[COMPLETE] Herodotus' Histories Vol. 1 km

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » June 4th, 2008, 10:39 am

Hehehe!

Within the 9 Books, I had to divide the text myself: hence, no titles - this is welcome reassurance that it was worth it to put the first sentences up there . . .

Welcome to Herodotus Vol 1; glad to see you posting!

Chif · Post by **Chif** » June 5th, 2008, 4:34 am

Hi there. I just recorded and uploaded about half of section 2 as a test. There are a few mistakes I know, but it is just a test so I didn't think it mattered so much. Hope it went OK. You can call me Chif for everything.
Thanks,
Chif

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » June 6th, 2008, 6:43 am

Chif, thank you for your test recording! I found it on the server, and pm'ed it to Graham, who will have a listen and probably give you some technical suggestions. But your reading style is very fine!

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 8th, 2008, 7:12 am

Section 1 (15 mins, 45 secs - 15.12 MB) now posted.

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 8th, 2008, 7:22 am

This is such an enjoyable read that I'm going to be greedy and take sections 3 and 4 as well!

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » June 8th, 2008, 10:45 am

Cool! I'm reading my paper copy - I thought I had read it, but found I had not - and I love it! I've already finished Book 1. I loved the info - reliable or not - on the Kingdom, or empire, of Lydia, and the rise of Persia over the Medes. (Love that smiley!)

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » June 13th, 2008, 10:38 am

Hi Graham - I'm having a problem with section 1. It takes a minute or two to download, as if it's full, and Windows logs it in at 14,768 KB. It uploads in Audacity, Audacity Beta, and Windows media player without an error message. But it seems to be a whole file of silence! Oh, dear . .

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » June 13th, 2008, 10:42 am

Graham - Dallas1942 pm'ed me and sent me a sample, so if he posts here asking for a section, it isn't necessary to ask him for a sample. It's on the server under MC directory "xx".

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 13th, 2008, 12:31 pm

kmerline wrote:Hi Graham - I'm having a problem with section 1. It takes a minute or two to download, as if it's full, and Windows logs it in at 14,768 KB. It uploads in Audacity, Audacity Beta, and Windows media player without an error message. But it seems to be a whole file of silence! Oh, dear . .

How very strange! You're quite right: the MP3 file on my hard drive is all silence too. I'm re-exporting the Audacity file and will upload it again in a moment.

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 13th, 2008, 12:57 pm

AGSec wrote:How very strange! You're quite right: the MP3 file on my hard drive is all silence too. I'm re-exporting the Audacity file and will upload it again in a moment.

All fixed.

Cloud Mountain · Post by **Cloud Mountain** » June 14th, 2008, 2:13 am

Chif wrote:Hi there. I just recorded another test. I bought a USB mic and the sound is better than before. Hope it's OK.
Find it at:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/Chiftest2.mp3.mp3

Regards
Chif

This was posted as a New Topic instead of a PostReply...

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 14th, 2008, 9:04 am

Cloud Mountain wrote:
Chif wrote:Hi there. I just recorded another test. I bought a USB mic and the sound is better than before. Hope it's OK.
Find it at:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/Chiftest2.mp3.mp3

Regards
Chif
This was posted as a New Topic instead of a PostReply...

Thanks for this, Alan.

I suppose you wouldn't like to bid for a section?

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 14th, 2008, 12:38 pm

Chif wrote:Hi there. I just recorded another test. I bought a USB mic and the sound is better than before. Hope it's OK.
Find it at:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/km/Chiftest2.mp3.mp3

Regards
Chif

The sound is definitely much better, but this time you've recorded at rather a low level. The input volume needs to be set higher, and I think you need to experiment a little more with the position of your mouth relative to the microphone, as there is still a hint of "plosives".

Good luck with it.

Dallas1942 · Post by **Dallas1942** » June 18th, 2008, 2:36 pm

I'm still working on getting my fan fixed for my computer... it's not only loud, it's extremely high pitched, so it comes through in the recording no matter what I do to cover it or reposition my microphone.

Since recording for Librivox is something that I really want to do, this upcoming weekend I am going to attempt to swap it out for a replacement fan or otherwise see what I can do to fix the problem.

Failing this, I will see if I can figure out how to use the noise correction features in Audacity to clean up my recordings a bit.

I will claim section 7 for now. My ambition urges me to claim more sections, but until I get my mic issue fixed, I think I had better start out small.

I have already done test recordings for a good part of the section. I'm confident in my ability to read the text. It's just a matter of fixing the mic issue so it sounds good.

I will keep you regularly updated on any progress towards solving the problem and will relinquish my section within the next week or two if I can't find a solution.

Hopefully that won't be the case, and I'll be able to post some completed recordings and go on to claim more sections soon!

Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions.

Thanks!

- Eric

AGSec · Post by **AGSec** » June 18th, 2008, 2:49 pm

I've signed you up for section 7, Eric.

Good luck with the fan.

What name would you like to be catalogued under?