Convert GarageBand Voice Recording to Audiobook

I'm trying to convert a Garageband voice recording to Audiobook format. The file is currently saved in iTunes music library. I want the ability to listen to the file using my iPod's Audiobook category. This way, I can listen in fast playback mode--which I don't think is available in the music category.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I'm not very familiar with Audiobook formats, I think there's several of them around. If you're talking about the AAC format, here's a 4-step workaround that I found in a discussion group on the Net and that I quote without actually having tested it:
Interestingly enough, I just figured out how to turn mp3s into audiobooks today.
Step one...convert your mp3s into AAC files (.m4a) using iTunes
Two...in the finder, change the file extensions for those files from .m4a to .m4b
Three...download an audio bookmarking iTunes script from www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=makebookmarkable and install the script
Four...Add the new .m4b files to your iTunes library, select them, and select the Bookmarking script from the Scripts menu.
Try it and tell us if it works for you!
(In your case, you might skip step one and export the GB file as AAC in the first place!)

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jewbacca5252 wrote:
I am trying to take some voice over recordings that are in mp3 format and convert them to 8bit, 8khz, mono wav files or ulaw or alaw which i believe is the format used in the phone system. Every time i export to a file with those settings, 8bit, 8khz, mono, i get a lot of static. What am i doing wrong?
Probably nothing - it's an 8-bit file so it will have a much higher noise floor than you're used to - and it will seem even worse because it has a limited frequency response as well. At 6.02dB/bit, it can't ever have a noise floor lower than about 48dB - rather worse than a cassette recording!
With files like this, you have to optimise your audio before you save it to such a restricted format. This generally means some compression to keep the dynamic range down, and then normalizing the results to 0dB to use as much of the restricted range as you can. And no, there is absolutely no way around this at all - it's the Laws of Physics you're up against here.

Garageband voice recording capacity

Hello All,
I have a few questions.
I bought a MacBook Air (64G).
I will be using it to record some lectures for church. I'm planing to use Garageband.
First Question:
I been browsing around the forum + google and i found some old (2005-2007) threads that said people could not record for longer than 33 minutes.
Is this still the case with this new version of GB?
Second Question:
Some of these lectures could last a few hours (4-5hours) with mutiple speakers in between. Should i be concern about the size + the lenth of these recording? Can i record through the entire 4-5hrs or should i split the tracks into separate tracks once 1 speakers goes up and another goes down?
Any best practices tips you can share would be great.
This will be my first time using this program, so i'll be practicing quite a bit. But any pointers would be great.
Thanks in advance.
Rookie

MManzano wrote:
Hello All,
people could not record for longer than 33 minutes.
Is this still the case with this new version of GB?
no:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#recordlength
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
MManzano wrote:
Should i be concern about the size + the lenth of these recording?
you should be concerned that one error could cost you the entire lecture (read the entire above FAQ entry)
MManzano wrote:
Hello All,
Can i record through the entire 4-5hrs or should i split the tracks into separate tracks once 1 speakers goes up and another goes down?
you could, but again, leaving it all in one project file is a mistake.
if you're going to use GB, then a best practice would be to save and create a new project for each speaker. at minimum, stop and save at any break.
many would suggest using an audio editor rather than GB for the recording:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#audioeditors
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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Is there a pattern to the time of day or other detail that may be
traced back to a OS X system cause of this odd phenomenon?
Are there any copies of system files on any of the attached USB
external drives? Any libraries, such as iTunes, iPhoto, etc?
Once the drives are indexed by Spotlight, are their permissions
ignored by the OS X? Content, if neutral, should not affect the
wake or sleep cycle; especially if they're ignored by the OS X.
Could there be a bad cable or other component? If so that would
be a difficult process of elimination to detect it. Usually replacing
most suspect components in the USB stream (external to Macs)
is a rote way to mechanically test that idea; & not 100% sure.
Does the equipment all have a good ground to the utility or house
electrical field? An intermittent ground may affect more than sleep.
Hard to say at this point. Maybe a late-night talk radio guru on
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Do you have any phone-home spyware items inside, just jumping
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see:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Wake+reason:+XHC1
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package
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.media.Microphone;
import flash.system.Security;
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Glenyce

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eww's suggestion looks good , too.
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VLC media player - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ - general media player that plays just about anything.
Perian codecs for Quicktime - http://www.perian.org - plugins to add functionality to Quicktime for playing additional audio and video formats
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Flip4Mac - http://www.telestream.net/
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I am considering the purchase of a digital voice recorder, possibly one of the inexpensive WMA recorders from Olympus.
I would like to be able to import the voice recording files onto my Mac, possibly for editing them in Garage Band. I may make podcasts or other voice-message multi-media projects out of the recordings.
I heard in another forum that the WMA files may be problematic to import onto my Mac. Does anyone know what the issues are? What are the possible fixes? Any freeware that can convert these kinds of files to something useful on the Mac?
A couple of possibilities I'm looking at for handheld voice recorders:
Olympus VN-6200 PC (nice deal on this model on the web)
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1459
Olympus DS-40 (I found a nice deal on this one as well)
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1277
Thanks in advance,
--WA

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VN 2100: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_supportfaqs.asp?id=1269
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