[COMPLETE][SOLO] The Tale of Grunty Pig by Arthur Scott Bailey - kit

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The Tale of Grunty Pig by Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 - 1949).

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project https://librivox.org/the-tale-of-grunty-pig-by-arthur-scott-bailey/
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Grunty Pig is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series. ( Larry Wilson)
  • Where do I find the text? Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24731

    Prospective Prooflisteners: Please read the Listeners Wanted FAQ before listening! Level of prooflistening requested: standard

    IMPORTANT - soloist, please note: in order to limit the amount of languishing projects (and hence the amount of files on our hard-pressed server), we ask that you post an update at least once a month in your project thread, even if you haven't managed to record anything. If we don't hear from you for three months, your project may be opened up to a group project if a Book Coordinator is found. Files you have completed will be used in this project. If you haven't recorded anything yet, your project will be removed from the forum (contact any admin to see if it can be re-instated).

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  • BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430

    Set your recording software to:
    Channels: 1 (Mono)
    Bit Rate: 128 kbps
    Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
  • DURING recording:
    No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
    Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:
    START of recording (Intro)
    • "Chapter [number] of The Tale of Grunty Pig. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
    • If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • Say:
      "The Tale of Grunty Pig, by Arthur Scott Bailey. [Chapter]"


    For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
    • "Chapter [number] of The Tale of Grunty Pig by Arthur Scott Bailey. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • Only if applicable, say:
      "[Chapter title]"

    END of recording
    • At the end of the section, say:
      "End of [Chapter]"
    • If you wish, say:
      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
    • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
      "End of The Tale of Grunty Pig, by Arthur Scott Bailey. "

    There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

    Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
  • AFTER recording
    Need noise-cleaning?
    Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The latest version of Audacity is recommended for noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
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    128 kbps MP3
    gruntypig_##_bailey_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. gruntypig_01_bailey_128kb.mp3)

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silverquill
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Post by silverquill »

NOTE: This will be read as a solo by Shasta, but I will serve him as BC.
On the road again, so delays are possible
~ Larry
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Kitty
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Post by Kitty »

I can set this up Larry, these children's books are always fun.

Soon back with MW.

Sonia
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Post by Kitty »

all right, everything set up. I changed the template a bit because it is a Solo (you made the template for a group project ;) )

MW ready to be populated. Have fun !

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Post by silverquill »

Thanks, Sonia!

Yeah, I didn't know which template to use since I wasn't going to be the soloist.
I'm just going to run the MW for him, which I'm glad to do.

We don't have a DPL lined up, but these usually draw a lot of interest.
On the road again, so delays are possible
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Post by Kitty »

silverquill wrote: ↑January 18th, 2019, 9:04 amYeah, I didn't know which template to use since I wasn't going to be the soloist.
ah ok, it doesn't matter who the soloist is, the important thing is that is IS a solo, so we need the solo template (because of the wording of the first post, intro, etc).

No harm done, I managed to tweak it. We'll stay here a day or two, to find a DPL.

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Post by Shasta »

Here are Chapters 1 through 5




https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_01_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:47
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_02_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:47
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_03_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:33
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_04_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:58
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_05_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:22
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Post by Kitty »

Shasta wrote: ↑January 20th, 2019, 7:02 pmHere are Chapters 1 through 5
great, a fast start. Could only just update the MW with the links once you've posted them ? Or do you have trouble accessing the MW ?

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Post by silverquill »

Great!

I've put these in the MW Ready for PL
We haven't had a volunteer for DPL yet.
I might mention it in one of our other Bailey projects.
If no one shows up, I'll do it, but I will be off-line next week.
On the road again, so delays are possible
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Post by Kitty »

silverquill wrote: ↑January 21st, 2019, 12:38 am I've put these in the MW Ready for PL
We haven't had a volunteer for DPL yet.
I might mention it in one of our other Bailey projects.
If no one shows up, I'll do it, but I will be off-line next week.
thank you for updating the MW, Larry. And you may also put an advert in Listeners Wanted maybe. :hmm:

I can move us over to Going Solo then

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Post by Shasta »

Here are Chapters 6 through10





https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_06_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 5:04
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_07_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 5:33
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_08_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:45
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_09_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:47
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_10_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:27
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Post by Kitty »

Shasta wrote: ↑January 20th, 2019, 7:02 pm Here are Chapters 1 through 5
Hi Shasta :)

I started listening to your first sections and now I'm curious how it all will end. So I put myself up for DPL here, if that's ok with you.

The beginning is promising, I love such short sections with easy, engaging tales for children. You also read them very nicely, easy to understand and follow along.

Sometimes I notice a bit of rustling noise, and once I heard a dog barking ;) but seeing we're on a farm here, I think this all adds to ambience and it's not that disturbing, so no need to correct it in these sections. You may want to be careful for future recordings, not to bump or move the microphone, this may be the source of the rustling noise.

Chapters 1-5 all PL ok.

Will continue with the next batch.

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Post by Kitty »

Sections 6-10 are also very entertaining. Grunty is a bit of handful :lol:

No textual errors found, and I can mark Sections 6, 7, 8 and 10 already PL ok.

Chapter 9 has a bit of an audio-quality problem. :? Most parts were very hard to understand, because the volume was so low. Unfortunately you cannot amplify the overall sound in one go, because there are many high peaks which would clip then. There is a huge difference of sound between some loud parts and those very low parts.

Also the sound is tinnier than in the other chapters, so I was wondering whether you recorded this chapter somehow differently ? :hmm: I hope you remember if there was something different, so this can be avoided in the next chapters.

I guess the only way of making the sound better understandable here is to highlight the soft parts and amplify them manually, at least with 5 dB. If you have another listen, you'll easily find which parts are too soft to understand and you can amplify those bits while you listen.

MW is up-to-date now. Great job so far, Shasta. :thumbs:

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Post by Shasta »

Here are Chapters 9 (re-recorded) through 15.


https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_09_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:41
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_11_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:23
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_12_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:25
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_13_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:50
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_14_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 4:46
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/gruntypig_15_bailey_128kb.mp3 Time: 5:00

About Chapter 9, I think that came up when I discovered that for some strange reason my Audacity version wasn't working properly and I erased it from my computer and downloaded the latest version. And then the latest version gave me all kinds of problems when I recorded Chapter 9 and maybe 10. Miraculously, I was able somehow to end up with my original Audacity version that is easy to use.
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Post by Kitty »

Shasta wrote: ↑January 27th, 2019, 4:38 pmAbout Chapter 9, I think that came up when I discovered that for some strange reason my Audacity version wasn't working properly and I erased it from my computer and downloaded the latest version. And then the latest version gave me all kinds of problems when I recorded Chapter 9 and maybe 10. Miraculously, I was able somehow to end up with my original Audacity version that is easy to use.
great that you found the problem and were able to solve it :thumbs: Yes Chapter 9 indeed sounds much better now. Sorry you had to re-record it.

All the sections nicely read again, I especially loved your "grunting sounds" in Chapter 14 :lol: not easy to do so often, I expect.

I'll mark all the sections PL ok.

Optionally though, Chapter 13 could benefit a bit from background noise-cleaning. Compared to the other chapters, it has a bit more noise in the background.

Good progress here :clap:

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