COMPLETE [Short Stories] Myths and Legends Around the World (in English) Collection 12-mas

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 20th, 2021, 6:54 am

easy to do

no worries!

echo90 · Post by **echo90** » October 20th, 2021, 2:52 pm

Hello,
I just posted a myth for collection 12
Name: Horned Toad and Giants
Source : Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 07 : Along the Rocky Range by Charles M. Skinner
Website: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6612
Link of post: https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_hornedtoadandgaints_skinner_ca_128kb.mp3
Length: 4mins 14 sec

Thank you,
Cillia Ajaegbu

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 20th, 2021, 3:22 pm

echo90 wrote: ↑October 20th, 2021, 2:52 pm Hello,
I just posted a myth for collection 12
Name: Horned Toad and Giants
Source : Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 07 : Along the Rocky Range by Charles M. Skinner
Website: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6612
Link of post: https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_hornedtoadandgaints_skinner_ca_128kb.mp3
Length: 4mins 14 sec

Thank you,
Cillia Ajaegbu

Welcome to LibriVox, Cillia! And thank you for contributing to this project.

Your story is loaded, and will be proofed tomorrow.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 21st, 2021, 4:33 pm

slavictatra wrote: ↑October 19th, 2021, 11:48 pm Good afternoon. Here is the source link, it was silly of me to forget including it:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11582/pg11582-images.html

Kind regards,

Olly AG

Nicely recorded, thanks, Olly! The Golden Age is PL OK

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 21st, 2021, 4:54 pm

echo90 wrote: ↑October 20th, 2021, 2:52 pm Hello,
I just posted a myth for collection 12
Name: Horned Toad and Giants
Source : Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 07 : Along the Rocky Range by Charles M. Skinner
Website: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6612
Link of post: https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_hornedtoadandgaints_skinner_ca_128kb.mp3
Length: 4mins 14 sec

Thank you,
Cillia Ajaegbu

Hi, Cillia,

This is a great story, and so well read! (And being a Coloradan, it strikes my fancy.)

I have a couple edits we'll need you to make on the file, if you can please do those, then re-export to mp3 and upload the new version. Here's the PL Note:

Three things can be fixed: The beginning and ending silences; the volume of the first word; and Noise Reduction.

I know you're new to LibriVox, so forgive me if I give you information about editing that you're already familiar with. I was thoroughly bemused by all the new information when I started, so I share a lot now. I'm going to paste in the tutorials I have on hand so that you'll have that info, and so others can pick it up, too (it is how I learned most of what I can do now). All these instructions assume you're using the Audacity recording software. If you're using another platform, perhaps you can find similar pathways for the edits.

Open your file, and zoom the track in until you can see the tick marks for the half-seconds.

1 - Fix the beginning and ending silences.

This is a simple fix. Just highlight however much of each one you need to clip off, and push delete. The front silence should be 1 second; end silence should be 5 seconds. (Right now they are 4 and 14)

2 - Increase the volume of the first word.

Now highlight the waveforms of the first word, "Horned." (Right now it looks like a thick line instead of a waveform.)
In the drop-down menu for Effects, select Amplify
Type an 18 in the top box, ignore the bottom box, and click OK

3 - Noise Reduction. (This is a two-part procedure)

Now highlight the longest portion of noisy silence available. (Your front and end silences are crystal clean, so don't use those. I would highlight the space before your final phrase, "End of . . . "
(Make SURE you don't also capture part of the words before or after this space.)
With that highlighted, in the Effects menu, select Noise Reduction
Click "Get Noise Profile"
Now highlight the entire track by pushing Control-A
Open Noise Reduction again
Use the numbers 12, 6, 3 in the three variables boxes, from top to bottom, and make sure the radio button for "Reduce" is selected at the bottom.
Click OK.

Voila! All finished. Now just export to mp3 and upload that new file.

And that will give you a most excellent recording for your Horned Toad and Giants story

dckabir · Post by **dckabir** » October 23rd, 2021, 7:16 pm

Hi

Title: Indian Fairy Tales

Editor: Joseph Jacobs

Farmer and the moneylender
Sun Moon and Wind went out to dinner

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7128/pg7128-images.html

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_farmerandmoneylender_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_sunmoonwind_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

Thank you

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 23rd, 2021, 9:00 pm

Thank you very much, dckabir. These are both loaded and will be PL'd tomorrow.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 26th, 2021, 2:12 pm

dckabir wrote: ↑October 23rd, 2021, 7:16 pm Hi

Title: Indian Fairy Tales

Editor: Joseph Jacobs

Farmer and the moneylender
Sun Moon and Wind went out to dinner

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7128/pg7128-images.html

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_farmerandmoneylender_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_sunmoonwind_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

Thank you

(I am so sorry to take longer than I expected. My old kitty got very feeble suddenly and needed close attention and help throughout the days. She has passed, though, and my time is all my own again.)

Welcome to LibriVox!

Your stories are perfect for this collection, and you've read them so nicely.

Both of the stories are too low in volume for LibriVox, and both of them need to have their front and end silences fixed - but it is easy to fix both things.

For each story, Please do the following edits.

I'm only familiar with the Audacity software. If that's what you're using, here's how to fix the decibels:

Open the recording
Click Control-A to select the entire track
From the Effects drop-down menu, select Amplify
Type 8 in the top box (ignore everything else)
Click OK

Now to fix the front and end silences:

For each story, zoom in the track until you can see the half-second marks.

Farmer and Money Lender is good at the front, but the end silence is only 1 second long. It needs to be 5 seconds, so please place the cursor at the end of the track and record 4 more seconds of silence.
Sun, Moon, Wind has 11 seconds up front - Please highlight and delete enough silence to make this be 1 second long.
This story's end has only 1/2 second, so please place the cursor at the end, and record enough silence there to make it be 5 seconds.

Now you can re-export each file to mp3 and upload the new files the same way you did the first time. Don't forget to post again.

If you are using a different recording program, perhaps you can find a similar method for amplifying the recordings.

These are otherwise wonderful! Thank you very much for contributing!

dckabir · Post by **dckabir** » October 27th, 2021, 10:49 am

Hi Lynette

Sorry to hear about your cat, hope you are doing okay.

Really appreciate your instructions with the editing. I'm an amateur at this, but your explanation made things pretty simple. Only hope I've done it right.

So here are the new links for your review.

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_farmerandmoneylender_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_sunmoonwind_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

Thanks again.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 27th, 2021, 11:31 am

dckabir wrote: ↑October 27th, 2021, 10:49 am Hi Lynette

Sorry to hear about your cat, hope you are doing okay.

Really appreciate your instructions with the editing. I'm an amateur at this, but your explanation made things pretty simple. Only hope I've done it right.

So here are the new links for your review.

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_farmerandmoneylender_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_sunmoonwind_jacobs_dc_128kb.mp3

Thanks again.

Thank you for that. I am bummed, but we were prepared. She was the equivalent of 98 years old for humans! A long, good life.

Both of you stories are perfectly edited and are now PL OK

I hope to cross paths again with you in LibriVox.

Amergin · Post by **Amergin** » October 27th, 2021, 3:02 pm

Beira, Queen of Winter by Donald A. Mackenzie
Source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015007010823&view=1up&seq=30&skin=2021
MP3:
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_beiraqueenofwinter_mackenzie_ac_128kb.mp3
Length: 17:50

Note: I purposely left off the last paragraph because it is an introduction to the next chapter/story in the book, and not a part of this Beira story.

Thanks

Amanda

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 27th, 2021, 4:20 pm

Hi, Amanda! Nice to see you on this collection.

This is loaded and queued for PL.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 28th, 2021, 4:23 pm

Amergin wrote: ↑October 27th, 2021, 3:02 pm Beira, Queen of Winter by Donald A. Mackenzie
Source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015007010823&view=1up&seq=30&skin=2021
MP3:
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw012_beiraqueenofwinter_mackenzie_ac_128kb.mp3
Length: 17:50

Note: I purposely left off the last paragraph because it is an introduction to the next chapter/story in the book, and not a part of this Beira story.

Thanks
Amanda

Hello, again, Amanda

Beira, Queen of Winter is wonderfully recorded and PL OK

Thank you so much for contributing to our collection - and finding a new source book for us, even!

Dantaleon · Post by **Dantaleon** » October 31st, 2021, 4:51 am

Hello LCaulkins and all!

I am new to Librivox and was hoping to upload a Polish folk tale form one of the sources listed, but I wanted to ask if you wanted these as straight reads or if we could do voices or such as if I were reading it for my kids? This will be my first recording so I've no idea if this is something Librivox encourages or would rather we didn't

Please, let me know and I will then get straight on it!

Sincerely
Dantaleon

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » October 31st, 2021, 6:39 am

Dantaleon wrote: ↑October 31st, 2021, 4:51 am Hello LCaulkins and all!

I am new to Librivox and was hoping to upload a Polish folk tale form one of the sources listed, but I wanted to ask if you wanted these as straight reads or if we could do voices or such as if I were reading it for my kids? This will be my first recording so I've no idea if this is something Librivox encourages or would rather we didn't

Please, let me know and I will then get straight on it!

Sincerely
Dantaleon

Hello, Dantaleon! Welcome to LibriVox!

We would be very glad to have your Polish folk tale in our collection, and yes, you are absolutely welcome to do voices. I like to do those at times, myself.

(In fact, if you like doing that, you may enjoy helping out in the Dramatic Reading/Play corner of LibriVox - look on the board that is titled, Readers Wanted: Dramatic Works.)

I will need to make your Reader Page for you. What name would you like to use for that? This is what the public sees when they look at things from the audiobooks and the main Catalog. Some of us use our real name, some use our forum working name (the one you've posted with), and some make up a different nickname.