The Apps I Use To Edit My Audiobook

I finally finished chapter 1 of Urban Punk. Took much longer than I expected, but that’s because I was choosing images to include in the video. They were tough to come by. Pexels.com and Pixabay.com were instrumental for helping me get proper imagery. They’re not just great for book covers, but awesome for quality stock shots all for free ninety nine.

The Nikon Z 30 is my preferred camera for video content

My Nikon Z 30 is an amazing little camera. It works perfectly for the image I want to create for my videos. It also has a microphone jack for plugging in my Rode Wireless Go 2, giving me high quality sound without having to worry about cords being in the way. I can also plug the transmitter into my PC, and use microphone as a dedicated input for sound. Even if you choose not to record your audiobook as a video like I did, I still highly recommend the Rode Wireless Go 2 microphones for recording yourself.

VLLO is a great reasonably priced video editor for Android phones

Again, I am using a video editing app to edit my audio/video. VLLO is simple, easy, and intuitive to use for simple clipping and cutting of videos. Spend a little money on the app and you get access to a ton of features to help perfect your video. If you are focusing on audio, you can use a program like Lexis Audio Editor or Wavepad Audio Editor that are designed specifically for audio.

Video to Mp3 converter is great for ripping audio from your videos

Video To Mp3 Converter is another simple, easy to use application that is free. It does exactly what the name suggests and rips the audio from your videos, leaving you with a high quality sound file to upload and edit.

The last application I use is a free web app from Adobe. Adobe Podcast makes it simple to get great quality sound from my original audio. It took tinny, hollow sounding audio and made it sound rich and full, all with a couple clicks of a button. And that’s how I edited the video above, and the programs I’ll use to help me convert it to an audiobook.

Creating your own audio book (Cover Reveal for Urban Punk audio book)

I’ve been working on Urban Punk recently, to publish it and release the audio book at the same time.

I’ll admit, audio is still the most difficult part. Even if you believe you have a good audio setup, it’s probably not good enough. At least I know in my case, using the budget setup that I have, I’m not going to get perfect audio.

I don’t have a professional microphone, at least not for anything like recording a book. I have microphones that I use with my videos, but are they going to be good enough quality for an audiobook?

There’s only one way to find out, and so I’m going to start recording Urban Punk chapter 1.

I’m going to make it into a video, and I believe I’m going to try and share the whole process with you.

The process will be posted here, as pictures, because I’ll admit I’m too lazy to edit a video like that. I enjoy my cameras, I do not enjoy editing videos.

I really hope I’m able to help someone else in the same spot as I am. Or someone who’s just starting, and trying to figure it all out.

The equipment I’ll be using is a Rode Wireless Go 2, And that will be plugged into my Nikon z30. I need to get some better soundproofing, in order to make my tone sound richer and fuller, but for a basic setup this will work.

My soundproofing is not expensive. It’s simply a box with egg foam on the inside. A thicker denser one that absorbs the sound. That makes it easier to tear it up and put it down, since it’s not something I plan on leaving up all the time.

I will attempt to share how I do all my editing, even the video editing, on my phone. And hopefully, I’ll end up with a halfway decent audiobook at the end of it.

I hope you guys had a good day today, and I hope your evening is even better. Y’all have a good one!

FREE BOOK Victory is mine! You can get my series online at Smashwords.com!

FINALLY got my books into the smashwords.com premium catalog. Had to blow up and redo the manuscript four times, but I hope it’s worth it! So, for those who have stuck with me, and liked the story I started the blog with, I offer you a free sample. While I want to become a professional author, to me getting the story out is more important. So, I offer you all an exclusive chance to get my books for free in any electronic format you like. Coupons as follow.

First off is the always free, Breath of the Titans: Little Black Stormcloud.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/476522

Next is Breath of the Titans: A Mother’s Love.

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And Last is Breath of the Titans: War of the Chiefs.

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Hope you all enjoy them, and feel free to leave me any feed back. The codes are good until April of next year, but after that the last 2 books go back on sale for $0.99 each. Laters!

So, I finally found a place to put it up!

Not a traditional publisher…but still. I finally found a good place to put it up for free. Want to offer it to people, so I can get reviews and such without too many problems. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/476522 Download the Epub, the others need to be updated, and the formatting is being annoying >.>

Now…I have to figure out what I’m going to be putting here. Maybe I’ll start doing some flash fiction or something. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy! And as always, feel free to leave any feedback! Preferably on the book page! Or you can always post it to my Amazon page.
http://www.amazon.com/Breath-Titans-Little-Black-Stormcloud-ebook/dp/B00MD1GI3W

Have a wonderful week guys!