This is an open collection of poems for the month of March 2010. When this month is over, another one will be started.
How to record a poem - Initial Guidelines:
• All poems read must be in the public domain (that is, not copyrighted).
• You do not have to "sign-up" to submit a poem; as long as it's clearly in the public domain, just start recording!
• There is a limit of 2 poems per person per collection.
• Poems can be as short as you like, but not longer than 30 minutes (approximately 5000 words).
• To see what's been recorded already, you can search the LibriVox Catalog - but remember that we welcome multiple versions!
Find a public domain poem:
• The Poets' Corner is a great resource for public domain poetry. Other sources to try are Bartleby and Project Gutenberg.
• You may use other websites if you like, but we will have to check them to make sure they are not copyrighted.
• See this page for more info on copyrights. You can always ask me in this thread if you're not sure whether a poem is public domain.
BEFORE recording:
• If you are new to LibriVox, please check the Recording Notes thread first.
• If this is your first time recording, you'll find this useful as well: The Newbie Guide to Recording.
• Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz (44100 Hz)
Channels: 1 (Mono)
DURING recording:
• At the beginning of the recording, read the abbreviated "LibriVox disclaimer": "[Poem title], by [author], read for LibriVox.org by [your name]" or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal URL, etc., if you wish.
• Then read the poem.
• At the end, say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain." and leave five seconds of silence.
• No recordings can be accepted without the LibriVox disclaimer.
AFTER recording:
• Add these ID3 tags:
(If you're not sure how to add ID3 tags, please visit this page: How To Add or Edit ID3 Tags)
Title: Poem Title (e.g. The Road Not Taken) Artist: Author Name and Year of Birth - Death [e.g. Robert Frost (1874-1963)] Album: LibriVox Short Poetry 087
(You can put "Recorded by [your name]" in the comments section if you wish)
• Save file as:
[poem's title]_[author's last name]_[your initials].mp3 Put file name all in lowercase, and the title all in one word (no leading articles - the, a, an, without the square brackets, please, and NO SPACES): (e.g. roadnottaken_frost_apc.mp3)
When submitting, please follow this template:
[Title of Poem] by [Author] (BIRTH - DEATH)
Text URL:
MP3 URL:
Duration:
Upload your completed recording:
• Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: http://upload.librivox.org
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: JC
• When your upload is complete, you will receive a link. Please click "Post Reply" at the top left of this thread, and post the link there.
• Also post the following information:
The title and author of the poem.
A link to the poem's text online (Poets' Corner, Bartleby, Gutenberg, etc.) so it can be verified as public domain.
The length of your recording in minutes.
If this is your first recording for LibriVox, please give us your name as you'd like it to appear in the catalog (that is, either your real name or some pseudonym). Also let us know if you have a personal URL you'd like to list (e.g. a personal blog).
Please provide the birth and death dates for the author. Thank you.
Seneca wrote:I have 2 quick submissions to round out the February catalog, if you’d like to use them. They are traditional Native American tribal poems.
dii wrote:PL notes:
-recording is in stereo instead of mono
-too much silence at the end
-could be a little louder
Great reading
Thanks for the feedback. I'm new and I have questions. The first question is, do I ask my questions in this thread or somewhere else? I'm going to post them here and then when you tell me the correct place, I'll repost them there.
Sorry about the stereo instead of mono. I thought I had figured that out in GarageBand. How do you tell whether an mp3 is stereo or mono?
I'll cut down the silence at the end. What's appropriate? 3 seconds? 5 seconds?
I'll push the input volume up a bit on the next try.
I can see it's stereo either in my media player [Winamp] and in Audacity [the software I use for recording]. I don't know anything about GarageBand, so I guess you should ask for help here: http://librivox.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=23
For recordings less than 30 minutes 5 seconds of silence is appropriate, and if the recording is longer than 30 minutes, 10 seconds.
I edited my Jabberwocky file to increase the volume, remove the extra silence at the end, and save it in mono. I tried to upload it using the same name as before, but the uploader doesn't give me a new URL and when I download the file to check, it seems to be the same as the old one. Will someone delete the old copy of http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jc/jabberwocky_carroll_tb.mp3 or should I use a different name to get a good copy onto the server?
You should upload with the same filename and the uploader renames the first file. It saves us the trouble renaming every time when a file needs editing.
However, I downloaded again, and it seems to be the same as the first. There's only 1 version in the uploader. Could you try to upload again, please?
tbarron wrote:I edited my Jabberwocky file to increase the volume, remove the extra silence at the end, and save it in mono. I tried to upload it using the same name as before, but the uploader doesn't give me a new URL and when I download the file to check, it seems to be the same as the old one. Will someone delete the old copy of http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jc/jabberwocky_carroll_tb.mp3 or should I use a different name to get a good copy onto the server? Thanks...
When re-uploading a file the system replaces the old one and renames the previous one numerically so that an Admin knows it's a file that's been replaced. After a while the Admin automatically knows to delete it. All's well.
