COMPLETE: The American Bee Journal, Volume XXXIII, No. 4, January 25, 1894, by Various -jo

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The American Bee Journal, Volume XXXIII, No. 4, January 25, 1894, by Various

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/the-american-bee-journal-volume-33-4-jan-25-1894/

The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sale of pure honey. Published every Wednesday, by Thomas G. Newman, Editor and Proprietor” In this issues are topics from "Selling Extracted Honey at Retail" to "Danger in Climbing for Swarms" (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59284

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Business & Economics; *Non-fiction/Nature

Keywords that describe the book: honey, apiary, apiculture, beeswax, honey comb, edward kretchmer, sierra nevada mountains, sugar syrup, brace-combs, langstroth

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Section # of The American Bee Journal, Volume XXXIII, No. 4, January 25, 1894. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The American Bee Journal, Volume XXXIII, No. 4, January 25, 1894, by Various. Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The American Bee Journal, Volume 33, No. 4, January 25, 1894"
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: americanbeejournaljan1894_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. americanbeejournaljan1894_01_various_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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Last edited by silverquill on November 11th, 2021, 10:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
~ Larry
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Time to roll out a new issue.'

DPL will be brownrottger again.
Thank you Christine. :9:
~ Larry
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Hi Larry. I can MC again. I'll get this set up soon, but first I must do a little recording while everything is quiet... :wink:
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knotyouraveragejo wrote: November 6th, 2021, 9:49 pm Hi Larry. I can MC again. I'll get this set up soon, but first I must do a little recording while everything is quiet... :wink:
Heh, heh -- me too!
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silverquill wrote: November 6th, 2021, 7:56 pm Time to roll out a new issue.'

DPL will be brownrottger again.
Thank you Christine. :9:
Yay!
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Thank you!

MW is filled out, or is it filled in?
Did the house burn up, or burn down?
(Just try teaching English prepositions to ESL students. :roll: )

Anyway, we are READY FOR READERS!
~ Larry
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Hi Larry
Can I take section 9 as I am intrigued by the title?
Alan
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Hi Larry
I think the source text click-on may be to the wrong issue :hmm:
Alan
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~ Larry
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alanmapstone wrote: November 7th, 2021, 8:55 pm Hi Larry
I think the source text click-on may be to the wrong issue :hmm:
Sure. It's a short little bit.

Your are right about the link to the issue.
Quite a shock when I went to read my section. :shock:
Now corrected.
~ Larry
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silverquill wrote: November 11th, 2021, 11:01 pm Here is my little short section, Ready for PL
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/americanbeejournaljan1894_15_various_128kb.mp3 3:15
Section 15 is PL Ok!
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Post by SeagullGracie »

Hello Silverquill,

I’m a newbie, just submitted my 1 minute sample. Could I do some of this beekeeping project? I recorded section 10 already if you can use it or want to take a listen. Well after getting oriented to the recording and editing, and 1 minute piece and getting some basics read, I’m getting the feeling I should dive back in and learn what the right way is to ask to record and submit something — sorry if I’m jumping the gun!

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SeagullGracie wrote: December 1st, 2021, 8:14 pm Hello Silverquill,

I’m a newbie, just submitted my 1 minute sample. Could I do some of this beekeeping project? I recorded section 10 already if you can use it or want to take a listen. Well after getting oriented to the recording and editing, and 1 minute piece and getting some basics read, I’m getting the feeling I should dive back in and learn what the right way is to ask to record and submit something — sorry if I’m jumping the gun!

Seagull Gracie
Hi, Gracie!
I'm glad to hear of your interest in LibriVox. I think you will enjoy your time here.

Yes, you are jumping the gun, but I appreciate your enthusiasm. :wink:

Wait to get some feedback and an official OK on your test recording. It is important to make sure that all of your settings are in order before you go much further.

I did just take a quick listen to your recording, and I love your reading style! :D
There are a few technical issues, however. First, the volume is too low. Our target is 89 dB with an acceptable range of 86-91 dB and yours measures 85.3, so it needs to be amplified about 3 dB. I'll post a blurb below on two programs that may help you below.

The is also a loud background hum, so you need to do some noise reduction. There is a good tutorial on that for Audacity. I will say that the biggest issue in this is using an internal microphone. They have very poor audio quality and are susceptible to this background noise as well as the reverb that appears in this recording, giving the "hollow room" effect.

Let me know how you want to be listed in the LibriVox catalog -- real name, pseudonym or any nickname you wish. This is how you will be credited for all of your LV work. Then I'll assign you this section, and if you want to upload what you've recorded, I'd be glad to listen to it.

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Here are two programs that I use to adjust the volume of recordings:

1. CHECKER
https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Checker

This little program was written specifically for LibriVox, and is very easy to use.
Just drag your file to the Checker window, and it will quickly check it for all LibriVox specifications and give you a report.

One of the measurements is the volume in decibels. Use the Amplify feature under the Effect menu in Audacity to adjust the volume, by setting the value to plus or minus to bring the recording close to the LV target of 89 dB.

2. ReplayGain
https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Measuring_Volume_within_Audacity

This article will introduce you to ReplayGain, which is a plugin specifically for Audacity. There is a link to download it and a link to a tutorial on how to use it. Once installed, it is easy to use. Depending on your version of Audacity, it will appear either in the Analyze menu or the Effects menu. ReplayGain can be selected to analyze the recording, giving a reading of how many decibels, plus or minus, that the recording is off from the target. It is then easy to use the Audacity Amplify feature to make the adjustment before exporting the file.
~ Larry
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