Recording & Formatting Files for ACX 

Booked my first audio book contract! This video came through clutch. Thank you so much Angela

I’ve been involved in sound production for a few years, but I’m new to the narration sphere and I gotta say, your channel has been the most valuable resource I’ve found thus far. You keep things digestible, and seeing your recording workflow is super helpful. Thank you for making these videos!

Angela, you Rock!!! I just got assigned a 600 Page Audio Book... and its like eating an elephant... where do you start... and there you were like and Angel with all good info! Bravo to you !!! Joseph Miller.

Released 7 months ago and has one dislike. You are definitely doing something right.

i won't lie..when I first saw your channel I was like.."oh goody..another voice-over channel..just what the world needs" But you kept popping up and you have some great and useful content. I really appreciate your approach and willingness to help. Especially in the audiobook arena. I'm glad to see that your channel is growing and passing some of the other scrubs that try to sell something every 5 minutes. Thank you for this great video.

This is all new to me! Looks interesting. Do not know if my voice is suitable to do that kind of work. But I am thinking about trying it.

Really great information here, and I thank you for sharing it. You may have already begun doing this at this point, but I implore you to not leave your work media folders on your computer. Always have TWO external hard drives and save all of your files to both of them. If you still want to keep a copy on your computer until a particular date in the future, that's fine, but you can actually free it up and make it less laggy by keeping your media files off the built-in HD and just keep 'em all on the TWO external HDs. If your computer dies, or rather, if your internal HD dies, you've lost all of your work. But if you get two (or AT LEAST one ... but don't get one get two) external HDs, you now have two unfettered sources from which to draw. And if for some reason one of these two external HDs die, then you've got the other. And IF that was to happen, IMMEDIATELY purchase a new one and transfer all of the data from the good XHD to the new one. Yes, yes, yes. ALWAYS have at least two external sources of your media. As well, it certainly doesn't hurt to utilize cloud storage. I've experienced the loss of data while in the midst of a job and had to do the entire thing over again. All that work for nothing. I would hate for it to happen to you. Sorry for the novel. :)

Thank you! This is really helpful. I have a question. Where can I see the noise floor in the Amplitude Statistics?

This video was super helpful and gave me info I didn’t even know I needed 😩😩😩

This video and your channel in general, has been super informative! Thank you very much!

I recently found your channel. Very helpful information. Thank you!

This is a great video, Thank you. Can you tell me what program you use to record please? I am trying to find a good recording app.

You're so helpful Angela, again so many thanks. ​♥☮∞

Hey, your videos are really, really helpful thank you! Do you normalise at the beginning and the end? Or just the end? Also do you ever use a compressor? Thanks Chris

Thank you Angela for this very informative video. What is your workflow? Do you work with iZotope RX's effects first and then Audition's tools? Thanks

what daw do you use? is there a specific daw you have to use or can you use anything as long as its edited and mastered correctly?

How would I be able to do that with something like Audacity. That is what I am using right now. I have found some things that make improvements but still have residual clicks and the like. Ideas?? Thanks

If I recorded and edited in Audacity is my end product going to sound that different vs doing it all in Audition? Thanks!

Hi Angela, firstly, you are so beautiful and helpful and I want to say THANK YOU for shining your light!! Secondly, I am recording my first ACX book, and I am unsure if I am to include all the text included in the Manuscript regarding printing and such prior to the actual beginning of the book (found between the title page and preface)?

Yep the exact video I needed!!! Thanks ma’am!!!

Thank you so much! This is very helpful.

Very informative video, Angela. One question: Do you need to wait till you've completed the entire book to upload to ACX? Or can you upload as you complete each chapter?

Hi Angela, You mentioned in this video that the title of which part of the book you are narrating can be entered into Metadata. I could not locate that on Audition. When I look at my top right menu I do not see Metadata. Can you help?

Hello Angela I love this video. I did the scan for Amplitude statistics and my Total RMS was 24.04 So I raised the volume and then normalized to -03db. And for some reason it stayed the same when I scanned again. Any advise? Oh here's the weird thing... I tried raising the volume and then not normalizing it. The peak amplitude went to 0.29db. I uploaded it to ACX audiolab and it said NO issues found..

Any idea where I can find the NS1 Mono, RX 7 Mouth click and the RX 7 De plosive?

Thank you for this Angela, you are so helpful!! I do have a question. I did the steps to normalize, and scan the amplitude stats, and my Total RMS was still -26, so I did the steps you said. I went back to Normalize under my history tab, highlighted it like you did, raised the DB and normalized it again but the total RMS is not changing. It's not changing even when I repeat this step a couple of times. What am I missing? Thanks in advance!

? Does Acx do anything to the file? I have followed these recommendations of mastering /formatting and passed QC... but the file sounds sort of quiet when compared to an actual produced audible recording 🤔... Please help Obi-Wan Voiceover kanobi

Excellent collection of tutorials! I followed all your tips on editing and I think I am ready to send to ACX the files o this book I recorded for a friend with the help of a narrator. All is set to go, but when I save the files as MP3 16 bit, the files are FORCED to be saved as 32 bit float, and ACX requires 16 bit. What should I do to save the files at 16 bit, not 16 bit float, so I can upload them correctly? Grazie mille! Roberto

Hi Angela, This is an awesome video thanks for the info. Unfortunately I don’t have adobe audition, I use audacity instead. Anyway you can do a video using audacity instead?

What recording application do you do use when recording your audiobook?

Your videos have been a real help in navigating formatting! Thank you! I have a question regarding the total RMS. I can't seem to get it under -26 even after going back and raising the dBs and normalizing again. Is there another way to get it within the limits? lol

Hi Angela. Thank you so much for this tutorial! I wanted to ask, as you mentioned room tone: I’m having a hard time with room tone in my Acx files. As I submit them they’re saying they’re wrong, but the audio is completely silent before and after each file. There’s no pops, hisses, or anything of the sort, but they’re saying I need to edit the files to have proper room tone spacing. Can you help me with this? Thank you! (And I’m sorry about the lengthy question)

May I ask what system you are using to record the audio for your reading.

Thank you!

Hello Angela and thank you very much for your videos! Could you please share your effects settings? DeNoise, NS1, Mouth declicks, Deplosives, etc? I ask because even I use more or less the same effects you use I don't get the sound clean enough between words and I spend an eternity cleaning it. I also do meditation voiceovers and it is even worse as I still get more noises and clicks because I speak very quietly. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks!!

I tried adjusting my rms the way you instructed but it would not change. No matter how much I increased the db, once I normalize to -3 I still have 24.09 RMS, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong

Very nice

I love that Audition has the specific -3db normalization option. I record in Reaper and you can only normalize an audio item to -1 for some reason, which is really annoying.

Can we make audiobook in mobile

Hi Angela! Thanks for all your very helpful videos. 🙂. I just accepted my 1st offer to produce an ACX audiobook. Are things like the copywrite pages, table of contents, indexs and such usually read?

What format you are using for recording

Please can you teach me how to start my aaudio book

I'm so confused on getting the programs on NS1 mono and down on your list. I can't seem to find that on my adobe audition and when I look them up, I can't seem to find them online.

Hello and thanks, what platform is this??

Vague video: She went from discussing how to choose a format based on the website criteria and magically switch to the software. I'm so confused--where did the software come from. I wasn't even told the software name! Then I'm a Lil puzzled about how the software works from then on. I thought this was a tutorial but I'm very unclear about the process. I would love someone to explain thx.

want more tutorial about acx

She gets to the "meat" of what you need to know around 07:13 into this, if you need to cut to the chase.

Where can we go to get a preset designed for our voice?

So are each chapter uploaded separate ?

Rx7 mouth noise?

Too bad her picture is over the choices she's using.

all that work to make a nice sound, but it is out of sync with the video haha. just use your phone next time

This video was super helpful and gave me info I didn’t even know I needed 😩😩😩

Thank you!