[COMPLETE][SOLO]The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill - kit

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 4th, 2022, 8:45 am

My Mom listened to my latest chapter last night and found a place where I missed an edit. I'm not on my computer right now so I can't take the chapter down, but I'll listen to it sometime today and upload the new chapter, and let you know when that's done.

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 4th, 2022, 9:33 am

I just re-edited the beginning of chapter 12 and put the new chapter up. I also changed the time, as it cut off a few seconds. Hopefully that was the only one I missed. A loud truck went by outside so I stopped reading until it went past, then I began that sentence over again. But somehow I missed cutting it out the first time through.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 4th, 2022, 11:32 am

Ginger47 wrote: ↑July 4th, 2022, 9:33 am I just re-edited the beginning of chapter 12 and put the new chapter up. I also changed the time, as it cut off a few seconds. Hopefully that was the only one I missed. A loud truck went by outside so I stopped reading until it went past, then I began that sentence over again. But somehow I missed cutting it out the first time through.

No problem - will redownload for my PL queue.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 5th, 2022, 3:12 am

PL OK!

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 8th, 2022, 2:44 pm

So I've got a question. I'm editing chapter 13, and in it the family sings a hymn. I've recorded that section two ways, one of me singing the hymn, the other just speaking the words. Which would be better for the book? How do people usually handle singing in Librivox? I'm assuming since the book was written in the 1920s, whatever songs were used are also in the public domain, but I'm not quite sure how that works. I feel a little awkward singing, but I can do it if that's better. Or if it distracts from the story, I can speak it. What is your opinion? If it helps, I can upload just that section so you can hear it both ways. Thanks.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 8th, 2022, 5:26 pm

Ginger47 wrote: ↑July 8th, 2022, 2:44 pm So I've got a question. I'm editing chapter 13, and in it the family sings a hymn. I've recorded that section two ways, one of me singing the hymn, the other just speaking the words. Which would be better for the book? How do people usually handle singing in Librivox? I'm assuming since the book was written in the 1920s, whatever songs were used are also in the public domain, but I'm not quite sure how that works. I feel a little awkward singing, but I can do it if that's better. Or if it distracts from the story, I can speak it. What is your opinion? If it helps, I can upload just that section so you can hear it both ways. Thanks.

You are free to do either (and people do it). The only important thing would be that the tune you sing needs to be older than 1926. Feel free to upload either or both and I'll give my 2 cents.

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 10th, 2022, 7:02 pm

Ok, here's a two minute clip with just that paragraph, recorded both ways. As I was listening to it just now I think it's easier to understand the words when I'm speaking, but I'm open to use either version.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/cityoffire_13_hill_128kb.mp3

I named it the same way I'll name the chapter, thinking when I upload the whole chapter it will just override this recording and not take up extra space on the server. I'm not sure if that's how it works, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 10th, 2022, 7:13 pm

Ginger47 wrote: ↑July 10th, 2022, 7:02 pm Ok, here's a two minute clip with just that paragraph, recorded both ways. As I was listening to it just now I think it's easier to understand the words when I'm speaking, but I'm open to use either version.

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/cityoffire_13_hill_128kb.mp3

I named it the same way I'll name the chapter, thinking when I upload the whole chapter it will just override this recording and not take up extra space on the server. I'm not sure if that's how it works, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

Definitely sing it! Great job.

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 10th, 2022, 7:28 pm

Ok, thanks! I'll try to get it up tomorrow.

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 11th, 2022, 9:09 am

I uploaded chapter 13, but I'm having a bit of difficulty with the forum, so hopefully it really is there.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 14th, 2022, 7:05 am

Ginger47 wrote: ↑July 11th, 2022, 9:09 am I uploaded chapter 13, but I'm having a bit of difficulty with the forum, so hopefully it really is there.

PL OK! A moving chapter.

The singing is excellent. My 2 cents would be that it might hit the right note (so to speak) if you amplified the sung sections by -2dB. They are the same volume as the surrounding speech on the waveform by they come across as louder to me as a listener.

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 15th, 2022, 9:57 am

Ok thanks, I'll give that a try!

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 15th, 2022, 10:09 am

I've edited the singing volume and reuploaded chapter 13.

Thanks for your feedback!

Ginger47 · Post by **Ginger47** » July 15th, 2022, 3:29 pm

I've also uploaded chapter 14.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 16th, 2022, 1:29 am

Ginger47 wrote: ↑July 15th, 2022, 10:09 am I've edited the singing volume and reuploaded chapter 13. Thanks for your feedback!

Spot check OK. Sounds great!