[COMPLETE] It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade - tg

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https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/itisnevertoolatetomend_04_reade_128kb.mp3

27' 56"

Well here is chapter three, after much time spent. Having to kick-start use my rather stroke-damaged brain and wobbly fingers (thankfully, the voice has ALMOST recovered, but can slur and lose articulation when I am tired.. so I only record after a good sleep!).

I have PL'd it pretty thoroughly too, but, of course, leave it to Librivox to find any additional mistakes that passed my scrutiny.

Please remind me, WHY is it section FOUR after only three chapters into the book? I am puzzled, but my memory is not what it was before my strokes.

On a technical note:

I can recommend to other narrators, where only a single word is found to be wrong or even missing: seeking out another version OF that word IN the already recorded text, particularly if it appears in a narrator-only part of the reading; then 'surgically' copying it, (NOT CUTTING it obviously), and then trying, (hopefully successfully) to replace it IN the faulty sentence, (having first, extracted and deleted the incorrect word).
It CAN work, if you also use a tiny bit (almost microscopic- so zoom in!) of 'fade in' and 'fade out', on both ends on the INSERT word and then a 'fade in' on the succeeding word. This should smooth and naturalize the transition. Doing this avoids having to re-configure your studio set-up for re-takes to ensure that both the EQ and distance from mic are exactly the same for a good vocal match, and getting the same emotional pitch of the inserted sentence, as near to the edited raw original as possible( before any processing or noise reduction, de-essing and normalisation has been done). THEN add the mastering effects to the finished the wav file, BEFORE converting it to mp3 for upload.
Good luck!
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how about section 13?
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Wow! You all have been busy! I've got some listening to do. :)

NCarrington - it's section 4 but only chapter 3 because the first chapter was divided into two parts. :)
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Chapter 7:

2 seconds of silence at the beginning; please cut it down to ~0.5 to 1 second.

13:38 - "passed over the dwellers" - slight stutter. Should be fairly easy to zoom in and cut out the stutter.

13:44 - "did her some little good to... to discover" - slight stutter that should also be fairly easy to cut out.

about 3 seconds of silence at the end; please add 2 to make it 5. :)

I'd probably have passed over the two stutters, but since you have to go in to fix the beginning and end silences, you might as well work on those, too. :) I recommend starting with the last edits and working forward; that way the time stamps don't change.


Chapter 3:

3 seconds of silence at the beginning; please cut it down to ~0.5 to 1 second.

Intro - please just call this Chapter 3. It is the full chapter, not divided into parts, so it's just "Chapter 3" with no "part". :)

27:45 - "End of chapter 3" is all that's needed. :)

I didn't hear any slurring or anything. Very nicely read!
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Chapter 6: PL OK!
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https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/itsnevertoolatetomend_04_reade_128kb.mp3

Hi Tricia.
Updated and altered as required.

Length of file:27'-50".553

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Did you accidentally upload the older file? This one is the same run time as before - 27:55 rather than 27:50 - and has the same edits needed as the previous file. :hmm:
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By the end, do you mean the very end, or the end of the read text?
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For the 5 seconds of silence? The very, very end, after the "End of chapter".
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That'll do it. 8-) Good job on the edits!
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Hi Tricia
Chapter 8 has a French phrase in it. My French accent is atrocious :) Does it matter if I butcher it? It may not be as bad as I think. What are your thoughts on this matter?
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I'm bad at French, too. :)

You have a few options:
1. Post for help on the forum. There's a thread in the Need Help? Got Advice? forum for pronunciation help: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=40285
2. Find help online. I think Google Translate has audio, but I'd recommend personal help from the forum over this.
3. Throw the chapter back into the mix for someone else to record. 8-) Yes, I'm serious!

I do think getting at least some help is best. Then if it ends up passable, it's good enough. It doesn't have to be perfect, but I would prefer it isn't totally butchered.
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