The Audiobook Production and Narration Course

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Audiobook Production and Narration

Lecture 1: Welcome to the Course

Lecture 2: This Course Teaches Reaper as the Tool for Audiobook Production – This is Why

Lecture 3: A Growing Market and Opportunity

Lecture 4: How to Use This Course

Lecture 5: The Main Audiobook Platform

Lecture 6: Your Responsibilities as an Audiobook 'Producer'

Lecture 7: Overall Technical Process for Audiobook Production

Chapter 2: Recording Space & 'Treatment'

Lecture 1: Room Treatment

Lecture 2: Two Ways to Set Up Your Gear

Lecture 3: Option 1: Home Made Acoustic Setup

Lecture 4: Alternative (and Better) Microphone Positioning

Lecture 5: Vocal booth setup

Lecture 6: Exercise – Set up your recording space and Treatment

Chapter 3: Hardware Setup

Lecture 1: Essential Equipment for Audiobook Production

Lecture 2: Where to Check Reviews on Audio Equipment

Lecture 3: Recommended Gear

Lecture 4: How the Hardware Connects

Lecture 5: Set Up Your Hardware Step by Step

Lecture 6: Detailed Set Up of a Condenser Microphone

Lecture 7: Deep Dive: Gain and amplitude – Theory

Lecture 8: Deep Dive: Gain setups for different types of microphone

Chapter 4: Making Reaper a Dedicated Voiceover & Audiobook Machine

Lecture 1: New Setup of Reaper

Lecture 2: Rapid Reaper Setup

Lecture 3: FX and FX Chain Setup now in Mastering Section of the course

Chapter 5: Recording Techniques

Lecture 1: Setting Recording Options and then Recording

Lecture 2: Exercise – Set Your Recording Options and Record Some Test Tracks

Lecture 3: Reaper Appearance in the Next Lectures

Lecture 4: Introduction to the 3 Methods Used for Recording Audiobooks

Lecture 5: 'Open Recording' method #1: The 'Dog Clicker'

Lecture 6: Exercise – Practice the Dog Clicker method

Lecture 7: 'Open Recording' Method #2: the Marker Method

Lecture 8: Exercise – Practice the Marker Method

Lecture 9: Reaper Pre-Roll Settings for Punch and Roll

Lecture 10: Punch and Roll Recording Walkthrough

Lecture 11: Exercise – Set Reaper as per Pre-Roll Settings Lecture lecture and practice!

Chapter 6: Editing and Track Preparation

Lecture 1: Editing an open Recording – Removing the Bad Takes with Ripple Editing

Lecture 2: Creating and Deploying a Room Tone Track

Chapter 7: Proofing and Correcting Errors or Omissions

Lecture 1: Ripple Editing and Time-Selection Auto Punch to Correct Errors

Chapter 8: Setting Regions for Chapters

Lecture 1: Setting Up the In and Out Key Shortcuts

Lecture 2: Grouping and Marking Up Chapters, and Creating Chapter Regions

Chapter 9: Rendering (Exporting) and Mastering the Easy Way

Lecture 1: Rendering and Mastering the Easy Way Pt 1

Lecture 2: Rendering and Mastering the Easy Way Pt 2

Chapter 10: Rendering, Mastering, and File Conversion Manually

Lecture 1: Normalize Peaks to Hear Issues

Lecture 2: Mastering in Reaper Using Free Plugins

Lecture 3: Rendering Out a Manual Master Mix from Reaper

Lecture 4: Using 2nd Opinion to Check the Rendered MP3s are ACX Compliant

Chapter 11: Adobe Audition for Audiobooks – Fundamental Techniques

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Adobe Audition Module

Lecture 2: Why You Might Use Adobe Audition

Lecture 3: Setup Adobe Audition for Audiobook Recording

Lecture 4: Doing Your First Multitrack Recording

Lecture 5: Editing in Multitrack v2

Lecture 6: Mastering Inside Adobe Audition

Chapter 12: Advanced Mastering and Noise Control

Lecture 1: Delivering Professional Audio Easily

Chapter 13: Performance and Narration

Lecture 1: The Art of Storytelling (and being a Storyteller) in Audiobooks

Lecture 2: Framing and General Performance Preparation

Lecture 3: Exercise – Listen to some Audible Samples

Lecture 4: Pacing

Lecture 5: Exercise – Pacing

Lecture 6: Tone

Lecture 7: Exercise – Tone

Lecture 8: Emphasis

Lecture 9: Exercise – Emphasis

Lecture 10: Mouth Placement and Posture

Lecture 11: Exercise – Placement

Lecture 12: A Crash Course in Performance

Lecture 13: Self Care and Voice Care

Chapter 14: Characters

Lecture 1: You Can Do Characters

Lecture 2: How to Prepare Character Voices

Chapter 15: The Business Side of Audiobook Production

Lecture 1: Which Books and Authors to Take on – and Which to Avoid

Lecture 2: Reviews – How to Use Them

Chapter 16: BONUS LECTURE: How to Get More of Paul

Lecture 1: Get More From Paul