What the course offers
Production
Learn the production side of audiobook creation
Narration
Learn how to narrate professionally
Publishing
Learn where and how to publish your audiobooks
Made for busy creators
Each day of this course should take no more than 45 minutes, and you should be up and running with audiobook production in under a month.
You'll learn how to set up audiobook projects, perform all the main narration workflows, and set up templates to make your editing fast and professional.
A month from now, where will you be?
By mastering Audiobook Production, you will:
- Be able to narrate and edit confidently and professionally
- Share your creations with your audience
- Start using audiobooks for production, marketing, and sales...
Here's a sneak peek at what the course covers:
- Minimum Gear and Software to Do Audiobooks (11:54)
- Exercise - Get Your Minimum Gear and Software Ready to Set Up (1:01)
- Setting Up the Digital Audio Interface (5:55)
- Extra Note re Digital Audio Interface Settings
- Exercise - Set Up Your Digital Audio Interface (if Using One) (1:03)
- Setting Up Your Microphone (4:45)
- Exercise - Set Up Your Microphone (1:00)
- Review of Zoom ZDM1 Dynamic Microphone (8:00)
- Microphones, Digital Audio Interfaces, and Headphones (22:15)
- Stands and Shockmounts (8:43)
- Gain_setups_for_different_microphones (11:38)
- Gain and Amplitude - Pt1 Theory (9:26)
- Gain Setups for Different Types of Microphone - Part 2 (11:39)
- Acknowledgement and a Recommendation
- Setting Up Preferences in Reaper (12:48)
- Exercise - Setting Up Your Reaper Preferences
- Customising Reaper - Part 1: Simplify the Interface and Create a Custom Menu (10:22)
- Exercise - Simplify Your Reaper Interface and Create Custom Menu
- Customising Reaper - Part 2: Set Input and Output channels and Set Tracks (14:11)
- Exercise - Set your Input and Output paths and create and customise Tracks
- Customising Reaper for Voice Over - Part 3: Screen Layout (13:02)
- ADDENDUM TO PART 3 LECTURE ABOVE - detailed explainer of docker and FX browser (14:35)
- Exercise - Create the custom layout in YOUR Reaper and save it as a template
- Customising Reaper for Voice Over - Part 4: Setting Up Default FX chain (7:04)
- Exercise - Set Up Your Basic FX in Reaper
- ADVANCED: Izotope RX settings
- Exercise - Set Your Recording Options and Record Some Test Tracks
- Setting Recording Options and Recording (10:52)
- Introduction to Recording Methods for Audiobooks (3:04)
- Exercise - Practice the Dog Clicker method
- Open Recording Method 1 - the Dog Clicker (7:52)
- Open Recording Method 2 - the Marker Method (7:59)
- How to get markers to 'follow' edits in the timeline
- Exercise - Practice the Marker Method
- Punch and Roll Recording in Reaper Part 1 (10:29)
- Punch and Roll Recording in Reaper Part 2 (10:51)
- Exercise - Set Reaper as per the #1 Punch and Roll lecture and practice!
- The Art of Storytelling and being a Storyteller in Audiobooks (16:38)
- Framing and General Performance Preparation (8:33)
- Exercise - Listen to some Audible Samples
- Volume and Finding Your Mid Range Voice (7:14)
- Exercise - Find Your Mid Range Voice
- Pacing (6:58)
- Exercise - Pacing
- Tone (5:04)
- Exercise - Tone
- Emphasis (7:15)
- Exercise - Emphasis
- Mouth Placement and Posture (5:20)
- Exercise - Placement
- Inflection (3:59)
- Exercise - Inflection
- Lilt and Cadence (5:41)
- Exercise - Lilt and Cadence
- A Crash Course in Acting (12:15)
- Self Care and Voice Care - IMPORTANT! (13:14)
- Creating a Room Tone Track (11:01)
- Editing - Sorting Out Chapters Starts and Ends (14:14)
- ADDENDUM: How to create the custom action, Make 4 Points and Decrease Envelope
- Preface to the Next Lecture Re Converting Chapters to Regions
- Editing - How to Convert Chapter Markers to Regions Ready for Rendering (7:26)
- UPDATE: Installing SWS Step 1 (6:24)
- UPDATE: Installing SWS Step 2 (1:39)
- UPDATE: Installing SWS - Windows Users
- Three Step Audiobook Mastering in Reaper (Using the Free Supplied Plugins) (17:49)
- Batch Exporting (Rendering) Mastered Chapters from Reaper (12:02)
- Batch Processing Reaper Exports to Comply With ACX Technical Specifications (14:42)
- Batch Converting ACX-Ready Audio Files to MP3s (5:51)
- Checking That MP3s Comply With ACX and Uploading Files to ACX (11:21)
- How to Check Mastered Files in Batch (5:18)
What do you need to get started?
We created this course with busy creators in mind.
So, you'll get focused lessons you can easily digest each day and simple action steps and exercises that move you forward quickly.
You don't need any tech skills to get started; you only need a maximum of 45 minutes daily.
You need a copy of Reaper software (a 60-day free trial followed by a one-time purchase of $60), a PC or Mac computer, a microphone, and an interface to connect it to the computer(good options are available for around $100 each) to do the exercises shown in this course—total cost $250, which will serve you for years to come.
Meet Your Instructor
Paul is an award-winning international documentary film director whose films have been watched by millions worldwide.
After an accomplished career in documentary film, Paul dedicated his time to passing on his expertise in a way affordable for everyone. His online courses count over 53,000 students in 168 countries. In 2019, Paul founded Brilliantio as a successful publisher and hub for Ideas That Matter.
Paul's experience and unique skill set have given him the tools to help creatives realize their visions and bring them to fruition. He thrives on the output of creative media, and nothing brings him, more joy than helping an idea reach its full potential.
30-Day Moneyback Guarantee
We're confident you'll love this course. However if for any reason it's not for you, contact our Support within 30 days after purchase for a full no-questions-asked refund.
