[COMPLETE] Short Poetry Collection 097 - tg

Post by **TriciaG** » June 2nd, 2011, 6:47 am

JolleyJ - welcome!

In the Short Poetry collection (and other collections), the sections in the Magic Window are already done. They're not for claiming. Instead, you find a poem on your own and record it. Please see the first post for further details. (If you do choose to do this poem, it'll go in the July collection. We try to keep duplicates out of the individual collections.)

Your volume is too low. Are you using Audacity? You should aim for your wave forms to peak near the 0.5 mark, like this:

Yours are barely pimples on the base line.

Make sure the microphone slider in the Audacity window is all the way up. Also, have you increased your input volume in Windows/OS yet? Here's a link to instructions: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Audacity_1-2-3#Volume

Try making these adjustments, re-record, then post it as a one-minute test (LINK) in the Listeners Wanted forum.

Post by **TriciaG** » June 2nd, 2011, 6:50 am

Sid - PL OK on Road Not Taken. Thanks!

sidhu177 · Post by **sidhu177** » June 4th, 2011, 3:11 am

i have completed the poem "bond and free"
author's name: Robert Frost 1874-1963
link to recording : http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/bondandfree_frost_sid.mp3
link to text: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29345/29345-h/29345-h.htm#BOND_AND_FREE
duration : 1 min:03 sec

please tell me how it was.

Post by **TriciaG** » June 4th, 2011, 8:25 am

PL OK.

Are those children in the background? Your recordings would improve if you could record in a quieter environment. That's not possible for some people, though.

PhantomBlot · Post by **PhantomBlot** » June 5th, 2011, 4:56 pm

High Flight- John Gillespie McGee Jr. (1922-1941)

Link Url: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/highflight_magee_js.mp3
Text Url: http://www.skygod.com/quotes/highflight.html

Duration- 1:09

Post by **TriciaG** » June 5th, 2011, 5:31 pm

PhantomBlot wrote:High Flight- John Gillespie McGee Jr. (1922-1941)

Link Url: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/highflight_magee_js.mp3
Text Url: http://www.skygod.com/quotes/highflight.html

Duration- 1:09

I'm sorry - but we cannot use this. It isn't in the public domain. A good rule of thumb to be PD is that the work must be published in 1922 or earlier.

PhantomBlot · Post by **PhantomBlot** » June 5th, 2011, 5:53 pm

Thanks for checking on that one. Sorry about that. Will be mindful to check going forward.

How about this one?

On The Sea- John Keats (1795-1821)

File Url: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/onthesea_keats_js.mp3

Text Url: http://www.publicdomainpoems.com/onthesea.html

Duration: 56 seconds

PhantomBlot · Post by **PhantomBlot** » June 5th, 2011, 6:03 pm

Tricia-

Since my first didn't fall under public domain (and the second should I think), would it be okay to submit one more?

Thanks

-JS

Post by **TriciaG** » June 5th, 2011, 6:35 pm

Yes, that's fine. Thanks!

Post by **TriciaG** » June 5th, 2011, 7:02 pm

PhantomBlot wrote:Thanks for checking on that one. Sorry about that. Will be mindful to check going forward.

How about this one?

On The Sea- John Keats (1795-1821)

File Url: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/onthesea_keats_js.mp3

Text Url: http://www.publicdomainpoems.com/onthesea.html

Duration: 56 seconds

0:02 - We don't need birth/death dates recorded; it's up to you if you want to remove it.

It looks like you may have exported as variable bit rate. Check to make sure you're doing constant bit rate (when you're on the screen where you enter the MP3 file name, click on Options. Change it to Bit Rate Mode - CONSTANT).

You also have some background noise. You will want to consider noise cleaning. Here's a link: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Noisecleaning_With_Pics

Try making these adjustments, then upload again. Use the same file name as your previous one.

bobgon55 · Post by **bobgon55** » June 8th, 2011, 3:18 am

Hi Tricia,

Here are my two poems. Let me know if they check out OK or if I need to redo either or both of them.

Thank you!
Bob

Lucifer in Starlight by George Meredith (1828-1909)
http://www.bartleby.com/101/776.html
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/luciferstarligh_meredith_bg.mp3
1:15

Inscription On The Monument Of A Newfoundland Dog by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Inscription_on_the_Monument_of_a_Newfoundland_Dog
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/newfoundlanddog_byron_bg.mp3
2:04

Post by **TriciaG** » June 8th, 2011, 7:08 am

They're both great. Thanks!

barty · Post by **barty** » June 8th, 2011, 5:28 pm

A nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day, being the shortest day
John Donne (1572-1631)

Text URL: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/nocturnal.htm

MP3 URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/nocturnaluponstlucysday_donne_bb.mp3
Duration 3.22

First upload to Librivox: do please let me know if there are any problems
Thanks
Barty

Post by **TriciaG** » June 8th, 2011, 5:39 pm

Welcome, Barty!

How would you like to be credited in the catalog? There are places for a catalog name (some use a nickname, some their real name) and a web site, if you have one.

Beautifully read poem!

Your volume is a bit too low. Are you using Audacity? You should aim for your wave forms to peak near the 0.5 mark, like this:

Make sure the microphone slider in the Audacity window is all the way up. Also, have you increased your input volume in Windows/OS yet? Here's a link to instructions: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Audacity_1-2-3#Volume

You also have some slight background noise. You will want to consider noise cleaning. Here's a link: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Noisecleaning_With_Pics

Your ending wording could probably have less pause in it, and then add 5 seconds of silence at the very end after all speech.

Try making these adjustments, then upload again. Use the same file name as your previous one, and post in this same thread when it's ready.

barty · Post by **barty** » June 9th, 2011, 2:49 am

Hello Tricia G
I'm not using Audacity for the recording, but I am using it to edit. I kept the same file and amplified as much as I could without clipping, and did the noise removal;
I hope it works. Do let me know.

And, yes, I would like to be credited, so I have added "Recorded by ..." in the comments; is this what you meant by the place for the catalogue name?

A nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day, being the shortest day
John Donne (1572-1631)

Text URL: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/nocturnal.htm

URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/nocturnaluponstlucysday_donne_bb.mp3

Barty