Hamlet wrote: ↑February 25th, 2018, 7:51 amI listened because I was curious how a scene sounds when it's all put together. I didn't think of following along in the text, I admit. Perhaps I should do it again.
well, I am mostly the DPL for this all, but the scenes that I edit together I always prefer someone else to check as well, just to be sure. So anyone can volunteer, just mention it in the thread so the work is not done twice. To PL only listen to it all and check against the text that I didn't miss anything or put it in the wrong spot.
By the way, am I expected to edit scenes too?
for the moment I manage quite well. But yes, if in the end, more scenes come in at the same time, I would never refuse help from anyone. In the other Shakespeare small group plays, we shared the editing job among us all. Again, I note in the MW if a scene is ready to edit, and people post when they want to take care of one scene.
I have no idea how to change someone else's file to a format I can edit. I suspect it's simple to do, but I don't know how.
you are using Audacity, right ? It is indeed simple. Download the mp3 file from the MW, then in Audacity, go to File - Open - and choose the mp3 file. And Audacity will convert it back into an Audacity file, which you can cut out and edit together as you please.
I usually do it this way:
1) download all the characters from one section/ scene
2) open them all in seperate Audacity windows
3) use the Narrator file and save is as kinglear_1_3 (for scene 1.3. for example)
4) start reading along with the text, let the narrator run. Once the first character speaks their lines, for example Goneril, go to the Goneril file, cut out the first speech and paste it in the first spot in the Narrator file. Then go to Oswald file, cut out the first speech and paste it after Goneril, then maybe the narrator says something again, and so on.
5) in the end listen to it all again, and adjust silent spaces in between so it sounds good
Oh sometimes, like with your Albany in 5.1., I first decrease the volume of one entire file, so the sound is almost the same for all of the speakers.
It's a bit of fiddling around and I already had 12 characters open in one scene once
that's a bit of a logistic nightmare (it took me two hours to assemble I think), but if one is organised, conscientious and has time and patience, then it actually isn't that difficult. It's basically only a copy/paste job.
If you want to try it once, I would suggest starting with a short scene with only two or three characters. Craig started out that way as well in the last project and he did excellently.
Sonia
Tomas so desperately trying to be female while I am desperately trying to be male. 
But it works great in this scene. I like the inter-action between Goneril and Oswald.
20 miles still counts 
The slow drift into the abysses of his mind are very nicely and gradually acted out. I can only imagine what mayhem it will be to have Tom, the Fool and Lear interact together