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Since announcing the audiobook workshop month, I've been getting questions. Three of them keep coming up, so let's go through them one by one.
Question 1: "I'm a voice-over artist with no intention of doing audiobooks. So these workshops aren't for me, right?"
This one is the most common, especially among voice-over artists. And if you've been following my emails for the past few months, you already know my answer.
I highly advocate learning audiobook editing, for everyone.
Time and again, clients and YouTube commenters tell me they learned the ACX guidelines from me.
Everyone should know the ACX guidelines, even if you never narrate a single audiobook.
Here's why. In voice-over, you have to communicate with other people, and that communication carries technical jargon.
If you know the ACX guidelines, you understand what they're saying. If you can do audiobook editing, you know what to do when they ask you for something.
Many people book 1-on-1 consulting with me just because they couldn't decode something technical. And 99.99% of the time, the answer was in the ACX guidelines.
Audiobook editing skill would have given them all the expertise they needed.
One more way to see it: professional voice-over editing is audiobook editing plus something extra. Audiobook editing covers all the necessary details. The "extra" builds on top of that foundation.
So for voice-over artists to communicate clearly and work confidently, the technical side matters. And it's all covered in the ACX guidelines.
Question 2: "Why would I learn 3 software when I'm only going to use 1?"
Fair question. Usually, I charge $97 for any single software workshop. This month, all three sets cost the same $97.
Why three? Because audiobook work involves many different scenarios, some are handled better in one piece of software than another. And what you learn in one software transfers easily to the others.
Audiobook narration editing is a lengthy process. Learning the proper tool for the job takes you a long way, and saves you days of frustration and work.
Each software gets 3 days of live classes over the next 3 weeks. If you only want one of them, that's fine.
But since they're all related, I'm giving you access to the other two at the price of one.
You don't have to attend each of them.
You'll get all the replays, so you can watch the others whenever you have time. Access to the replays is yours forever.
Question 3: "I see it's $97/month, but I don't want a monthly commitment."
You don't need one. You can cancel anytime, right from the website.
Instead of taking separate payments for different products, I've brought everything under one subscription.
The $97/month gives you the workshops, plus other courses, macros, presets, assignments, and, of course, every live workshop I run while your membership is active.
So the benefits of $97/month outweigh the price. And since you can cancel from the website whenever you want, there's no commitment required.
The first workshop set is Adobe Audition. The first class begins when the timer hits zero.
Any other questions? Just reply.
— Akhtar
Master Editor
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