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I wasn't in the best voice today. I hope it doesn't sound too ugly.



Oops Cut my own intro new file:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc237_armies_fm_128kb.mp3

Time: 2:05

Just one more from me: I Saw The Vision Of Armies by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) Exerpted from When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27494/27494-h/27494-h.htm#Page_62 https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc237_armies_fm_128kb.mp3 time: 1:59 Thank you! ...

Just one more from me:


I Saw The Vision Of Armies by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Exerpted from When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27494/27494-h/27494-h.htm#Page_62

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc237_armies_fm_128kb.mp3
time: 1:59

I'm just sharing some things I discovered along the way. I'm not trying dictate what anyone should ultimately do. if you or anyone else has tips or suggestions feel free to post them here.

What I find is that reverb reduction plug-ins don't work all that well because they have the side effect of reducing the clarity of the recording. If you take steps to physically treat the room, it's much more effective.

So, you're going to start recording your voice. That's great! I've listened to many good readers with wonderful voices, but their recordings still have problems. When you listen to your own playbacks, you begin to hear those explosive blasts that occur at hard consonants like T's, P's and B's. You h...

No Man Is an Island by John Donne (1572-1631) Source: https://allpoetry.com/No-man-is-an-island https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc237_island_fm_128kb.mp3 Time: 1:04 Hope this makes it in! :) Eventually it makes it in :D as long as it's in the US public domain. We avoid websites that don't...

No Man Is an Island by John Donne (1572-1631)
Source: https://allpoetry.com/No-man-is-an-island

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc237_island_fm_128kb.mp3
Time: 1:04

Hope this makes it in!

It was definitely an intentional part of the delivery.

Would you like me to correct those as well?

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/memories_ryan_fm_128kb.mp3

I caught another mistake. Please accept this correction. and thank you for the opportunity!
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/memories_ryan_fm_128kb.mp3
time: 2:07

Corrected file:
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/memories_ryan_fm_128kb.mp3
Time 2:07

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/memories_ryan_fm_128kb.mp3

Time: 2:10

I hope it's not too long!

Casey At The Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer (August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19324/pg19324-images.html#Page_1148 https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc237_caseybat_fm_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:58 An apologetically giddy reading, after the heavy stuff I di...

You state in your guidlines that the "end tag" ("End of [work]. This recording is in the public domain.") come 0.5 to 1 second after the end of the text, When I record and listen to it this way, it feels jarring. Are there practical reasons for this that I don't know about? Is it...