The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I by Edward Gibbon.
How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read. Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
Is there a deadline?
Target completion date of this project: August 31, 2007 – but try to send your recordings as soon as you can. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool. There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen.
Where do I find the text?
Gutenberg e-text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/731 - but for the purposes of easiness I linked to specific chapter of a nifty HTML version.
Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz preferred, 32 and 22.5 also acceptable
DURING recording: Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording: Start of recording (Intro)
"[Chapter ##, Part ##] of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name]"
End of recording
At the end of the section, say:
“End of [Chapter #, Part #]"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of Tthe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon."
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
AFTER recording: Save files as
128 kbps MP3
declineandfall_bk1_##_gibbon.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (declineandfall_bk1_01_gibbon.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: The Decline and Fall [Section ##]
Artist: Edward Gibbon
Album: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Files can either be posted here in the forum (link to your webspace) or emailed via http://yousendit.com to: Caeristhiona AT gmail DOT com (if you use yousendit, it's helpful if you'll post the resulting link in this thread), or uploaded to this Uploader: http://librivox.gesine.org/ password upl0ad1t (please read info on that page first)
I'll need the following information from you when you submit a recording:
- your name as you want it to appear in the LibriVox catalog,
- your webpage URL (if applicable)
- the runtime of the recording in format hh:mm:ss
Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.
Last edited by Caeristhiona on June 25th, 2007, 11:49 pm, edited 2 times in total.
In my experience, nothing ruins a party like someone suddenly speaking Latin in reverse.
-- Jeffrey Rowland
"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people." George Bernard Shaw
Caeristhiona wrote:This project is going so well... Finally I have found a book which is not too obscure and in-Latin to fill!
Ah, don't forget The Iliad (in English) which you started! It'll be done fairly quickly, I'm sure.
[my new policy: never miss an opportunity for a shameless plug - viral marketing is what it's all about ]
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein
So since you were so kind as to MC my first solo project, it is only fitting that I should contribute to one of your other projects. Put me down for Sections 23-25 (Chapter IX: Parts 1, 2 & 3).
Jo
BTW how do you normally handle the footnotes in a book like this - read them where they come in the text, at the end of each page/chapter, ignore them....?
So since you were so kind as to MC my first solo project, it is only fitting that I should contribute to one of your other projects. Put me down for Sections 23-25 (Chapter IX: Parts 1, 2 & 3).
Jo
BTW how do you normally handle the footnotes in a book like this - read them where they come in the text, at the end of each page/chapter, ignore them....?
Well, you're free to do them however you like. However, the footnotes in this edition were NOT written by Gibbon. They were added by his editor. (They are also public domain.) So, I would ignore them myself. But if you feel they are necessary/helpful, you can add them however. I'd just make it clear that they are footnotes.
In my experience, nothing ruins a party like someone suddenly speaking Latin in reverse.
-- Jeffrey Rowland
