Adobe Audition for Audiobooks 2024

Optimize your ACX audiobook narration and production workflow with George Whittam!

Recording and editing an audiobook for ACX can be quite the challenge! You might find yourself spending long hours in the booth and even longer ones polishing your recordings. When you throw in tight deadlines from publishers, it can really keep you on your toes!

Luckily, George Whittam has developed some fantastic techniques to help you record, edit, proof, and master your audiobook recordings efficiently, minimizing mistakes and audio issues.

Prerequisites:

• none

Agenda:

• Introduction, Goals, and Agenda
• Important default settings to modify
• What’s useful in the latest version in 2024 (if anything!)
• Using keyboard shortcuts
• Customizing layout for efficiency
• Organizing files and folders
• Mic technique and acoustics
• Acceptable noise levels
• Setting the best recording levels (then forget it!)
• Recording techniques: Straight record, clicker, Punch and Roll and Punch-in Insert
• Processing plugins to remove noises: Mouth, equipment, and environmental 
• The QRX sheet, keeping track of corrections (template provided) 
• Working with a proofer
• Editing in pickups
• Mastering workflows
• Mastering to publisher specs with Racks and Batches (Starter Rack provided)