[group] Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 024 -bart

Post by **bart** » December 30th, 2013, 10:19 am

We catalogue the collection as one project, like this one: http://librivox.org/short-ghost-and-horror-collection-023-by-various/, but all stories can be found separately in the search engine.

Bart

donalsup · Post by **donalsup** » January 11th, 2014, 10:20 am

Please accept

Title: The Oval Portrait
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Year: 1842
Source: http://www.classichorrorstories.com/texts/poe/ovalportrait.txt
Duration: 7' 15"
Uploaded to: https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ovalportrait_poe_da_128kb.mp3

Thank you.

Don

Post by **bart** » January 11th, 2014, 6:36 pm

Thank you Don.

beaglemixtape · Post by **beaglemixtape** » January 11th, 2014, 11:03 pm

Submitted for your approval -

Title: On the River
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Year: 1890
Source: http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/265/
Duration: 14:22
Uploaded to: https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ontheriver_maupassant_mac_128kb.mp3

Read faster Chiquito...I'm running out of stories to listen to!

Post by **bart** » January 12th, 2014, 5:32 am

Thank you!

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 12th, 2014, 12:37 pm

donalsup wrote:Please accept
Title: The Oval Portrait
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Year: 1842
Source: http://www.classichorrorstories.com/texts/poe/ovalportrait.txt
Duration: 7' 15"
Uploaded to: https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ovalportrait_poe_da_128kb.mp3
Thank you.
Don

Nice job once again, Don!

I have just one suggestion for you. There is quite a pronounced hum (an electrical hum?) at 120 hz throughout the recording. I didn't hear it at all in your first submission. Notice the thick, fuzzy center line of track between sentences? I don't know if you use Audacity to record or edit, but if so, we can mitigate the hum using the Notch Filter effect. If you do a Ctrl-A to select the entire track, then go to the Top Menu Bar and select Effect | Notch Filter. Set the Frequency at 120, Q-Value at 10.0, then click OK.

Give it a try and see if you are pleased with the results. Best solution, of course, is to locate and eliminate the source of the hum in your recording environment. Electrical appliances running nearby? Fluorescent lights? Anyway, let me know if you have any questions. And thanks again for another Poe tale!

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 12th, 2014, 2:25 pm

beaglemixtape wrote:Submitted for your approval -
Title: On the River
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Year: 1890
Source: http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/265/
Duration: 14:22
Uploaded to: https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ontheriver_maupassant_mac_128kb.mp3
Read faster Chiquito...I'm running out of stories to listen to!

Ooooh, that was a good one! Spooky final sentence!

The volume is a little too high at 92.5 dB. Could you please amplify by -3.0 to bring it closer to our goal of 89 dB? (If you use Audacity to record and edit, just do a Ctrl-A to select the entire track, then go to the top menu bar and select Effect | Amplify. Set the Amplification at -3.0 and then click OK.)

That's it! Post the link here again after you have uploaded the corrected file, and I'll take another quick look.

beaglemixtape · Post by **beaglemixtape** » January 12th, 2014, 2:43 pm

Easy fix! Here you go...the link with amplification reduced as you requested.

https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ontheriver_maupassant_mac_128kb.mp3

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 12th, 2014, 3:19 pm

beaglemixtape wrote:Easy fix! Here you go...the link with amplification reduced as you requested.
https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ontheriver_maupassant_mac_128kb.mp3

Thanks!

Section 04 (On the River): PL OK

donalsup · Post by **donalsup** » January 12th, 2014, 4:55 pm

Thanks for catching that.
I believe that may be caused by a florescent light in the room.

I followed your instructions in Audacity and the hum has been reduced noticeably.
The new file (same name) has been uploaded. Thanks and have a nice weekend.

Please accept

Title: The Oval Portrait
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Year: 1842
Source: http://www.classichorrorstories.com/texts/poe/ovalportrait.txt
Duration: 7' 15"
Uploaded to: https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ovalportrait_poe_da_128kb.mp3

Thank you.

Don

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 12th, 2014, 5:53 pm

donalsup wrote:Thanks for catching that.
I believe that may be caused by a florescent light in the room.
I followed your instructions in Audacity and the hum has been reduced noticeably.
The new file (same name) has been uploaded. Thanks and have a nice weekend.
Please accept
Title: The Oval Portrait
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Year: 1842
Source: http://www.classichorrorstories.com/texts/poe/ovalportrait.txt
Duration: 7' 15"
Uploaded to: https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_ovalportrait_poe_da_128kb.mp3
Thank you.
Don

Yes--been there, done that. I have at times recorded in my sewing room--and I walk in, flip on the fluorescent lights as a matter of habit. I finally put a little sticky note beside my microphone to remind myself to turn off those overhead lights before beginning to record.

Thank you for the edited file, Don--and do have a good week ahead.

Section 03 (The Oval Portrait): PL OK

bd150978 · Post by **bd150978** » January 14th, 2014, 7:48 am

Hi

Please consider The Valley of Spiders by H.G Wells.

https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_thevalleyofspiders_hgwells_rd.mp3

Link to text...http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1743/1743-h/1743-h.htm

Taken from Twelve Stories and a Dream by H.G Wells. The Valley of Spiders is the third story.
The runtime is 23m 47s.

Hope it's okay.

Thanks.

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 15th, 2014, 1:16 pm

bd150978 wrote:Hi
Please consider The Valley of Spiders by H.G Wells.
https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_thevalleyofspiders_hgwells_rd.mp3
Link to text...http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1743/1743-h/1743-h.htm
Taken from Twelve Stories and a Dream by H.G Wells. The Valley of Spiders is the third story.
The runtime is 23m 47s.
Hope it's okay.
Thanks.

Hi, Rob--Thanks for the submission.

I am on my lunch hour, so will listen a bit later this evening.

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 15th, 2014, 6:05 pm

bd150978 wrote:Hi
Please consider The Valley of Spiders by H.G Wells.
https://librivox.org/uploads/bart/ghohor024_thevalleyofspiders_hgwells_rd.mp3
Link to text...http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1743/1743-h/1743-h.htm
Taken from Twelve Stories and a Dream by H.G Wells. The Valley of Spiders is the third story.
The runtime is 23m 47s.
Hope it's okay.
Thanks.

Hi again, Rob--Great job on your recording!

Section 05 (The Valley of Spiders): PL OK

Just FYI for future recordings: The file name should also include "_128kb" as part of the name. Check out the naming convention in the first post instructions in this thread. But no need to upload again. Our MC, Bart, can fix it behind the scenes.

Hope to hear lots more from you!

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » January 15th, 2014, 6:11 pm

Speaking of file names, Bart--I'm just noticing that the file name for Section 01 show "_128kps" instead of "_128kb". This may be something that you should correct behind the scenes and in MW before cataloging?