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It's wonderful to see the project fully assigned! This will be nice to listen to someday.

PL notes for section 2: There is slightly more than 1 second of silence at the beginning, 1.2 seconds. (Being new to listening, is that a huge problem?) 36:41 Small stumble, but doesn't detract from meaning. You have such an easy to listen to voice. What a thoroughly written chapter! A very sensible...

Ah, next time I'll try a sock on omnidirectional. I otherwise love the quality from omni, and if I can get rid of those clicks and s's it'll be perfect. My microphone is a Blue Snowball, and it doesn't have volume controls on it, but I've got my system input volume all the way up; I often record in ...

Wow, I'm glad it was good! I'm already recording at the highest level I can, and the only way to get it louder is to mic it closer or turn it on omnidirectional, and both of those options make a plosive and de-essing nightmare. In general, should I aim for the higher end of the acceptable dB range w...

You sound like you have good standards; I often listen to audiobooks and hear one sentence that's been punched in later with an entirely different mic placement and mood, and I wonder why they feel that's good enough. But then again, it's perfectly intelligible. Still, I don't want my reading to hav...

Wonderful! I am a bit nervous; I've realized perfectionism and narration are difficult to reconcile.

I've recorded section 43:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/americanbookofthedog_43_various_128kb.mp3
duration: 19:43

Hello, may I record section 43, The Italian Greyhound? This will be my first recording. I'd like my catalog name to be Natalia Cox. I read the post thoroughly, but there is a lot of information to take in on LibriVox! I believe I know what I'm doing, but it seems like everyone is responsive to quest...