ah Turkey, also fondly remembered from another long car tripvirgyneville wrote: ↑June 30th, 2022, 7:06 pmMy husband is Turkish, and I have been there, and seen some of the old ruins, but not any big ones like Olympia.
We went all the way to Hattusha, my sister is a lot into those old civilizations, so we needed to see that along the way, also Catal Hüyük, and of course the Greek towns in the west, like Pergamon for example. Then we also spent two days in Istanbul, Ankara of course, Konya, and we saw the springs of Pamukkale...and more besides. And we slept one night in a cave hotel. It was really a great trip. 
yes the weather is excellent for outdoor activities right now, so I can understand you. Well, as long as you keep in contact every few weeks, all is well. There is no stress with deadlines in a solo.I have fallen a little behind on this project, as I was in the garden planting rush there for a while, but will try to pick up the pace a bit this month.
another super cool story and I remember the poem of Horatio who kept the bridge so well, I read it for LV in one projectI have uploaded chapter 5, and am ready to edit chapter 6. Thank you!
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/tenboys_06_andrews_128kb.mp3
I'm also fascinated by ancient civilizations and such, so hopefully I will be able to explore more of the ancient ruins etc next time we go. yes it was, I think this region is famous for those caves
ah we did not get as far as Adana, we "turned around" at Keyseri to start the home-trip. But there we saw Adana on roadsigns already.We didn't get to travel around too much, spent most of our time around Adana
ok I see you have been busy. And a new pet is always excitement in the house. You will not have much recording quiet nowvirgyneville wrote: ↑August 24th, 2022, 4:49 amI'm sorry I've been out of touch. We were away, and then we had covid, and now we got a puppy!
yes that happens to me sometimes. I notice when I watch the Audacity waves, they look different when it's a good microphone (compared to the internal one). And yes you have to plug it in before you launch Audacity and then search it in the drop-down menu next to the microphone iconI thought my mic was plugged in, but somehow it seems to have recorded with the internal mic on the laptop (maybe I didn't plug the mic in before opening audacity or something like that), so I'm having to redo that one...
wait, you want chapter 7 re-recorded ? because of the crackling ? It was not too disturbing, so you could let it stand like that. So much work ! But of course it's as you wish. But don't think I insist on it.Working on getting Chapter 7 re-recorded now
thank you, that is very thoughtful. Yes a bimonthly update is helpful for us mods to see that the reader is still around and interested.I just wanted to check in to let you know that I still very much intend to finish the project, so that you don't think I've abandoned it or anything like that.
ah ok I got mixed up with the section numberingvirgyneville wrote: ↑August 24th, 2022, 3:15 pmThe one I’m having to re record is chapter 7 (Gilbert) because I don’t think the mic was plugged in.
you're right.mine are much more erratic when the internal mic is on so I notice right away. In time you will get a feeling for it all. You "know" your waves.That’s a good tip to watch the sound waves, you’re right they were a lot shorter this time.
Hi Sonia,Kitty wrote: ↑July 14th, 2022, 11:49 pmyes it was, I think this region is famous for those caves
ah we did not get as far as Adana, we "turned around" at Keyseri to start the home-trip. But there we saw Adana on roadsigns already.We didn't get to travel around too much, spent most of our time around Adana
Section 6 is Spot PL ok.
One cut for Section 7:
> at 11:23: (p. 126) repeat, one version can get cut: "go in to thy grandfather, now, said the mother."
A short note as well on some rustling (maybe paper ?) underlying some spots. While you may not have to correct it this time unless you wish, maybe best be careful not too handle any paper too close to the microphone. Or if you have to turn a page or something, don't read while you do that, and cut out the rustling part later in the editing phase. Because if the rustling is over the spoken part, it's impossible to cut out.
Two spots so you see what I mean:
> at 12:26: (p. 126) rustling at "will you go with your uncle my boy"
> at 23:01: (p. 135) rustling at "for their name"
Great chapter. I studied medieval English at university, so now come an interesting few chapters for me.
Thank you
Sonia
I think it’s okay, it’s just that the section numbers don’t line up with the chapter numbers bc of a mistake I made in the beginning… this is my first solo project and if I remember correctly I didn’t know that the preface would be section 00 so I was going to call that 01 and chapter 1 became section 2… could that be the problem?
