I have spent hours upon hours trying to get all my audio levels within ACX parameters, getting more and more frustrated because nothing worked. As I watched your video, I duplicated your steps with one of my files, and it WORKED! Oh my gosh, thank you thank you thank you
This is seriously so helpful, no other VO channel has had a simple solution to the noise level issues I was having and you just blew my mind! Thank you so much, you saved me tons of frustrated tears lol
I'm a professional editor and audio engineer in the early years of my career doing my first audiobook edit for a client. This tutorial has been wonderful and irreplaceable for me. Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!
Love it! Applied to my last practice session and it made a difference. Total RMS went from -35db to -20.81db. Will make this part of my toolbox from here on out. Will definitely make my recordings MUCH more consistent.
That's a great help. Just starting to do our book series, Cruise Ship Crime Investigators, and after fumbling in the dark and failing I can see clearly what to do. If all the guys explaining even software like ERA4 and 5, no one was clear about RMS and this software seems easy. Well done.
Thank you so much for the video! This was very helpful! You have a permanent subscriber now! Just finished my first book that is out on Amazon now and I’m about to release the audiobook within the next month! This is exactly what I needed!
Brilliant video and extremely clear, was using audacity before but recent move to audition has meant this video is a life saver. Top man, just subscribed for more helpful videos! thanks Steve
Thank you so much for sharing this info. I have been looking it all up, but then just changed over from Audacity to Audition and was feeling quite lost : )
Thanks a lot for the video! The only things that are different nowadays, and it might be important for some viewers: -RMS has to be between -23dB and -18dB RMS (not -17 anymore) -The start and end silence is not just blank space, it's room tone. It's the silence *of your room*, not an empty artificial silent blank. (I don't know if that's important at all or if that changed since then, but room tone could be important sometimes in VO, compared to just "blank space")
I've gravitated to NS1 first, then Sibilance, then Dynamics (using gate, compression, and limiter), then EQ. Will fit Loudness in there. It actually worked well as my last'ish step, with another limiter pass just to make sure no peaks went above -3.0db.
For the blank space prepending and suffixing your voice track, you can create another track, and record two clips of silence, trimmed to the exact times ACX requires, then just trim off all excess in your voice clip (move the start and end of the clip up against your voice, and then plop those clips up in front and behind the voice track. Makes it easier to "measure" and ensure you have the correct timing. Cannot remember who I got that from but I kinda modified it - they cut and past the actual audio in. I prefer the idea of just plopping in clips in the multi-track part.
Hi there, I had a question for you. I followed all your steps and it worked but......when I cut out the intro, sample file and closing portions and rescanned those, it completely changed the -3dB and RMS setting. I am not sure what to do now? Thanks
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥you have saved an entire universe with this info !!!! In all my quantum shifts throughout the multiverse I could never figure out how to get between -17 and -23 rms . I can use the money I make from acx to repair my quantum acceleration matrix I get the fuck out this dimension 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯
Ok. so my audiobook is finished. I’m now doing opening and closing credits. I decided to put music with it so it’s a multitrack, but it’s coming out as a sesx file. How do I convert that to wave form or do I need to for ACX?
Very informative video, Anthony. One question: In step 5. you say you save the file as 44,100 Hz. But isn't that the sampling rate that with which the audio is converted from analog to digital? If it is, then this could not be changed once the audio file has been processed by Adobe Audition.
Hi, Sound forge has an export acx feature to make all the necessary changes for you.If I do a check after the export it clicks all the boxes.Will Acx actually accept the export as is?
Question: Have you had any problems with ACX using the NS1 plug in, (something I absolutely love!) ACX claims they want room noise and not noise suppression. So far they have accepted all test audio I have sent them.
When I went over to the VST tab to click on it, it would not do anything. Is this an add on? If so, how do I add it on? If not what am I to do to be able to be able to follow your step of NST to Effects to WAV to Ns1 Mono. Also, my peak Amplitude is at -21.18. How can I bring that much lower? Thank you so much I have been unable to record for days now because I had been on ACX and purchased Adobe to try to figure this out. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, thanks for the question. Yes, my whisper room is very quiet. I find that if I am doing a voice over that calls for a bit of compression, I have to apply it just to make sure it is all silent, but I do not have to do it. When I had my hobo fort (packing blankets, pvc pipe, etc., it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I only wish I had found it earlier.
Yes. I had a bit of background noise. At the time, I could only treat the reverb, not the noise floor, so NS1 was invaluable. I like it so much because it suppresses the noise during the actual audio, not just the pauses, and it does not degrade the audio. I really is a great plugin.
Hello I could barely see the writings on your computer, and some easy buttons on your screen like the loudness for instance, is not on mine. I do not know where to check for them. Need this tutorial. Thanks for the help.
I searched for hours until FINALLY finding your very informative video on how to format for ACX using Adobe Audition. HOWEVER, When I follow your instructions ACX gives me the error of Bit Rate (kbps) at 125 even though I saved it at 192. ALSO, for Bit Rate Method it shows I have VBR instead of Constant Bit Rate (CBR) You never mentioned how to adjust the Bit Rate. HELP!!! Thanks!
Audacity has an ACX chain that can be applied in a single click. Can the chain you show here be assembled and saved in Audition to achieve the same end?
You can, but you would have to have it all in one file and use markers to divide it. Audition will actually divide them all up for you in the sequence you give it. I will make a video on this as well.
Maybe someone can help me: My problem recently has been that my noise floor is below the -60 but when I master - the noise floor raises to loud. Any suggestions?
@@AVOsJOURNEY I have a similar question. When they ask "Each file must have a noise floor no higher than -60dB RMS." Does no higher mean: -59 (more positive) or -61 (more negative). Thank you!!
For a beginner i couldn’t understand much, also the writing on your computer wasn’t very clear unless one already has the full set up and walks through with you I don’t think it’s as easy.
I loved my recording until I went through the steps that revealed an atrocious hum that the filters can't get rid of. :( Maybe I recorded in too low of a mic volume initially? Thanks for the video though.
Sad to say it may your your electrical outlet? It can be your mic cable? The Mic Itself, the audio interface or the computer or some other external artifact (depending where you are recording). Not super expensive equipment is needed even though you are competing against pros.All the best let us know how it went Sharena.
Hey Cafe ... I rewatched the video after reading your comment and I am not sure why it froze for you. It doesn't seem to freeze for me and this is the first I am hearing about it. I do know that sometimes the browser you use can have something to do with it. But, this video was done a few years ago and it is time for a new one :)
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I have spent hours upon hours trying to get all my audio levels within ACX parameters, getting more and more frustrated because nothing worked. As I watched your video, I duplicated your steps with one of my files, and it WORKED! Oh my gosh, thank you thank you thank you
I am so happy it worked Alice. Thanks for watching and your comment :)
Thank you for this video. I followed everything exactly and ACX accepted my submissions without issue! You are a lifesaver.
I've just been editing and uploading in a torturous cycle with my first audiobook for audible. After your tutorial, no issues! Thankyou so much!!
This is seriously so helpful, no other VO channel has had a simple solution to the noise level issues I was having and you just blew my mind! Thank you so much, you saved me tons of frustrated tears lol
Dude this has been a gamechanger for me - I use this audio pass for auditions and have been telling people about it!
I'm a professional editor and audio engineer in the early years of my career doing my first audiobook edit for a client. This tutorial has been wonderful and irreplaceable for me. Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!
Love it! Applied to my last practice session and it made a difference. Total RMS went from -35db to -20.81db. Will make this part of my toolbox from here on out. Will definitely make my recordings MUCH more consistent.
That's awesome my friend. I am glad it helped.
That's a great help. Just starting to do our book series, Cruise Ship Crime Investigators, and after fumbling in the dark and failing I can see clearly what to do. If all the guys explaining even software like ERA4 and 5, no one was clear about RMS and this software seems easy. Well done.
Anthony - this is so helpful. I am just beginning audiobook work and want to learn how to use Adobe Audition. Thank you!!!
You are most welcome :)
Thank you very mush, that really helped a LOT. wish you the Best for the future.
Thanks, you too!
Thank you so much for the video! This was very helpful! You have a permanent subscriber now! Just finished my first book that is out on Amazon now and I’m about to release the audiobook within the next month! This is exactly what I needed!
Congrats on your audiobook and thank you for the sub :)
Brilliant video and extremely clear, was using audacity before but recent move to audition has meant this video is a life saver. Top man, just subscribed for more helpful videos! thanks Steve
Thank you so so much!!! This video was a lifesaver 💛💛💛
Thank you so much for sharing this info. I have been looking it all up, but then just changed over from Audacity to Audition and was feeling quite lost : )
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for this. In 17 minutes, you saved me hours of trial and error.
Alicia Yoder fantastic
Thanks a lot for the video!
The only things that are different nowadays, and it might be important for some viewers:
-RMS has to be between -23dB and -18dB RMS (not -17 anymore)
-The start and end silence is not just blank space, it's room tone. It's the silence *of your room*, not an empty artificial silent blank. (I don't know if that's important at all or if that changed since then, but room tone could be important sometimes in VO, compared to just "blank space")
I've gravitated to NS1 first, then Sibilance, then Dynamics (using gate, compression, and limiter), then EQ. Will fit Loudness in there. It actually worked well as my last'ish step, with another limiter pass just to make sure no peaks went above -3.0db.
I have also used NS1
Can you do another one like this but using Audacity for ACX formatting?
Please do!
For the blank space prepending and suffixing your voice track, you can create another track, and record two clips of silence, trimmed to the exact times ACX requires, then just trim off all excess in your voice clip (move the start and end of the clip up against your voice, and then plop those clips up in front and behind the voice track. Makes it easier to "measure" and ensure you have the correct timing. Cannot remember who I got that from but I kinda modified it - they cut and past the actual audio in. I prefer the idea of just plopping in clips in the multi-track part.
Michael Vanecek great advice. Thank you.
Nicely done, Anthony!
Tom Carr thank you
Thank you!
very informative, thank you
I love you bro. I needed this tutorial. I thank you forever.
No problem at all. It makes a huge difference.
just THANK YOU SO MUCH.
You're welcome!
Thank you! This has been very helpful as I careen my way into audiobooks. I'm always learning something new from you. :-)
Hi there, I had a question for you. I followed all your steps and it worked but......when I cut out the intro, sample file and closing portions and rescanned those, it completely changed the -3dB and RMS setting. I am not sure what to do now? Thanks
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥you have saved an entire universe with this info !!!! In all my quantum shifts throughout the multiverse I could never figure out how to get between -17 and -23 rms . I can use the money I make from acx to repair my quantum acceleration matrix I get the fuck out this dimension 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯
this was so helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful. New sub today. Thank you.
Thank you very much for your sub and watching
Ok. so my audiobook is finished. I’m now doing opening and closing credits. I decided to put music with it so it’s a multitrack, but it’s coming out as a sesx file. How do I convert that to wave form or do I need to for ACX?
Very informative video, Anthony. One question: In step 5. you say you save the file as 44,100 Hz. But isn't that the sampling rate that with which the audio is converted from analog to digital? If it is, then this could not be changed once the audio file has been processed by Adobe Audition.
Yes, once you record the file as 44100 or any other sample rate, you can’t up that sample rate at the end and actually change the recording itself
Hi, Sound forge has an export acx feature to make all the necessary changes for you.If I do a check after the export it clicks all the boxes.Will Acx actually accept the export as is?
Question: Have you had any problems with ACX using the NS1 plug in, (something I absolutely love!) ACX claims they want room noise and not noise suppression. So far they have accepted all test audio I have sent them.
You have to make sure it is not set to high
@@AVOsJOURNEY Thank You!!!
When I went over to the VST tab to click on it, it would not do anything. Is this an add on? If so, how do I add it on? If not what am I to do to be able to be able to follow your step of NST to Effects to WAV to Ns1 Mono. Also, my peak Amplitude is at -21.18. How can I bring that much lower? Thank you so much I have been unable to record for days now because I had been on ACX and purchased Adobe to try to figure this out. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
What software u r working on in this video
Instructions unclear. Summoned Cthulhu.
Seriously though, thank you.
lol, you are most welcome.
Cthulu is this the Japanese anime monster that my son says my "unsure voice" sounds like? I thought he made it up lol.
@@christarimmer8318 H. P. Lovecraft summoned him first, almost one hundred years ago.
this is great! Thank you so much!
Question for you, Anthony - was there any background noise BEFORE you applied NS1? Or did the Whisper Room completely take that out?
Hello, thanks for the question. Yes, my whisper room is very quiet. I find that if I am doing a voice over that calls for a bit of compression, I have to apply it just to make sure it is all silent, but I do not have to do it.
When I had my hobo fort (packing blankets, pvc pipe, etc., it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I only wish I had found it earlier.
@@AVOsJOURNEY Thanks for the quick reply! When you had your fort, was there background noise before NS1 then?
Yes. I had a bit of background noise. At the time, I could only treat the reverb, not the noise floor, so NS1 was invaluable.
I like it so much because it suppresses the noise during the actual audio, not just the pauses, and it does not degrade the audio.
I really is a great plugin.
@@AVOsJOURNEY Thanks, homie! I actually have the NS1 myself, and I've heard nothing but good things about it.
A lot of people using NS1 and other Waves plugins. Are they really that much better than the built-in effects?
md65000 I personally really like them. I think they are easy to use and understand and that makes them appealing also.
I use Logic Pro x will I be able to format easily?
Hello I could barely see the writings on your computer, and some easy buttons on your screen like the loudness for instance, is not on mine. I do not know where to check for them. Need this tutorial. Thanks for the help.
I searched for hours until FINALLY finding your very informative video on how to format for ACX using Adobe Audition. HOWEVER, When I follow your instructions ACX gives me the error of Bit Rate (kbps) at 125 even though I saved it at 192. ALSO, for Bit Rate Method it shows I have VBR instead of Constant Bit Rate (CBR) You never mentioned how to adjust the Bit Rate. HELP!!! Thanks!
Audacity has an ACX chain that can be applied in a single click. Can the chain you show here be assembled and saved in Audition to achieve the same end?
it says on their web site that mono or stereo are both OK. but you have to be consistent within one book
do you recommend Audacity for beginners, I'm just starting out
Angela Hardeman thank you for your question. I started with adobe audition so I recommend Audition
@@AVOsJOURNEY do you like it better than logic pro x or pro tools?
I do have a question. Can I make it in sequence, like 1_Cover 2_OpeningPages otherwise I can see some confusion in my layout.
You can, but you would have to have it all in one file and use markers to divide it. Audition will actually divide them all up for you in the sequence you give it. I will make a video on this as well.
What if NS1 does not want to work?
I actually stopped using NS1 because it was degrading the audio too much. I would use Voice DeNoise from Izotope RX
Where do you get the NS1 plugin?
From WAVES
Thanks!
Maybe someone can help me: My problem recently has been that my noise floor is below the -60 but when I master - the noise floor raises to loud. Any suggestions?
Allan's Voice thanks for the comment. I would start by recording between the level of -12 to -6. That way you don’t have to raise the volume so much
@@AVOsJOURNEY I have a similar question. When they ask "Each file must have a noise floor no higher than -60dB RMS." Does no higher mean: -59 (more positive) or -61 (more negative). Thank you!!
Jana Manning in this case, they mean -59 or less is not acceptable
@@AVOsJOURNEY Thank you so much!!!
RMS stands for Root Mean Square.
For a beginner i couldn’t understand much, also the writing on your computer wasn’t very clear unless one already has the full set up and walks through with you I don’t think it’s as easy.
I am actually just finishing a course called Process Your Audio Like A Pro, Even If You Are A Beginner. It goes in to great detail
@@AVOsJOURNEY thanks I’ll check it out 😊
OK
I loved my recording until I went through the steps that revealed an atrocious hum that the filters can't get rid of. :( Maybe I recorded in too low of a mic volume initially? Thanks for the video though.
Sad to say it may your your electrical outlet? It can be your mic cable? The Mic Itself, the audio interface or the computer or some other external artifact (depending where you are recording). Not super expensive equipment is needed even though you are competing against pros.All the best let us know how it went Sharena.
Terrible. Cannot see anything you are talking about. Screen frozen and you are not pointing to what you do.
Hey Cafe ... I rewatched the video after reading your comment and I am not sure why it froze for you. It doesn't seem to freeze for me and this is the first I am hearing about it. I do know that sometimes the browser you use can have something to do with it. But, this video was done a few years ago and it is time for a new one :)
Thank you for this video!