Citadel of the Green Death by Robert Emmett Mcdowell-mtf

GeraldAMoe · Post by **GeraldAMoe** » March 9th, 2021, 3:00 am

Citadel of the Green Death, by Robert Emmett McDowell (1914 - 1975)

Adopted by brownrottger Jan 26, 2022

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/citadel-of-the-green-death-by-robert-emmett-mcdowell/

Volunteers outside the USA: Robert Emmett McDowell died in 1975. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.

At the coldly gleaming Experimental Station they flung this choice in Outlaw Joel Hakkyt's teeth: "Grinding, endless slavery on Asgard, that Alpha Centauri hell—or a writhing, screaming guinea-pig's death here?" He chose Asgard, naturally. But what was natural—on Asgard? (Summary by Robert Emmett Mcdowell)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64755

Target completion date: 2021-06-30

Prooflistening level: Special: Standard, PLUS please check volumes of the files. The reader is unable to measure volume.
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.

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Magic Window:

BC Admin
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: adventure, revolution, alien planet

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Citadel of the Green Death. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Citadel of the Green Death, by Robert Emmett McDowell. Section Title."

For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Citadel of the Green Death, by Robert Emmett McDowell. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."

End of recording:
Say:

"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of Citadel of the Green Death, by Robert Emmett McDowell."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: citadelofthegreendeath_##_mcdowell_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. citadelofthegreendeath_01_mcdowell_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: mightyfelix

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.

Post by **TriciaG** » March 9th, 2021, 10:27 am

Since this isn't PD for me in Canada, I won't be MC'ing this. But I did want to wish you a happy project.

(I took the liberty of modifying your PL type request to mention the need to check volume. This will save your future MC a headache.

Feel free to modify the wording on that part.)

GeraldAMoe · Post by **GeraldAMoe** » March 9th, 2021, 3:12 pm

Thanks Tricia. I was planning on mentioning the volume when I got an MC

Post by **mightyfelix** » March 10th, 2021, 10:16 pm

I can set this up for you. I'll be back in a minute with your MW.

Post by **mightyfelix** » March 10th, 2021, 10:31 pm

Ok, you should be all set. Let me know if something doesn't look right.

GeraldAMoe · Post by **GeraldAMoe** » March 11th, 2021, 4:26 am

Looks good! after knocking out the Jester's role in Aladdin I get going on it. I have not found any way to check the volume of my recordings. None of the checkers I have come across work on my Chromebook. I don't know if you or the proof-listener would do this, but if either one of you could check the volume if my submissions and let me know what you find I do have a way to adjust it o where it needs to be.

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » March 12th, 2021, 6:34 am

Hi, Gerald,

This new release from Project Gutenberg looks such a good choice! As a science fiction fan myself, I especially like these 'older' stories, plus Outlaw Joel Hakkyt sounds a most intriguing character...(And the art on those old covers is simply priceless!)

I would have SO liked to DPL for this project but unfortunately I have no way to check volume. (Alas, fact is, most of the time I work on a borrowed computer under promise of absolutely NOT downloading any software

).

Best of luck with this thrilling new project!

P.S. I must confess I have already started to read the story on the PG site.

Post by **mightyfelix** » March 12th, 2021, 7:06 am

Dulcamara wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 6:34 am Hi, Gerald,

This new release from Project Gutenberg looks such a good choice! As a science fiction fan myself, I especially like these 'older' stories, plus Outlaw Joel Hakkyt sounds a most intriguing character...(And the art on those old covers is simply priceless!)

I would have SO liked to DPL for this project but unfortunately I have no way to check volume. (Alas, fact is, most of the time I work on a borrowed computer under promise of absolutely NOT downloading any software ).

Best of luck with this thrilling new project!

P.S. I must confess I have already started to read the story on the PG site.

I am able to check volume, if you'd still like to volunteer.

Dulcamara · Post by **Dulcamara** » March 12th, 2021, 7:12 am

Really, Devorah? You are a sweet!!!! Please count me in.

Post by **mightyfelix** » March 12th, 2021, 7:14 am

Great, you are in!

Gerald, would you like to fill in the section titles before we head off to Going Solo?

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 12th, 2021, 7:37 am

GeraldAMoe wrote: ↑March 11th, 2021, 4:26 am Looks good! after knocking out the Jester's role in Aladdin I get going on it. I have not found any way to check the volume of my recordings. None of the checkers I have come across work on my Chromebook. I don't know if you or the proof-listener would do this, but if either one of you could check the volume if my submissions and let me know what you find I do have a way to adjust it o where it needs to be.

Do you use audacity?

GeraldAMoe · Post by **GeraldAMoe** » March 13th, 2021, 7:02 pm

I use the Audacity extension for chrome. It doesn't have all the features of the full version. I tried using compression on my latest submission and am waiting the get the results. From what I have been told that might be all I need

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 14th, 2021, 6:56 am

GeraldAMoe wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 7:02 pm I use the Audacity extension for chrome. It doesn't have all the features of the full version. I tried using compression on my latest submission and am waiting the get the results. From what I have been told that might be all I need

I don't know if the effects are available but I wrote this today for another thread. It might help you if it is compatible:

The Loudness Normalisation effect will bring the volume up to the right level (it's only in the latest version of Audacity so you might need to upgrade).

Run the following 3 effects in this order:
Normalize (DC ticked, peak ticked -0.0, stereo unticked)
Compressor (Threshold -14, Noise Floor -25, Ratio 7:1, Attack 0.5, Release 1.9, Make up to 0dB ticked, compress peaks unticked)
Loudness Normalisation ('perceived loudness', -20 LUFS, he two checkboxes don't matter).

GeraldAMoe · Post by **GeraldAMoe** » March 14th, 2021, 9:24 am

I don't have loudness normalization.
I have done fairly well using the compressor. Would that do better if I normalize the file first?

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » March 14th, 2021, 9:52 am

GeraldAMoe wrote: ↑March 14th, 2021, 9:24 am I don't have loudness normalization.
I have done fairly well using the compressor. Would that do better if I normalize the file first?

If it's likely to be very soft to begin with, normalising at the start will give you better results with the compressor. The more heavily you compress (I use 8:1), the more even the output file will be (though it may be noticiable as 'compressed'). If it is very even, then you might be able to normalise again after the compression and get very similar volume ranges each time. I used 8:1 compression and normalised to -3 afterwards and that fell in the correct overall range. Might work for you.