[COMPLETE}The Tour of Dr. Syntax by William Combe-ans

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » November 1st, 2015, 4:41 pm

I'll award you a PL OK on 18 Adrian.

Best,

Barbara

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » November 7th, 2015, 9:36 am

Canto 19 in which the honest Dr. Syntax shows himself no innocent.

19:11

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_19_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » November 9th, 2015, 8:25 pm

Adrian wrote:Canto 19 in which the honest Dr. Syntax shows himself no innocent.

19:11

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_19_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

Those villians on the Liverpool 'Change! Just before proof listening I was reading a Reginald Hill - "A Cure for All Diseases". Somebody says to Dalziel: Doesn't Paul tell us that the love of money is the root of all evil?" "Paul?" says Dalziel. "Thought that were one of Ringo's".

There is a repeat of "from" at 13:33, otherwise fine.

Best,

Barbara

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » November 10th, 2015, 9:19 pm

Fixed. Thanks Barbara.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_19_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » November 10th, 2015, 11:28 pm

Adrian wrote:Fixed. Thanks Barbara.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_19_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

PL OK!

Best,

Barbara

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » November 14th, 2015, 10:02 am

Canto 20 in which Grizzle is married.

18:10

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_20_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » November 16th, 2015, 11:41 pm

Adrian wrote:Canto 20 in which Grizzle is married.

18:10

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_20_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

Another clear round for you Adrian, DK about poor Grizzle though.

PL OK,

Barbara

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » November 21st, 2015, 9:37 am

Canto 21 in which Dr. Syntax preaches... at length.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_21_combe_128kb.mp3

21:16.

Adrian

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » November 23rd, 2015, 5:21 pm

Adrian wrote:Canto 21 in which Dr. Syntax preaches... at length.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_21_combe_128kb.mp3

21:16.

Adrian

Perfect reading again. PL OK!

Best

Barbara

Adrian, this section is 3dB above 89. I downloaded and checked 3 more of your sections and noticed (for the first time) that they were also 3 to 4.5 dB above 89. I was told on a previous project which I was proof listening, that that is nothing to worry about on a solo project as long as the volume is consistent. I wonder if, when you have time, you could check the files for this project on your hard drive with mp3gain or similiar to be sure there is no wide variation in volume between them?

I should really have been doing that myself as we went along, sorry.

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » November 27th, 2015, 10:08 am

Adrian, this section is 3dB above 89. I downloaded and checked 3 more of your sections and noticed (for the first time) that they were also 3 to 4.5 dB above 89. I was told on a previous project which I was proof listening, that that is nothing to worry about on a solo project as long as the volume is consistent. I wonder if, when you have time, you could check the files for this project on your hard drive with mp3gain or similiar to be sure there is no wide variation in volume between them?

I've been told that most important thing about volume is (as you mentioned) that it should be consistent. To achieve that i always normalize the wav file to -0.2 mb. Although I've been using Audacity for years, i've no idea how to determine the volume but from what you say it is higher than the "around 89 db" specified in the LibriVox wiki. Clearly i should be setting the normalization to -03 db or even lower. I will do that in the future -- thank you for pointing it out!

Do you feel that it's essential that the volume be reduced on this recording?

i will, of course, if you think it's creating a problem. But since we're 22 chapters into this book i'd rather not because of the time to normalize, export, and upload all the files.

Adrian

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » November 27th, 2015, 2:00 pm

Adrian wrote: I've been told that most important thing about volume is (as you mentioned) that it should be consistent. To achieve that i always normalize the wav file to -0.2 mb. Although I've been using Audacity for years, i've no idea how to determine the volume but from what you say it is higher than the "around 89 db" specified in the LibriVox wiki. Clearly i should be setting the normalization to -03 db or even lower. I will do that in the future -- thank you for pointing it out!

Do you feel that it's essential that the volume be reduced on this recording? i will, of course, if you think it's creating a problem. But since we're 22 chapters into this book i'd rather not because of the time to normalize, export, and upload all the files.

Adrian

Not if they're consistent, Adrian. I wonder what is this "normalization" of which you speak?

(Don't tell me! I have enough problems with Audacity already. Last night I couldn't use my nyquist plug-ins (Low Pass Filter and De-Clicker). Turns out that, with an errant mouse-click, I had made the numeric/date locale of my brand new OS Azerbaijan and they do things differently there

).

Best,

Barbara

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » November 28th, 2015, 3:59 pm

Normalization brings the peak amplitude up or down to the desired level. The resulting mp3 files are of a consistent loudness... but as you pointed out they're actually too loud!

I run Audacity on a Mac, which doesn't have a gain plug-in. So, on your advice I downloaded mp3gain and now understand the problem and will use mp3gain to fix it on future projects. Thank you, Barbara

I do appreciate your attention to detail and only wish i'd realized my mistake 20 books ago!

Adrian

Post by **annise** » November 28th, 2015, 4:11 pm

Sorry to be late to this conversation - my hard drive packed up.
We need thngs the same volume in group projects because it is difficult to listen to very loud, soft, loud, soft and to have to fiddle with the volume control
And I can adjust the levels in the cataloguing process providing that if I have to raise the volume it doesn't clip ( hit the ceiling and flatten the sound wave)
But with the Solos it is OK if they are higher - and those who also read for more commercial sites seem to have to make it about 91 I think, so tend to do it the same here.
So with a Solo, a bit higher doesn't really matter .

Anne

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » December 12th, 2015, 9:14 am

Cantos 22 and 23. They include what could be the publisher's motto:

"Success depends on writing well
Booksellers bow when volumes sell."

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_22_combe_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_23_combe_128kb.mp3

Adrian

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » December 14th, 2015, 2:54 am

Adrian wrote:Cantos 22 and 23. They include what could be the publisher's motto:

"Success depends on writing well
Booksellers bow when volumes sell."

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/tourofdrsyntax_22_combe_128kb.mp3

I worry for Dr. Syntax. The booksellers of London had a bad reputation. Maybe I'll find out the fate of his manuscript in Canto 23. Meanwhile, you got interrupted during Canto 22 at 4:05 and didn't really find your place again till 4:26!

Details:
Quite a long pause at 4:05 before "thus throughout Nature's various state..."
"what playful change" repeated twice from 4:19 to 4A22
"in all which instinct motion gives" repeated (4:27.5 to 4:34)
"but these are trivial" repeated (4:37.5 to 4:40)

Later there is a short repeat of "and on what" (17:30.51)

Best,

Barbara