COMPLETE [poetry] Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land by Leland -ck

[Carolin]

Thank you

[Kitty]

Uploaded #8. Duration: 02:24.
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_08_leland_128kb.mp3
Please let me know if I need to adjust any settings before I record the next sections, or if I need to re-record this one. Thanks!

Hi Zachary, so I suppose you are eagerly awaiting your feedback, that's why I made this poem my priority First of all: the narration is wonderful you have a clear voice, a nice diction and an easy-to-follow pace. Perfect. Already I love to hear more from you.

Two things do need changing though, to make it LV-standard:

> your volume is way below our accepted limit of 86-92 dB. Yours is only 75.8 dB and I really had to crank it up a bit to hear it. No need to re-record ! If you are using Audacity it's easy to amplify. Please amplify the whole file with 13 dB and you'll be well inside our perfect volume.

> unfortunately the background noise will be amplified as well in the process, and I checked and did hear some noise in your spoken parts, after I amplified Since the end silence is totally clean still (you must have inserted clean silence there I suppose), you cannot take a sample from there, so here is what I did to clean that up:
- I selected a very short noisy part around the 0:27 mark to get the noise-sample, then I highlighted the entire recording and did the noise-cleaning on that sample.

> at 0:15: if you say "Note" it would be good if at the end you also say "End of Note", before launching into the poem. But let's ask Carolin first, if she wants notes included. Don't do anything yet until we hear back from her.

But you can go ahead and record the second poem if you wish. Apart from the volume, all was super

Sonia

[Carolin]

Thank you sonia! Not saying end of note is not a big deal, but since another edit is needed, it would be great if you could also add the "end of note" thank you!

[zgorelick]

Uploaded #8. Duration: 02:24.
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_08_leland_128kb.mp3
Please let me know if I need to adjust any settings before I record the next sections, or if I need to re-record this one. Thanks!

Hi Zachary, so I suppose you are eagerly awaiting your feedback, that's why I made this poem my priority First of all: the narration is wonderful you have a clear voice, a nice diction and an easy-to-follow pace. Perfect. Already I love to hear more from you.

Two things do need changing though, to make it LV-standard:

> your volume is way below our accepted limit of 86-92 dB. Yours is only 75.8 dB and I really had to crank it up a bit to hear it. No need to re-record ! If you are using Audacity it's easy to amplify. Please amplify the whole file with 13 dB and you'll be well inside our perfect volume.

> unfortunately the background noise will be amplified as well in the process, and I checked and did hear some noise in your spoken parts, after I amplified Since the end silence is totally clean still (you must have inserted clean silence there I suppose), you cannot take a sample from there, so here is what I did to clean that up:
- I selected a very short noisy part around the 0:27 mark to get the noise-sample, then I highlighted the entire recording and did the noise-cleaning on that sample.

> at 0:15: if you say "Note" it would be good if at the end you also say "End of Note", before launching into the poem. But let's ask Carolin first, if she wants notes included. Don't do anything yet until we hear back from her.

But you can go ahead and record the second poem if you wish. Apart from the volume, all was super

Sonia

Thanks so much for the kind words, Sonia, as well as the advice on amplifying and cleaning up the recording. I'll make it happen and see how it sounds.

Thanks again! And Carolin, I'll make sure to add the 'End Note' in the new edit.

All the feedback is very much appreciated!

- Zach

UPDATE:

Okay, Sonia and Carolin - attempt #2

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_08_leland_128kb.mp3

Let me know what you think!

- Zach

[Kitty]

Okay, Sonia and Carolin - attempt #2
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_08_leland_128kb.mp3
Let me know what you think!
- Zach

just to make sure: you did not re-record the whole thing, is that correct ? You only correct and amplified/cleaned ? Just so I know whether I can Spot PL or will have to listen from scratch.

Sonia

[zgorelick]

Okay, Sonia and Carolin - attempt #2
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_08_leland_128kb.mp3
Let me know what you think!
- Zach

just to make sure: you did not re-record the whole thing, is that correct ? You only correct and amplified/cleaned ? Just so I know whether I can Spot PL or will have to listen from scratch.

Sonia

Correct. Just followed your directions. Only added the "End of Note," amplified, and removed noise.

[Kitty]

Correct. Just followed your directions. Only added the "End of Note," amplified, and removed noise.

great, yes, perfectly PL ok now.

Now have fun with the next poem. I know I will have fun listening to it.

Sonia

[zgorelick]

Correct. Just followed your directions. Only added the "End of Note," amplified, and removed noise.

great, yes, perfectly PL ok now.

Now have fun with the next poem. I know I will have fun listening to it.

Sonia

Thanks so much! And you're in luck - I've just finished recording it!

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_16_leland_128kb.mp3 Duration: 02:13

Did the amplification / noise removal process on this one too. Hope I did it right lol

- Zach

[Kitty]

Thanks so much! And you're in luck - I've just finished recording it!
https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_16_leland_128kb.mp3 Duration: 02:13
Did the amplification / noise removal process on this one too. Hope I did it right lol

excellent, this passes muster (to stay in the sailor jargon ) I can mark this one PL ok immediately. Yes the amplification and noise-cleaning is correct this time. And as always, very entertainingly read.

Thanks !

Sonia

[Carolin]

Thank you both

[AlexandraWilhelmina]

If still available I'd love to read #6 and #9.

[Carolin]

Thank you

[silverquill]

Here they are. It was fun practicing a bit of Italian again and the poem is so easy, one can even understand the gist of it without speaking the lingo. I'd suggest you listen to the English first, it's an accurate translation and it will give you an idea what the poem is about.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_10_leland_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 2:39 min.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/songsoftheseaandlaysoftheland_11_leland_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 2:41 min.

Sonia

Oh, I saw these in the MW and thought I'd PL them before I saw this note. I found both to be PL OK, and so neatly read. You are amazing, Sonia!

(I could read a poem in Spanish, and I can get by with my Korean, probably pretty rusty with my Haitian Creole, and my Japanese is all but gone, although I did record some of Lafcadio Hearn that had a lot of Japanese names and some poems).

If you want to listen to them too, Carolin, they are quite enjoyable!

[Kitty]

Oh, I saw these in the MW and thought I'd PL them before I saw this note. I found both to be PL OK, and so neatly read. You are amazing, Sonia!

thank you Larry, for the nice feedback I'm glad you enjoyed them

So they are PL ok ? Then I'll change the status in the MW.

(I could read a poem in Spanish, and I can get by with my Korean, probably pretty rusty with my Haitian Creole, and my Japanese is all but gone, although I did record some of Lafcadio Hearn that had a lot of Japanese names and some poems).

wow Korean I imagine would be difficult, they are probably speaking in the same tonal voices like the Chinese, right ? You should try to find a short Korean poem for our multi-lingual project

Sonia

[DianaS]

Hi, may I read Section 31, The Story of Samuel Jackson ?