I really enjoy listening to your reading style. There are a few PL notes on each of those two sections.PL notes section 38:
5:10 - I hear - "died of a rapid __cline", should be "decline"
Also, the volume is a bit soft now, at 84.2. Please amplify by 4 or 5.
PL note section 40:
2:50 - I hear "Lucy guessed what made her sad, (longlish pause, please reduce it to maybe 1 second) and for some seconds.."
7:20 - false start "How very How very pleasant"
The volume on this section is also a bit under what we would like, please amplify by 3.
Thank you for working on this!
I know it can be frustrating. If you would like to be able to check the volume yourself, you can use either Checker orMP3Gain. Both of them are free to download and use.A last thing: it sounds like you maybe have used aggressive noise cleaning. That would explain why there is some distortion to your voice. Many readers find that two gentle rounds of noise cleaning is better than one heavier one. It also helps to make sure the room you record in is as quiet as possible - the less background noise in the first place, the less you have to remove. It can also be a good idea to save a raw (unedited) file of you recordings, and if you find that the editing you do produce a tinny, metallic sound to your voice, it is possible to start again, using less noise cleaning.
Again, thank you for your willingness to edit and improve, I look forward to hearing you again!
Since then I always save before doing anything - but the FLAC idea sounds more space efficient!)