Audacity for Audiobooks

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

Audiobook narration for ACX can be arduous, with long days in the booth, and even longer days editing. Add to that sometimes-tight deadlines for publishers and it can be daunting to keep up! George Whittam has methods to record, edit, proof, and master an audiobook recording that will maximize your productivity, and minimize errors and audio flaws. 

Prerequisites:

• none

Agenda:

• Introduction, Goals, and Agenda
• Anything useful that’s new in the latest Audacity? 
• Important default settings to modify
• 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 Macros (Starter Macro provided)
• VIP Q&A