Yes, you've read it right. I'll help you make your audiobook ACX ready.
If you are going to self-narrate your audiobook, I will guide you with your recording, assess your audio quality and handle the post-production to 100% ACX Ready.
As per ACX standard specification requirements:
✅ ACX requires us to sound consistent in overall sound and formatting
✅ ACX requires us to create a retail audio sample that is between 1 to 5 minutes long
✅ ACX requires us to contain 1 chapter/section per file, with the section header read aloud
✅ ACX requires us to ensure to have a running time no longer than 120 minutes
✅ ACX requires us to have room tone at the beginning and end; free of extraneous sounds
✅ ACX requires measure between -23dB and -18dB RMS and have -3dB peak values
✅ ACX requires to maintain a maximum -60dB noise floor
✅ All audiobook files are at least 192kbps, Constant Bit Rate (CBR) at 44.1 kHz
I'll be glad to handle the more intricate part of the audio editing process:
✅ Audio Analysis Review
✅ Cut and Splicing
✅ Compression and Equalization
✅ Noise reduction ( Background noise/ hiss/ hum to a minimal as possible )
✅ Remove mistakes, breaths, clicking sounds, ums, and ahs
✅ Master to your recommended file format - .mp3 .wav file @192kbps and higher