The input area beneath the display area will now be active. Search one of your macros by whatever name you gave it, and select it. This will show you all of the functions in Audacity, and what keyboard shortcuts are already in use. On the left-hand side, select “Keyboard”. I find that the keyboard shortcuts make it so much easier. You could just apply these macros “manually” by choosing them from the Apply Macro menu. Both should start with “Select track from start to end”, otherwise they won’t work.Īgain, you don’t have to do this step. Set up a new macro that uses the Noise Reduction filter, and set up a third macro that uses the Join function. If you apply the filters in a different order, the tracks will not meet ACX requirements.īut wait, we’re not done! There are two more macros you’ll want to set up.: Again, it’s important that the filters are executed in this order. Now do the same for RMS Normalize and for Limiter.
Now find “Graphic EQ” and click on it and then click OK. This will add that function to the macro.
This will open a window with all of the functions in ACX.įind “Select track start to end”, and then click OK. Then click OK.Ĭlick on “New” and call it something. Open the Graphic EQ window, choose “Manage”, go to “Factory Presets, and choose “Low rolloff for speech”. Each has its own parameters that need to be set, and if they aren’t set correctly, they can either dramatically reduce the overall quality of your audio, or make your tracks fail to meet ACX tech specs. You’ll need to run three filters to master the tracks for ACX: Graphic EQ, RMS Normalize, and Limiter. You will also need the RMS Normalize plugin, which does not come with the Audacity download. If you haven’t done so already, download and install Audacity. Mastering is the final step, so if you haven’t done your proofing and QA, do that now.ġ) Download and install Audacity and RMS Normalize Every minute I can save myself means more time to work on other audiobook projects, and when you do 15-20 audiobooks a year, as I have done in the past, those minutes can really add up.īefore we start: the steps below are presupposing that you have already completed proofing and your QA (you’ve said all of the correct words in the right order, and removed your clicks/mouth noises/extraneous sounds). The more time I spend recording and producing an audiobook, the fewer audiobook projects I can tackle, which means less revenue for me. Why is making this step faster important? Simply put: time is money. Here’s how to do it, and some other tricks I have figured out that make the process go even faster. Once I got everything dialed in, everything got much easier on that front. One of the simplest, and yet most frustrating parts of learning how to produce audiobooks was figuring out how to master the tracks to meet ACX requirements in Audacity.
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