First I get rejected for one thing - address it - then get rejected for something else?!
I have to say, this process is frustrating and inconsistent. I was first rejected for a high noise floor and overcompression (no mention at all, whatsoever about any sort of "hissing"). I better treated my recording space and made sure the not do any audio processing except normalization of the audio. Seems like I'm all set, right? I should get accepted for sure, right? Nope. Then I get rejected for background hiss and I get accused of muting the sections between the voiced parts - which I absolutely DID NOT do. I sent the file to a professional sound engineer, without telling him anything, just asked him to check out the file. He replied that the file sound "incredibly clean" and "professional." I pressed him on the background noise or anything else that may have seemed strange about the file (for example, the phantom muting). He said there was a good noise floor on the sample and any background noise was "nearly imperceptible." I've attached a link to the file, although I do not think Voice Bunny will give me another shot. In the end, very frustrating. I'm working on ACX, Backstage, Voice123 and I have people come to me directly. I thought this was be another good avenue for me but, unfortunately, the audition process is inconsistent.
https://soundcloud.com/user-275563095/final-audition-voice-bunny
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Hi, James
I replied in the other thread we have so we don't lose track of the conversation. Unfortunately, the hiss noise is still very loud. Did you edit the recording to remove breaths or to clean the areas where you were not talking? These areas have little so they seem like you edited the recording to remove those areas. We encourage editing as it does remove breaths and areas that are not needed, however, when you have a high level of hiss noise, having blank spaces do make the noise be easier to listen to.
If you're still using the USB microphone, please upgrade it. As I mentioned, USB microphones add a lot of noise to recordings and are not apt for professional audio recording.
I'm sorry for the inconveniences presented.