| My name is Alan Twigg and I'm writing this article | | | | interface. After installing the software, I was |
| to offer advice to anyone thinking of creating | | | | ready to go.The results have been great and I |
| their own professional audio books.In the New | | | | find Wavelab software powerful and incredibly |
| Year I came up with the idea of creating | | | | easy to use.Some Audio Book recording tipsI first |
| professional children's stories and offering them | | | | get my entire copy ready before starting the |
| for download on the internet. The thing was, | | | | recording. I pin the sheets of paper with the text |
| however, while I had someone to write the | | | | that I am going to read in front of me onto the |
| stories - my mother - and someone to market | | | | wall. Then, at about 8 inches away from the |
| the stories - me, I knew nobody who knew | | | | microphone, I start to talk. The more natural you |
| about how to record the stories professionally. I | | | | can be the more interesting you will sound to |
| knew it must be reasonably easy, since I only | | | | your listeners. I found that the best thing to do is |
| wanted to create an audio book containing | | | | to stand in front of the microphone and make |
| speech.I started doing research on Google - but all | | | | gestures in the same way as you would when |
| the articles I found contained so much technical | | | | talking to a close friend. If you stand there stiff |
| gobbledygook - I was soon put off. So I went to | | | | like a statue, you'll come across in the same way |
| my local music store for advice on what to buy. I | | | | in your recording.Another thing that I like to do |
| decided to use my computer to create the audio | | | | before starting the recording is to get myself into |
| books and this is what I bought:1 microphone | | | | a really good mood. Again, this will add to the |
| stand1 pop-screen (that's a piece of material that | | | | impact of your recording. I always listen to a few |
| is placed just in front of the microphone to stop | | | | uplifting songs and get enthusiastic before starting. |
| your "Ps" from popping)1 studio microphone1 | | | | You should also try to make sure that you keep |
| software program (Wavelab)1 USB Audio/MIDI | | | | the same distance from the microphone.And |
| interface (TASCAM US 122 with phantom | | | | that's it - I hope that this article will save you a |
| power)1 pair of heaphonesIt all came to 650 | | | | little bit of time setting up your own home |
| euros (800) dollars.I connected my Audio/MIDI | | | | recording studio and I wish lots of success with |
| interface (this is basically a really good sound card | | | | your audio books.The author of this article is Alan |
| in an external case) to my computer using the | | | | Twigg. My business is Playtime books, which |
| USB cable provided. I then set up my microphone | | | | offers new and contemporary audio books for |
| and attached the microphone cable to the MIDI | | | | the 3 to 10-year-old age group. |