COMPLETE - Sugar Plums by Ella Farman Pratt - tg

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SaraHale
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Hey, DOLZ!

I know I promised to PL earlier than that, but the internet and electricity weren't stable.

Section 3 and 5 are PL OKAY. :clap:

I loved your singing voice in section 3. It is a sad story, but you narrated it beautifully.

Section 4 isn't, Its volume is 83.1 dB Could you please do Compressor, then Replay Gain, and Noise Reduction?

I also have 2 PL notes:

Image/Page 37 @02:23 - Home he comes. I hear He comes home.
Image/Page 38 @02:56 - These red cheeks. I hear those red cheeks.
Thanks, SaraHale. :D
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SaraHale wrote: September 25th, 2021, 2:31 am Hey, DOLZ!

I know I promised to PL earlier than that, but the internet and electricity weren't stable.

Section 3 and 5 are PL OKAY. :clap:

I loved your singing voice in section 3. It is a sad story, but you narrated it beautifully.

Section 4 isn't, Its volume is 83.1 dB Could you please do Compressor, then Replay Gain, and Noise Reduction?

I also have 2 PL notes:

Image/Page 37 @02:23 - Home he comes. I hear He comes home.
Image/Page 38 @02:56 - These red cheeks. I hear those red cheeks.
Good catches. I'm on it. Thank you :D
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SaraHale wrote: September 25th, 2021, 2:31 am Hey, DOLZ!

I know I promised to PL earlier than that, but the internet and electricity weren't stable.

Section 3 and 5 are PL OKAY. :clap:

I loved your singing voice in section 3. It is a sad story, but you narrated it beautifully.

Section 4 isn't, Its volume is 83.1 dB Could you please do Compressor, then Replay Gain, and Noise Reduction?

I also have 2 PL notes:

Image/Page 37 @02:23 - Home he comes. I hear He comes home.
Image/Page 38 @02:56 - These red cheeks. I hear those red cheeks.

I tried reading the song like a poem but it just wasn't doing the story justice. I'm glad you liked how it all turned out. And yes, a very sad story, indeed. :(
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DOLZ wrote: September 26th, 2021, 6:55 am Good catches. I'm on it. Thank you :D
You're most welcome! :9:
Thanks, SaraHale. :D
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DOLZ wrote: September 26th, 2021, 6:58 am I tried reading the song like a poem but it just wasn't doing the story justice. I'm glad you liked how it all turned out. And yes, a very sad story, indeed. :(
Oh, no. You did an AWESOME job with the narration. I hope there would be another poem in the book, but more joyful this time. :9:
Thanks, SaraHale. :D
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Section 06 "Little Miss Rattle-te-Bang is ready for PL. Passed Checker. I applied both Noise Reduction and ReplayGain effects but whenever I tried to apply compressor, it caused the volume to fall out of range. I hope it is okay without it.

I had to move on from Section 04. I became so displeased with the editing that I'm electing to just re-record it. I will circle back around to that one next.

Thank you.
:D
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Compressor shrinks the peaks. If you don't click the "make up to 0 dB" box (or whatever it's called), it will be quieter than when you started. Step 2 is to amplify. :)

That "make up to 0 dB" box amplifies the compressed audio as high as it can go. Sometimes this makes the recording too loud, so we don't recommend having it checked.

Generally I compress (with that box unchecked), then analyze it using ReplayGain and see how much it tells me to amplify, then amplify.

Hope this helps explain. :)
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TriciaG wrote: October 3rd, 2021, 1:52 pm Compressor shrinks the peaks. If you don't click the "make up to 0 dB" box (or whatever it's called), it will be quieter than when you started. Step 2 is to amplify. :)

That "make up to 0 dB" box amplifies the compressed audio as high as it can go. Sometimes this makes the recording too loud, so we don't recommend having it checked.

Generally I compress (with that box unchecked), then analyze it using ReplayGain and see how much it tells me to amplify, then amplify.

Hope this helps explain. :)
Yes, it does. I see the box and yes, it appears 'Make-up gain for 0 db after compressing' is checked by default. I will experiment with it and see what it sounds like and looks like on the bar. I'll circle back around to 'amplify' once I've got compressor down solid. Thanks again.
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A 'spoiler alert' for Miss Rattle-te-Bang :wink: . By today's standard, social services would definitely be front-and-center with all the issues this family has :lol:
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SaraHale wrote: September 25th, 2021, 2:31 am Hey, DOLZ!

I know I promised to PL earlier than that, but the internet and electricity weren't stable.

Section 3 and 5 are PL OKAY. :clap:

I loved your singing voice in section 3. It is a sad story, but you narrated it beautifully.

Section 4 isn't, Its volume is 83.1 dB Could you please do Compressor, then Replay Gain, and Noise Reduction?

I also have 2 PL notes:

Image/Page 37 @02:23 - Home he comes. I hear He comes home.
Image/Page 38 @02:56 - These red cheeks. I hear those red cheeks.
Hello. Section 04 "Learning to Count" is completely re-recorded and ready for PL. So sorry I struggled with this one. It passed Checker and I used Noise Reduction, ReplayGain, and compressor (in spots) effects.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/sugarplums_04_pratt_128kb.mp3

Thanks :D
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Hi, there!

Sections 4 and 6 are PL Okay. :clap: :clap: You did an AWESOME job. I'm looking forward to the future sections. :9:
Thanks, SaraHale. :D
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SaraHale wrote: November 7th, 2021, 9:15 am Hi, there!

Sections 4 and 6 are PL Okay. :clap: :clap: You did an AWESOME job. I'm looking forward to the future sections. :9:
Thank you so much 😁. Just getting back on the horse today.
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DOLZ wrote: November 7th, 2021, 9:42 am Thank you so much 😁. Just getting back on the horse today.
My pleasure! That's amazing. I'm so sorry for not being active. I had and still have a lot of my plate but I'll make sure to check-in during my weekends.
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SaraHale wrote: November 7th, 2021, 9:47 am
DOLZ wrote: November 7th, 2021, 9:42 am Thank you so much 😁. Just getting back on the horse today.
My pleasure! That's amazing. I'm so sorry for not being active. I had and still have a lot of my plate but I'll make sure to check-in during my weekends.
No worries. This project is not a request from anyone, it's just something I stumbled upon as having a catalog page but no recordings. I took up the task of making the project whole by recording, at least one of her books.
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Section 07 'In the Haymow' ready for PL: https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/sugarplums_07_pratt_128kb.mp3

No worries, no hurries 😁
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