The corporate training background music - on a video discussing and demonstrating recording subtleties - was a showstopper for me.

This gentleman deserves way more subscribers. Without him, I could never have gotten my audiobook up from start to finish and into ACX with 0 formatting issues. He's a brilliant teacher. Thanks dude!

0:00 intro 0:29 To The PC 0:50 ACX requirements 1:50 Retail Sample Explanation 2:26 Audio File Export Settings 3:14 Rule of Thumb 5:25 Back to the PC and DAW 5:39 Noise Floor 6:40 Peak Values 7:18 Normalize 8:26 RMS and Compress 9:34 Normalize Again 10:02 Room Tone 10:51 Export 11:41 Outro

Working on my first audiobook with ACX and the requirements for final files really had me stumped. In the past, others have done the editing process for me, so I'm learning a new skill in having to edit my own files. Thank you for these easy to follow instructions on meeting those requirements-this was so helpful!

I am just starting out on ACX and know nothing about this software! This is the first video I’ve seen that described it in a way that made sense and didn’t have a bunch of extra software I had to download to get it to format right. Thank you!!!

Would be a great video if you weren't competing with that background music.

I can't tell you how much this helped me understand the requirements for ACX. I have adobe audition and I followed along with each step and it worked out perfectly, thank you so much.

Great video. Appreciate the examples and the step-by-step. So many questions answered! Much appreciated

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm submitting auditions now for ACX and would be drowning without you!

Thank you so much! I'm your "newest subscriber" -- getting ready to record my book that will go up on ACX. This was perfect!! 😀

LOVED, LOVED LOVED THIS. Thank you for helping me. I'm not a prude I swear, just thought the music in your video could be a little lower while you're explaining.

Professional experience and high quality presentation - respect

Dude - You're great! So clear! ♥ Thanks for this man - love from Argentina

Thank you for making this video man. You explained everything really well and quickly 😎👍 I just subscribed

dude, this is the best explanation on YT, keep up the good work.

What a great tutorial! Straight to the point and no fluff in between! Funny thing though, my problem is the opposite with the noise floor. Mine is always waaaay too quiet. who could have guessed that would ever be a problem? I actually had to figure out how to raise the noise.

So grateful!! Thanks for sharing this information so clearly!

Thank you so much, clear and straight to the point !

Brilliant video. Very clear instructions. Thank you 🙂

Thank you so much for this! This was very easy to follow and also very informative.

I've heard gated audio in some audiobooks and it stands out a mile. I'm a narrator/voice actor and produce and master my own audio. The only difference between my process and yours, is I use Cubase 13.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! YOU HAVE HELPED ME GET STARTED WITH ACX.. I HAVE BUILD A COMMUNITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM MY VOICE SO IM EXCITED FOR THIS NEW ADVENTURE IN 2024

Great and straightforward explanation and the way of presentation

Great video! Thanks for the help

Thank you so much for creating this clip. I downloaded Reaper, but no one shows how to meet ACX standards as simple as you! I spent time trying to understand the programme for about a week. Did cry for that. Can't even add the 5 seconds at the end of my clip using Reaper 😭 It's way too advanced for me. I will download this programme and follow your steps. Thank you so much!

thank you so much for clarifying all this. awesome job

Your awesome , thank you for simplifying things for us although I find it very technical and want to say “I’m out” but I will watch the video a couple times more and watch your other videos 😅 my head is about to explode 💥 thanks for the encouragement😊

This video was really, really helpful! Thank you!

Cheers for this mate...enjoyed the vid :)

Very helpful, thank you

Great video, thank you. Subscribed 🤙😊

Great job!. Thanks.

Thank you so much!

Name of song?? I love that background music. Thanks for the helpful info bro!

Holy hell, you're a lifesaver. Thank you! Is there any way to do this in bulk?

Terrific video--clear and concise. Now I have a question as a Reaper noob: I have multiple audiobook tracks for a few different sessions. With each new session I 'open project' and all of the previously rendered tracks appear. When I save and render the current session's tracks I get a message that asks if I want to use 'override' or 'intermittent' both of which I am confused by--I chose 'override' only bc I understood the term. Then all of that session's tracks and all of the previous sessions' tracks were rendered--seems not quite right to me...please advise how I can save just the session I am working on--thank you!

I'm working on my first project for ACX, and it's interesting because I'm learning that the author does not know all of what you are telling me and the book is not edited at all. He leaving me to do all of that, but you are explaining the entire format. Great video here.

Thanks a lot!

Thank you for this video! Do you have consulting services to help people get the set up correcting and confirm settings are correct? I plan on using WavePad and the settings can be confusing.

Thank you!

Brilliant thanks very much

It`s a really easy to understand and useful video. Unfortunately, I looked at the cost and have no extra funds for Au. Is there a similar (easy) fix for these ACX requirements using Ableton? Thank you for any help and for posting this excellent video.

Which audacity (simple & free but quirks & limitations) or Audition (the best but subscription) or Reaper (It can be free but can be complex for some but good for those who also make music) or Studio One (one time payment and seems decent) or Twisted Wave (dunno much about it)?

Can you use an iPad Pro (with usb c microphone) and use voice memo for ACX?

@KrakenMedia hello, I am trying to upload the finished production files and it kicked back that I had issues. I came here as a result of the issues and how to get them solved. Now there is another problem, I am not seeing anywhere where I can remove the file with an issue and re-upload an edited file? Have you ever run into this problem?

You know what, you've earned a new subscriber. Really enjoyed the video. I mostly due creepypasta but I been trying to get into Audiobooks. I use Audacity and have the ACX check plugging. Although I have RX 8 it doesn't help me when it comes to this.

So, I’m new to this. Can I just use De-Noise in an Adobe Audition file to take the hiss out of my floor?

I am about to convert my eBook to Audiobook in hopes to offer more variety to people who want to consume my book. I will bookmark this concise video that I felt explains the requirements very well. Thanks for the guidance. After some time, are you still content with how your instructional video turned out, or are there other videos/resources you would offer up if you did it again?

Thank you for the information. Question. How about dealing with mouth noises, particularly the pesky clicks? I've tried different gates, and even spent 'hours' manually going through reducing areas of concern ... eh it's got to the point I'm not sure I want to bother doing another audiobook, so damn time consuming. Suggestions, please. Thanks again for the videos! PS. my DAW is Reaper

What about your noise floor after compressing and normalizing again, I would assume its above -60db now?

I have a question for you, I need software to remove voice noises, sounds for creating Audio Narration for ACX to pass the RMS Audio guidelines. And I'm told that RX10 Standard is the right one. Does RX11 include everything RX 10 has and new or it has different products?

-54db is lowest I can get with mic on macbook for logic pro x. How may i achieve -60db for audiobook??

Excellent video. You've left me curious about one thing. When dealing with RMS and peak values, why normalize before compressing (and then normalizing again)? Why not just compress and then normalize? I'm sure there's a good reason, which might even become apparent if I tried it out myself, but I'm curious to hear from an expert.

I record at least 1 minute of room tone and use it while I go through the editing for the odd sound that shouldn't be there

Awesome video. So useful! Please repost it without the background music, and youll get plenty more subscribers and views. What does it mean to gate your video?

So I can get all levels to pass and such, I submit into Audio Labs in ACX, and it says “false” for beginning/end room silence. Yet I have .9 and 3-4 seconds at the end of room tone. No crazy blips and using the spectrogram thing view, there’s nothing. Is that check buggy? Is there something I could be missing?

can you use a.i for voice

So I am using a free program called Ocenaudio because I am just starting out. Do you think you might be able to use that program to do the same thing for ACX?

Thank you for this! Very helpful. My Amplitude Stats only show peak amplitude and sample value. Do you know how to change this?

Can I achieve all this with an iPhone recording?

Hi, my RMS is -29 and I followed what you did in dynamics and tried changing the threshold to -20 but the dial will not let me go under 2.175. Do you know why?

Thank you English version of Arin Hanson!

Can I get a glossary of all these terms? Or perhaps a more basic video that would make this one more understandable?

Is there some tutorial on doing this stuff in Audacity?

Can you just silence your room tone?

My total RMS Amplitude doesn't change at all even if I follow your steps - any advice? Great, great video though THANKS :)

I love your tutorial but I hate the music as it makes listening YOU very hard.

Lots of good info. I wouldn't mind if you'd kill the music.

Anyone know what "gating" is?

With ACX they tell us not to have anything lower than a -60 for the noise gate. So how do we achieve that if we don’t set the noise gate? I can’t just try to search all your videos for this set up that went very fast. You’re also not speaking to someone who is very new to both garage band, and ACX and doing audio work. Could you please dumb it down?

do you have any templates set up

Hi. I’ve sent you an email enquiring if I can hire you to fix my audiobook files. Be amazing to hear from you. Save my project 🙏

I don't have adobe audition. I have audible.

which application are you using

First of all thanks a lot for the video. But I have to agree with some people here. The music in the background ist too loud and distracting. And this is a video about video quality. Maybe it could be reuploaded without it?

Awesome stuff - would love to narrate but I have a Welsh accent which doesn’t appeal to anyone lol

Good advice but please get rid of the annoying and distracting background music.

Me, about to gate my audio... 😶

Why will they not allow A.I narrative? My voice is totally rubish and I can only use a software to promote my own books that I write.

Background music is maddening

The background music makes it impossible to listen to you.

That background music is so distracting.

Don’t GATE the audio, some KZfaqr is going to hide under my bed and haunt me… okay, WTF is GATING the audio!?!?!?

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This actually wasn’t so simple.