![]() ![]() I totally recommend playing around with them visually, but if you want the exact numbers, download the sample Garageband file, or use these:įrequency 92.0 Hz Slope 24dB/Oct Q: 0.20įrequency 160.0 Hz Gain +20.5 dB Q: 1.10įrequency 7000 Hz Gain +0.0 dB Q: 0.71 5. For the Chapter 1 Track, (and all chapters started with these settings), I wanted to add bass to fill out the sound, give it some gravity, take out a little of the middle, or leave it flat, to make it less “mushy,” and punch up the high end just a little to make sure it was crisp and not overly bassy. I changed the default EQ values as follows: (Note that if you start a new Garageband file to record your audiobook and choose “Voice” as the project type, it’ll give you lots of tracks/options to play with.) ![]() Okay, that was it for the Master Track settings (though you can also play with the master volume, but we’ll get to that in a minute). According to ACX production guidelines, “Each uploaded file must have peak values no higher than -3dB”, so I set the Limiter’s output level to -3.0db to follow their peak limit: ![]() Applying compression to a track in Garageband lowers the volume of loud sounds to the same level as the quieter sounds. You can then raise the overall gain of the track, having reduced any peaks or troughs in the volume. (You can see my Chapter 1 EQ settings below.) 2. I didn’t tweak the individual chapters too much, however, so if you wanted to just use a master EQ, that should work no problem. For EQ, I just left it flat, deciding instead to have individual EQ settings for each chapter, in case I wanted to tweak as I went. Make sure you can see your Master Track (Track > Show Master Track), then start editing your plugins (the Master Track already has plugins in there, you just have to turn them on). So if you see something here that looks wonky or wrong, let me know and I’ll update/fix it, so you’re more prepared to record your own audiobook. I do have lots of experience recording voiceover and music, with professionals, but I’m the first one to say I don’t know everything, just enough to be dangerous, and for higher-end stuff I usually have other people at the controls. Special note: I am NOT a professional sound editor. Here are some Garageband screen shots/descriptions showing the settings and the (built-in) plugins that I used. It’s got all my settings for a Master Track and a”Chapter 1″ track for your audiobook. Here’s a link to download a sample Garageband 10.1 file I thought this was a great idea, but since Garageband has a kind of loosey-goosey user interface without a lot of specific numerical settings, I decided to do two things: The post got a lot of positive response, and just the other day I got a request from Mark Clason for the actual settings I used in Garageband. Hi folks! A while ago I posted about recording an audiobook for my novel Where the Hell is Tesla? (I used Garageband for recording and exporting to ACX/). ![]()
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