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Official cast image for A Ghost in Your Ear: Lucas Iverson and Owen Campbell on either side of a grey binaural dummy head microphone, under blue stage light. Image: Audible Theater

An Audiobook Session Goes Horribly Wrong Every Night Off-Broadway. Audible Hands You the Headphones

Published October 5, 2026 Jordan Pike A Ghost in Your Ear, Audible Theater, Audiobook Narration, binaural audio, horror, Jamie Armitage, Lucas Iverson, off-Broadway, Owen Campbell

A Ghost in Your Ear, a headphone horror play set in an audiobook recording session, has opened at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York.

A small apartment bedroom at night set up for recording, a window air conditioner above a desk with a laptop showing a waveform, headphones and a grey moving blanket on the wall

Hear the Hum: What ACX’s -60 dB Noise Floor Actually Sounds Like

Published September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 Chloe Barnett ACX, audio requirements, Audiobook Narration, home studio, noise floor, room tone

Four clips of the same narration over four noise floors, plus a checker for your own numbers. Hear why ACX draws its line at -60 dB.

Screenshot of the ACX blog announcement Coming Soon to ACX: A New Royalty Model and More Opportunities to Earn. Image: ACX

ACX Changed How Narrators Get Paid. Here’s What to Do Before December 31

Published September 23, 2026October 6, 2026 Chloe Barnett ACX, Audible, Audiobook Narration, narrators, royalties, royalty share

Audible’s pooled royalty model pays 50% instead of 40%, but of a different pot, and royalty share titles can’t move without the narrator’s approval. The legacy model ends December 31.

Professional audio recording studio with microphones and headphones

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Shania Twain Is Telling Her Own Story Again, This Time in Her Own Voice

Published September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 Theo Lindgren Audiobook Narration, audiobooks, Shania Twain

Shania Twain has spent decades telling stories through songs, but this fall she is returning to one of the most

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Goku’s Voice Is Riding Around Japan on a Truck. Masako Nozawa Turns 90 Two Weeks After Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Begins

October 6, 2026 Nate Holloway Comments Off

Ad trucks for Dragon Ball Super: Beerus play Masako Nozawa’s narration ahead of the October 11 premiere. Goku’s voice turns 90 on October 25.

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