In "Our Little Canadian Cousin," the author's
intention is to tell, in a general way and in one defined local setting, the story of Canadian home life in the late 19th century. To Canadians, home life means not merely sitting at a huge fire-place, or brewing and baking in a wide country kitchen, or dancing of an evening, or teaching, or sewing ; but it means the great outdoor life — sleighing, skating, snow-shoeing, hunting,
canoeing, and, above all, " camping out " — the joys that belong to a vast, uncrowded country, where there is " room to play." (Summary from the Author's preface))
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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 (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
Is there a deadline?
We ask that you submit your recorded sections within 6 weeks of placing your claim. Please note that to be fair to the readers who have completed their sections in a timely way, if you haven't submitted your recording(s) after two months, your sections will automatically be re-opened for other readers to claim, unless you post in this thread to request an extension. Extensions will be granted at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. 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. Please do not sign up for more sections than you can complete within the two month deadline.
Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)! If this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and readers (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
Number of sections (files) this project will have: 11
Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: yes
DURING recording: Please leave no more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of your recording!
Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording: Start of recording (Intro)
"Chapter [number] of Our Little Canadian Cousin. - 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]"
Say: " Our Little Canadian Cousin , by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald . [Chapter]"
End of recording
At the end of the section, say: "End of [Chapter]"
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 Our Little Canadian Cousin , by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald . "
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: Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
Save files as
128 kbps MP3
ourlittlecanadiancousin_##_macdonald.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. ourlittlecanadiancousin_01_macdonald.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/What_is_ID3)
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: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald
Album: Our Little Canadian Cousin
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
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: phi - philchenevert
When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
I will get this wonderful project set up tonight hopefully. The text is on IA so the links will be there.
I'm glad to know that we will finally see how our little Canadian cousins lived a hundred years ago.
Sharing knowledge about people who walk different walks of life is a baby step towards understanding them and librivox is a great platform for just that! http://tekksavvy.wordpress.com
Remember of course that you are agreeing to complete any edits, if necessary, within a two week period otherwise the section will be opened for other readers. Is this OK?
BigFire wrote:Can I volunteer for chapter 10? if it is still open. If not give me chapter with relatively short text.
Hi BigFire and welcome to LibriVox. I will assign chapter 10 to you but before recording you should complete a 1 minute test so that you can be sure your technical things are set up correctly.
Hi Phil. Tonight I got the itch to record some audiobook. I recently purchased REAPER after 8 years of audacity, and it is showing alot of promise to streamline my workflow.
Anyway, I'm going to take a crack at chapter 9. It's been a while since I recorded for LV so here goes...
[size=84] Sean McGaughey
Librivox: [url=http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=231]Catalog[/url] | [url=http://ductapeguy.net]ductapeguy.net-- My music and podcasts[/url][/size]
Oops-- I started to upload then noticed a problem in the preamble. I'll have it fixed in a jiff.
Oops again. I missed one little edit. Just fixing again.
Third Time's a charm. Here we go.
There. I figured out how to Librivox after so long. That was fun.
[size=84] Sean McGaughey
Librivox: [url=http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=231]Catalog[/url] | [url=http://ductapeguy.net]ductapeguy.net-- My music and podcasts[/url][/size]
ductapeguy wrote:Hi Phil. Tonight I got the itch to record some audiobook. I recently purchased REAPER after 8 years of audacity, and it is showing alot of promise to streamline my workflow.
Anyway, I'm going to take a crack at chapter 9. It's been a while since I recorded for LV so here goes...
Thank you Sean. Glad you got the itch again. But please remember that the general practice is to request or claim a section and then have the BC assign it to you before recording it. I will put your name by section 9 and once again, it is nice to have you back with us. Please claim as many sections as you would like.
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