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Overview for the audio engineer

Overview for the audio engineer

From the course: Audiobook Principles

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Overview for the audio engineer

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- [Instructor] Printed novels should look good. Audiobooks should sound good. Looking good in print takes a typographer. Sounding good in an audiobook takes an audio engineer. If you're the author or narrator and are thinking of doing your own audio engineering, take a look at the bullet points on your screen. If you aren't conversant with these items, maybe you should consider hiring an audio engineer. Let's take a brief look at the value an audio engineer adds to the process of audiobook production. First, an example. Let's listen to a sample of a raw recording of Janelle reading some of "Stupid Machine". - [Janelle] In real life, she's alone in the room. She picks up her mat, rolls it, and places it neatly in the closet. - [Instructor] Now, let's listen to that same sample, but this time after audio engineering magic. - [Janelle] She picks up the mat, rolls it, and places it neatly in the closet. - [Instructor]…

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