How to clean up breath sounds using Attenuation How to clean up breath sounds using Punch Copy/Paste How to build and run a Macro to automate our process The importance of running Audacity's ACX Check Plugin How to apply the De-Clicker effect to reduce/remove mouth sounds How to apply the Limiter effect to meet ACX standards How to level your audio using RMS Loudness to meet ACX requirements for RMS How to fix narration mistakes as they happen using Punch and Roll Record Simple definitions of Noise Floor, Sample Rate, RMS Loudness, and Bit Rate

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How to install the four free Nyquist plugins used in this course NOTE: You'll need Audacity version 3.X or higher to open the practice file and we download that together in Section One. We'll record a short piece of audio and use it as a practice file through 8 individual assignments to practice the concepts we learn, turning that audio file into a produced MP3 that is ready to upload to ACX. The topics covered in this course will give you the skills and confidence you need so you can produce and edit your audiobook narrations with excellence.

If you're wanting to produce outstanding audiobooks for free using Audacity, this course is for you.Īre you an Audacity user who wants to know what Audacity offers for audiobook production? There are plenty of great resources for those important topics on the web, YouTube, and here at Udemy, and I provide links to several of those resources in the final lecture of this course. Our time isn't spent talking about mic placement, room treatments, vocal technique, or how to narrate an audiobook. This course is 100% Audacity and you'll learn the power of Audacity in editing and producing exceptional audiobooks for ACX. We don't venture outside of Audacity into any 3rd party plugins, 3rd party software, or 3rd party effects during this course. Audacity is a powerful and free audio editing software program that's used by millions around the world for music, podcast, and audiobook creation. This course is centered around Audacity and only Audacity for audiobook creation. Are you an audiobook creator who uses Audacity as your editing software of choice?

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