metering tool?
I've got everything meeting the requirements but I can't seem to get that -16db maximum noise floor. My booth is insanely quite but I'm still picking up a few ticks here and there. Any tips to help remove that little bit of noise?
Hi Wes - thanks for really helpful video! I use Audition - are those Match Loudness steps, RMS/DB etc cumulative and do they degrade the audio each time? ie if we get something wrong, is it best to undo all those steps and restart the chain? Just I saw you were doing lots of Match Loudness steps, and wondered how much we can play around with this before it degrades the audio. Thanks!
Unfortunately i don't use Audition, so this wasn't helpful much in my situation. I'll do my best from the PDF Art and Audio Requirements and see if I can meet the specs.... GREAT job, though, Wes. Thank you =)
I was looking at Audacity's RMS measuring tool and it is not nearly as powerful as Audition's. Tweaking amplification, normalization and peak levels does not meet specs, no matter what I try. Looks much easier to do in Audition as shown in this very helpful video. I was hoping to use free software. Any suggestions other than Adobe's Audition?
@@FindawayVoices Thanks so much. I downloaded free Compress&dynamics plugin, ran it under Effect and used Analyze/Measure RMS. Worked perfectly and got me in range!
About this requirements, I would like to know why a tone room recording is required? What an anudio Engineer is doing with the tone room? is helpful to edit in some way?
Hopefully the audio was recorded in a clean environment and the engineer doesn’t have to do anything, but since meeting the room tone specification is a requirement to pass our QA, we wanted to show how to check the value in this video.
I like the tutorial BUT: "Adobe Audition is an extremely affordable digital audio workstation" !!! "Only £19.97/month... That's nearly £240/year - not my idea of "extremely affordable". You can get Audacity for nothing, Twisted Wave for Mac for a one-off fee of about £65, the iPad app for about £8.00. I would much rather see a tutorial for one of those.
Thank you Wes. Super easy to follow & understand.
Though for the Noise Floor, even if it is above -60db it is still possible to fix. I am working on a project now helping someone with their audiobook and their raw audio files are -55db Floor, but using a DAW like Ableton I can cut this out pretty easily using EQ's & Buss's.
People of Findaway Voices, please make a tutorial video. A step-by-step guide on how to sign up to your site and other necessities we need to know. It would definitely get more people in. Thanks and keep it up!
This is a very comprehensive video on how to edit audio books in Adobe Audition. Thanks a lot.
Wes, thank you. There are so many tools in Adobe Audition and you've helped me navigate one (Match Loudness) that I never understood before. THANK YOU.
Wes, you are doing God's work. The RMS section alone was amazing. I love the batch processing in AU. I have been doing files individually for a year now. This should help with production time.
Thanks for the feedback Chuck, so happy to hear the video has been helpful!
Hands down THE best explanation of getting your audiobook QA Ready. I've never failed bc of this info and never will. Thank you.
Why is it preferred to run Match Loudness and set the peaks and loudness, as opposed to running a hard limiter? I actually assumed that part of the Match Loudness process included running first a normalize (to the target loudness) and then a hard limiter to manage peaks. Is it running a different processing on the audio?
Thank you so much! This tutorial is exactly what I needed!😊
Technical portion stars at 6:37
Hi, thanks for the tutorial. Do you accept audios with background music?
I know this voice! And now face after meeting you at Findaway HQ today! This is really helpful and I’m so glad I have the resources Findaway Voices offers! Thanks, Wes! Teri
Great Presentation Wes!
I'm wondering though...What if I have an audio book that has sound effects and some background music, as well as music as sound bridges and outro? Does this mean Findaway Voices is not the place for my audio book? I would really love to speak to someone about this.
Wes! I had a viewer recommend this video. Glad to finally catch your video post. We need to get you on here more.
Thank you for this! So many Audacity videos and so few Audition ones for audiobooks.
Question: During the portion where you're working on the total RMS and peak RMS, have you also done any compression on the files beforehand or does this generally take care of all the compression itself?
Some good tips here. Here's one from me: Room Tone and Silence are not the same thing. So, do you want silence, or do you want room tone i.e. the background noise in the environment in which it was recorded? The Head duration according to ACX standards should be no more than 5 seconds - not 1 second only as you state.
Thanks Wes! Very helpful and easy to understand.
Good information - IF you're using AA exclusively. Other DAWs and add-ons (processing FX plugins or third party mastering software like iZotope RX) achieve specifications in a variety of different ways. Plus. All of the numbers (RMS, peak, room tone, etc.) could line up perfectly within spec and the audio might still sound like crap. There's a heck a lot more to it than this simplistic approach. Good input recording levels, like staying well under -3dB from the get go and especially not clipping (going over 0.0dB). A well treated, sound deadened recording environment. Understanding that Room Tone also lies under the vocal, not just between words and phrases. So if there's a hum or rumble it will still be present when the narrator is speaking.
Hi James! Yes, for this video we only focused on Adobe Audition, and also tried to stay focused just on how to make adjustments to already-good audio in order to meet our particular specs. We'll be doing some more videos in the future that focus on audio quality fundamentals and recording setups. Garbage in, garbage out :) Thanks for commenting!
I understand that each chapter has to be less than 120mins and for an 80,000 word book I have 42 chapters so 42 sections or audio files. That I understand. But how do you upload multiple audio chapter files into the body of the book section in the Findaways platform because it says you can only upload one file but I´d have 42 files. Thank you
Excellent and concise summary, which will probably save me a lot of time. Thank you very much!
great job. Very helpful.
Hi, If files are provided to Findaway as MP3 or FLAC 192 kbps 44.1 kHz, will Findaway distribute as is? Or will there be further conversion? What is the final resolution distributed by Findaway?
Very helpful thank you, at 15:24 when you drag each chapter into the multitrack window, how did you make it so that each chapter had its own track? When I drag them, it puts them all into one track and I want to have them laid out the way you did. Thanks!
Hey Jason, great question! Go to Preferences > Multitrack Clips and then under the "When Inserting Multiple Clips" section, choose "Place each file onto its own track.” Hope that helps!
@@FindawayVoices Thank you so much!
That is all very interesting but I see no mention here or anywhere about embedding audio metadata such as ID3 tags? Should they be included with each chapter audio file? Is there an advantage or should they be avoided.
No need to do anything with ID3 tags, all the audiobook's metadata is set elsewhere in our system, we don't pull/scrape any metadata about the audiobook from tags.
@@FindawayVoices Great! Thank you. That saves me a ton of time.
Helpful and clear. But I would lose the will to live if I had to tussle with AA! For Mac only, the clean intuitive and nimble Twisted Wave has been my mainstay voice recorder/editor for ten years.
Hi Wes-- so we followed your instructions to a T... during the final Listen I had to re record a section- yet without any filters that section sounded better than the Final edition... ugh... this is what the person helping on this came up with
'I would describe it as a "mixing" question. When we did the "mix", the audio sounds kinda echo-y. We want to know how to enhance the mix. I'd also mention that you have a deeper reading voice.
I'm going to show my friend a sample of the mix, and ask specifically for how he'd mix the audio in audition. He might know the settings to use'
any ideas? thanks in advance...
Wrong about noise floor. It can become a problem (as it did for me) after applying the RMS adjustments. Now what? That's what I'm trying to fix.
About the Total RMS values, please, can you explain where those values come from? what are the reasons to set those values?
The total RMS is the squared amplitude of the audio signal, averaged over a period of time, then the square root of that result. When adjusting the RMS, the target value should be set near the middle of the desired (acceptable) range, because this value is based on an average, further adjustment to the audio signal is adjust the average as well. Since the acceptable range is -18db and -23 db, we picked a midpoint target of -20.5 db.
@@FindawayVoices Thanks, but as my knowledge is quite basic , I had to research a little more and found good resources to understand the RMS, for futher references here next: www.audiorecording.me/understanding-what-does-rms-stands-for-in-audio-definition-details.html
I have a question regarding copy written material in the back ground. If I've purchased stock music to play under the intro, credits, and back matter, is that allowed? How do I prove my licensing? Thanks
Yeah - this was a really helpful video! Thanks Wes!!
You're a great teacher.
This was excellent. I have a good understanding of what I must do. I have a co-narrator who lives in another state. I will give her your technical specs. We are taking turns reading from the same page. I will have to combine her narration of each page with my narration. Any advice?
If I'm narrating my own book, is it okay to say "written and narrated by ..." as opposed to "written by... "
and "narrated by" separately? Also, is it okay to mention the series number and series name in the opening credits, e.g. "[Title] Book 1 of the .... series."
Hey do you know how to hire a narrator in find away voices? I am even interested in the deals they offer with the narrator, but I can't find any options about the narrator in the site.
hello wes! great video. these tips are super helpful as I was starting to find myself in a loop of what to do for the loudness. question about the audition match loudness. when you run the parameters is that effecting the audio file by limiting or adjusting volume or is this just a metering tool?
Hi. I'm ready to submit my audio for my ebook. How would I need to format or label each file for poems? Do I label them "sections" or poems?
I've got everything meeting the requirements but I can't seem to get that -16db maximum noise floor. My booth is insanely quite but I'm still picking up a few ticks here and there. Any tips to help remove that little bit of noise?
Hi Wes - thanks for really helpful video! I use Audition - are those Match Loudness steps, RMS/DB etc cumulative and do they degrade the audio each time? ie if we get something wrong, is it best to undo all those steps and restart the chain? Just I saw you were doing lots of Match Loudness steps, and wondered how much we can play around with this before it degrades the audio. Thanks!
Question. I recorded an audio book without use of headphones. Loved the playback. Put on Headphones MUD!! WHAT??!! Can you help?
Hire a professional narrator or re record it again maybe I’ll make a video of my process it might help you I’m a professional voice actor
Can you save as WAV or AIFF files? They're higher quality than mp3.
We accept MP3 or FLAC.
Unfortunately i don't use Audition, so this wasn't helpful much in my situation. I'll do my best from the PDF Art and Audio Requirements and see if I can meet the specs....
GREAT job, though, Wes. Thank you =)
8:35 is what you need
Thank you for Posting!
I was looking at Audacity's RMS measuring tool and it is not nearly as powerful as Audition's. Tweaking amplification, normalization and peak levels does not meet specs, no matter what I try. Looks much easier to do in Audition as shown in this very helpful video. I was hoping to use free software. Any suggestions other than Adobe's Audition?
Thanks for the note, Rokit! Try continuing to adjust the compressor setting using the Audacity Dynamic range compressor until the RMS is within range.
@@FindawayVoices Thanks so much. I downloaded free Compress&dynamics plugin, ran it under Effect and used Analyze/Measure RMS. Worked perfectly and got me in range!
About this requirements, I would like to know why a tone room recording is required? What an anudio Engineer is doing with the tone room? is helpful to edit in some way?
Hopefully the audio was recorded in a clean environment and the engineer doesn’t have to do anything, but since meeting the room tone specification is a requirement to pass our QA, we wanted to show how to check the value in this video.
Are AI generated voices accepted for audiobook narration
Thank you! This was helpful.
Very helpful.
Great tutorial and very informative.
Thanks Dylan!
Me sirvió :3
That was effective, it was just kinda injected inside my mind.
I can't thank you enough!!!
Why do you use mp3 and not WAV files in your example? It can mislead people. Nobody needs reencoded mp3 files.
cant you just upload a whole file in a sec without any problem. its really making me mad there's no way I can mange my 10 hours long audiobook
how am i suppose to upload my whole huge audiobook file
how am i suppose to upload my huge audiobook in a click.
I like the tutorial BUT: "Adobe Audition is an extremely affordable digital audio workstation" !!! "Only £19.97/month... That's nearly £240/year - not my idea of "extremely affordable". You can get Audacity for nothing, Twisted Wave for Mac for a one-off fee of about £65, the iPad app for about £8.00. I would much rather see a tutorial for one of those.