Editing an Audio Recording

 

I’ve always loved audio books, if they are told well. My favorite one is Long Way From Chicago. It’s a middle school novel that is absolutely hilarious. It is after reading this book that I wished they made funny novels for adults. A novel that was just light-hearted and funny. That’s Dog Breath.

 Unless you have $800 to pay a company to create a mediocre performance…you are going to want to create your own audio recording. But, if you are going to do it. Do it right, people. All the different voices and sound effects. And please no sounds of pages turning!

I hired a voice actor to read the book and do all the male voices. I’m doing all the female voices. (Free!) My three kids…the children’s voices. (Free!) Then, I’m doing all the audio editing myself.

Check it out: The editing has begun…

 

Be prepared to listen and re-listen to each chapter for one to three hours, splitting and cutting the mistakes from the project. And there is a lot of splitting going on!

For example, the rough narration for Chapter 9 started out as one recording of 9.21 minutes.

An hour and a half later, it’s split into 15 good segments. And now…7.10 minutes long.

Granted, editing the narration of each chapter is just the first step in your audio recording. It’s probably the most tedious, as well. However, it is so important that your story flow. So, good luck. You can do it!