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Out of curiosity, why does it take 5-12 hours to record one finished hour?

• IshKebab 5y ago
  Presumably multiple takes and editing. I think he's ignoring the chance of recording a really popular audiobook though. I'd guess that's why people take royalty deals that they probably know will likely not pay well. Basically gambling.
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• abdullahkhalids 5y ago
  You just don't have to read it out loud. You to read it at an even pace, have to enunciate properly, have to decide what words to emphasize in every sentence or how you change your tone etc. Getting this right for every paragraph will usually take multiple takes. Then there is additional audio editing and what not. Just for reference, as a prof, just creating a 30 min video that students can watch on their own time, easily takes 2 hours of work. This is where you just remove the worst errors, to get a just-good-enough product.
  • prepend 5y ago
    When I make my video lectures for my class it takes about two hours for every one hour of video. That includes writing a transcript, edits, re-recording parts, posting, and even the encoding. Obviously this will vary per person but I’m not very good at videos and that’s how long it takes. I don’t get paid for videos it’s just part of my course. If I was a professional video maker, I think it would take me much less time. But if someone is really slow at a task, perhaps it’s not economical for them to do that task. I’m an amazing car washer. I wash a car like no other. But I take three hours and no one will pay my hourly rate. That doesn’t mean that my employer who pays me by the wash is bad, it means I shouldn’t wash cars for them.