u/Ashahoocherie

So I do audiobooks. Had the chance to send a sample to a publisher. It came back saying it was pretty quiet and a bit muffled. What should my goal be for peak or total amplitude for the raw footage? I have done a few audiobooks so far and after mastering, I get compliments and it sounds great, but I want it to send the best it can before mastering. Right now it's coming in at -14.78 peak and -36.80 on the total rms.

They also said "since he's speaking so softly, his voice isn't far above the level of things like mouth noises and movement noises". So if it does need to be louder, maybe it's not just upping the gain, (cuz that'll just up the south noises as well) but upping my voice volume?

So I recently sent in some raw sound files to a publisher. I have done four books already and everyone likes the sound, but this is after mastering. Having sent them the raw sound I got some feedback: they said it was low in level and a bit muffled sounding. Maybe I can turn up my recording level to around 10 DB or so.

So my question is who can help me with the sound of my booth before I do all my mastering and effects? I want to get that sound as excellent as possible before I apply my effects chain. Any suggestions?