COMPLETE [SS] Household Tales, by the Brothers Grimm - dl

[CaptainFelix1368]

Hello Sonia. This is story no. 204, Leg 4: Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven
3m 52s

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_204_grimm_128kb.mp3

Enjoy your PL.

With thx.

[bookisle]

Here is Story number 048

Old Sultan

Run Time: 4:44:13

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_048_grimm_128kb.mp3

[CaptainFelix1368]

Hello Sonia.
This is story no. 209- Leg 9: The Heavenly Wedding 3m 54s
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_209_grimm_128kb.mp3

With thx

[ewsmith]

I have uploaded Story 19, The Fisherman and His Wife

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_019_grimm_128kb.mp3

Duration - 18:08

I am quite new to this so I would appreciate any feedback you may have. Thanks.

[Kitty]

so many new sections !!!

May I read:
Story 34 Clever Elsie
Story 52 King Thrushbeard
lee

yes you may, I'll sign you up, thanks !

Theo, Larry and Evan, thank you for your sections, for the moment I'll update the MW and will try to PL them all tonight still. Stay tuned

Sonia

[JessiM5]

Here are two of my recordings edited

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_030_grimm_128kb.mp3 3:19
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_079_grimm_128kb.mp3 2:17

I will work on the third a little later.

[Kitty]

started with PLing now...

hi Theo

I'm glad to hear you're back and thanks for all the recordings. I can say you improved a lot in your narration, as the stumbles are basically non-existant in all of them.

However we have another problem with the sound, especially on sections 204 and 208

Section 204:

textually, it's flawlessly read, but unfortunately the sound is not so good. I was wondering whether you did a bit too aggressive noise cleaning here. In some parts the background noise still rings through when you speak but in the silence between there is nothing, so it might be too much noise-cleaned, which distorts the sound.

Alternatively, maybe you have automatic noise-reduction turned on your microphone ? This is not a good idea as it usually suppresses too much and also distorts the sound. (I know this from first-hand experience, I had that on my first microphone and sounded like speaking from a tin-box LOL luckily somebody told me to turn it off and then it was way better)

I hope the decibel is loud enough as I tried to download the checker program but it said I need to be an admin user & restricted me. Let me know if its not strong enough & I'll fix it.
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_208_grimm_128kb.mp3
2:45
Leg 8: The Aged Mother.
With thx.

Section 208:

hm, well, according to checker the volume is ok (89.1 dB), but there is a lot of distortion, especially near the end of the story. This part is a lot louder than the rest, so there is a lot of clipping, which distorts the sound. Also in some parts, there is a huge feedback or echo, it almost sounds as if you were talking through a megaphone (for example, listen to 1:26-1:31).

Did you do anything different than with your previous recordings ? Because there the sound was fine. Maybe it happened because you had to amplify so much, but I'm not sure.

It would be good to find the problem and fix it though, for further recordings. Maybe you could post this sample in our help forum and ask our tech-guys what could have caused this.

I would like to ask Beth for her opinion on Sections 204 and 208, whether it is acceptable like this or whether maybe they would profit from re-recording, since the sections are so short, it will not be a whole lot of extra work. But of course before you do that, we need to find out where the problem lies... so hold off recording until we hear back from Beth.

Sonia

[Kitty]

Hello Sonia.
Heres Story no. 202, Leg 2: The Twelve Apostles
3m 16s
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_202_grimm_128kb.mp3
If its too loud let me know & I'll fix it.
With thx

the reading itself was nicely done, no complaints there. And no, it is not too loud, but just below the upper limit of 92 dB. So don't go any louder

Also no textual errors or stumbles found, but there are a few technical bits that need to be addressed still:

> this recording is in stereo, but we need mono. You can change that easily in Audacity, with Tracks / Change stereo track to mono.

> initial silence is over 1 second, which sounds a bit long before the recording starts. Usually we try to keep it between 0.5 and 1 second. It's not a big issue for once, I'm just mentioning it, for your next recordings maybe

> the level of background noise is quite high as well, and would profit from one round of noise-cleaning. But be careful not to noise-clean too aggressively, as it might distort the sound again. Because this sound here, despite the background noise is quite good. So that actually tells me that the problem is probably not the automatic noise-reduction.

What are your settings in the noise-reduction program ? I tried it now myself with:
Noise reduction: 12
Sensitivity: 6
Frequency smoothing bands: 0
that was enough to get to a much clearer sound. Maybe you should preset yours to these numbers as well and try it out. May I ask which numbers you currently have ?

Once these two things are fixed, this is ready for an ok

Sonia

[Kitty]

Hello Sonia.
This is story no. 209- Leg 9: The Heavenly Wedding 3m 54s
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_209_grimm_128kb.mp3
With thx

Section 209:
same here, the reading is very good but the sound is again a bit echo-ey. Though the sound of this section is not as distorted as 204 or 208 were. Once one gets used to the sound it is ok and everything is well comprehensible still, so I guess I can mark it PL ok this time.

thanks for persisting though, and we will find a solution somehow. The beginning is always the hardest, once the technical bits are regulated and set, it will usually be much easier. We have all been there, and most of us sound so much better today (I for one, I shudder when I hear my first recordings )

Sonia

[Kitty]

Here is Story number 048
Old Sultan
Run Time: 4:44:13
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_048_grimm_128kb.mp3

this was a great favourite of mine when I was a kid

only one tiny comment:

> at 4:08 and 4:33 there is a clapping sound. I don't think it matters much, as the recording is still very good, I only mention it, in case it's a source of noise which could be turned off. Remember not to move the microphone while recording, as it really picks up all kinds of noises, not only your voice No need to re-record for this though now.

I'll mark it PL ok nevertheless, well narrated. Thanks

Sonia

[JessiM5]

Here is my final story edited.


https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_018_grimm_128kb.mp3 3:30

[Kitty]

ok I finally took some out-time to also record and edit my own tale, for Beth to PL

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_100_grimm_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 8:19 min.

At one point I changed the sentence a little bit, because I seriously think there is a big typo in the Gutenberg text. I read the sentence over and over again but couldn't make head nor tail of it that way. I also checked the German original, and basically what it meant is what I finally said, so I hope this is ok. If you can tell me that the Gutenberg text actually is correct and explain to me what it means grammatically, then I can well re-record that bit, but not for want of trying, I was stumped

It's this line: at 3:23: Gutenberg: "it was actually be but a general" - I said: "it was actually a general"

Sonia

[Kitty]

all right, and on to the next story (ah this is a classic. Easy moral: don't be too greedy )

I have uploaded Story 19, The Fisherman and His Wife
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_019_grimm_128kb.mp3
Duration - 18:08
I am quite new to this so I would appreciate any feedback you may have. Thanks.

wow Evan, this is very well narrated. I love your reading cadence, not too slow, not too fast and very smooth reading too. I see by your posts that you are indeed quite new to it, but there's no problem at all I could find in your recording Well done !

I can safely mark this PL ok and I hope that I hear some more from you soon

Thanks

Sonia

[Kitty]

Here is my final story edited.
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_018_grimm_128kb.mp3 3:30

aaand thank you Jessi, I Spot PLed all three contributions and they are all nicely corrected I'll mark them PL ok now.

And with that I think I am up-to-date again

Sonia

[bookisle]

May I claim

062 The Queen Bee
066 The Hare's Bride
068 The Thief and his master
and 152 The Shepherd Boy?

Thanks

Larry T