COMPLETE [DR] An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott - tg

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I like Tricia's idea of speeding up the tempo. Would you like to try that, Tiffany? :)
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Sure, I will figure out how to do that and see if I can't squeeze it under that time limit!!
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Yeah, to speed up the tempo a teeny bit, just open the audio file in Audacity, then hit Ctrl + A to select the entire recording. Then go up to the top and click Effect > Change Tempo... and there you can increase the speed of the chapter a little. :)
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Finally, here is chapter 6, hope it sounds ok, I upped the tempo by 4 and cut back a lot of the silences between speech
Time 1:11:34

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/oldfashionedgirl_06_alcott_128kb.mp3
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I think that sounds just fine! :clap:
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Hi Devorah - did you save the original version?

I have to say, I don't love the up tempo effect. Some characters are more affected than others, but overall I don't find this version as nice to listen to as other chapters. The removal of the spaces between speeches makes it sound breathlessly rushed at that speed!

I have an alternative suggestion: the problem is the Grandmother - can you just up tempo her speeches selectively? If you speed her up by 5% and leave everyone else alone that would probably do it!

(I haven't PLed the whole chapter, as I think some re-editing will be necessary. If you have the original tempo file before you took out the spaces, you can upload it as a FLAC file and I can play with the editing a bit if you are sick of it!)
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Ugh, chapter six was a bear, especially for poor Grandma! Sorry the editing is giving fits, too. :roll:

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Here is chapter 6 again *fingers crossed* I did as suggested and just changed the tempo on Grandma's lines and a couple of Maud's just to shave off a few seconds without messing with the silences, thanks for the suggestions and offer of help :D

Time:1:11:59

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/oldfashionedgirl_06_alcott_128kb.mp3
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Chapter 8 is PL OK! Interesting time jump - all the voices sound older now!
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Elizabby wrote: July 18th, 2018, 6:11 amInteresting time jump - all the voices sound older now!
Wow, I love that! :D
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Elizabby wrote: July 18th, 2018, 6:11 am Chapter 8 is PL OK! Interesting time jump - all the voices sound older now!
Yay! That was one of the hardest parts of this project-- glad we pulled it off! :clap:

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Chapter 6 is now PL OK! :clap: Well done!
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Wonderful! Thank you! I have almost been holding my breath every time this thread gets updated! Will have my next one in Next week hopefully :D
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Thanks for all your work, Tiffany! You are GREAT!! :)
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