[group] Sandman's Rainy Day Stories by Abbie Phillips Walker - pc

[SnowOwl]

Hi, Phil,
Here is Story #5 Nardo and the Princess
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/sandmansrainydaystories_05_walker_128kb.mp3

SnowOwl

[philchenevert]

Hi, Phil,
Here is Story #5 Nardo and the Princess
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/sandmansrainydaystories_05_walker_128kb.mp3

SnowOwl

Thank you

[loon]

Hi, Phil,
Here is Story #5 Nardo and the Princess
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/sandmansrainydaystories_05_walker_128kb.mp3

Good morning SnowOwl - Story 5 is PL OK, thanks for the reading.

As a note:
There are a few places in the story where your voice reaches the maximum Audacity can record (a.k.a. CLIPPING). Clipping can give the recording a harsh distortion, though if your voice reaches clipping only for a brief instant it often won't sound all that bad. The most distinct example of clipping in this chapter is near 7:37 - the word 'must' where the fairy/nightingale says "We must get the ring or the stone."

Audacity has a couple tools that will show you when this is happening.
#1 - the playback meter shows a line at the loudest volume in a chunk you've just played, so if you see a red line at zero on the scale you know the audio reached the digital maximum somewhere in that chunk.
#2 - There is a Show clipping (on/off) toggle under the View menu. If that is on you'll see a bright red mark in the waveform display at any point where the signal reaches digital zero.
Once you are aware clipping is happening you can take preventative action - say turning the record volume down a tiny bit.
In this story there were only 4 teeny-tiny spots with clipping, and they didn't sound bad - so no worries.

[philchenevert]

This project is now in our catalog at https://librivox.org/sandmans-rainy-day-stories-by-abbie-phillips-walker/

[loon]

Three cheers for all the readers. Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah!

[SnowOwl]

Hi, Phil,
Here is Story #5 Nardo and the Princess
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/sandmansrainydaystories_05_walker_128kb.mp3

Good morning SnowOwl - Story 5 is PL OK, thanks for the reading.

As a note:
There are a few places in the story where your voice reaches the maximum Audacity can record (a.k.a. CLIPPING). Clipping can give the recording a harsh distortion, though if your voice reaches clipping only for a brief instant it often won't sound all that bad. The most distinct example of clipping in this chapter is near 7:37 - the word 'must' where the fairy/nightingale says "We must get the ring or the stone."

Audacity has a couple tools that will show you when this is happening.
#1 - the playback meter shows a line at the loudest volume in a chunk you've just played, so if you see a red line at zero on the scale you know the audio reached the digital maximum somewhere in that chunk.
#2 - There is a Show clipping (on/off) toggle under the View menu. If that is on you'll see a bright red mark in the waveform display at any point where the signal reaches digital zero.
Once you are aware clipping is happening you can take preventative action - say turning the record volume down a tiny bit.
In this story there were only 4 teeny-tiny spots with clipping, and they didn't sound bad - so no worries.

Loon,
Thank you so very much for the information! Appreciate!
SnowOwl

[SnowOwl]

Thanks, Phil, for MC'ing and Loon for PL'ing!