SELECTED VIDEOS FROM INDEPENDENT CREATORS
Optional YouTube guides, credited to their original creators. These are curated links, not Myriagon-produced lessons or required actor training. For delivery requirements, use the recording reference.
THE VIDEO LIBRARY
REAPER and Audacity are alternative ways to record. Pick the one you use. Scrivener references are for writers preparing scripts; performers do not need to own it.
REAPER Mania
Punch into narration to replace a passage while hearing the lead-in that helps you settle back into the read.
REAPER · Mac / Windows
Keep an untouched session or take before replacing material. Check that the pickup matches the surrounding delivery.
Video: Punching into Narration in REAPER
Source & context ↗Brian Wiggins
Narrator Brian Wiggins demonstrates a repeatable way to recover from a mistake and continue recording.
Earlier Audacity interface · recording menus may have moved
This is an audiobook workflow. Keep alternate performances if your director wants a choice of takes.
Video: Audacity Tutorial: Audiobook Punch and Roll Recording
Source & context ↗Keep the original. Save an untouched take before cleanup or processing.
Use the written spec. The default is mono, 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM WAV, without baked-in effects. Your written project brief takes priority.
Export an audio file. A REAPER or Audacity project is useful for editing; it is not the same thing as the WAV someone needs to play.
Keep the performance intact. A breath or pause can belong to the scene. Cleaner does not always mean better.
WHEN YOUR SCREEN LOOKS DIFFERENT
Some videos use earlier releases. Check the current documentation when a control has moved. For Scrivener, choose the Mac or Windows version you use.
Selected for practical use. Conversations and demonstrations are marked separately from software walkthroughs. Video details checked October 15, 2026.