Complete [Politics/Philosophy]Enquiry Concerning Political Justice Vol.2- William Godwin-ag

[alg1001]

Hello. I am new and would like to volunteer for section 22. Please let me know. Thanks. I would like to be known as Michael J Thompson

Hi Michael,
I signed you up for the section. I strongly recommend you submit a one-minute test in the Listeners Forum to check your tech specs before you put in the work on a recording.
Thanks,
Amy

[TrulyGreg]

Hello. I have a problem with clipping and editing even though I already recorded everything twice. I don't think I can do this after all, sorry.

[alg1001]

Thank you for letting us know. I will reopen your section.
I hope your next one will go better. There are a lot of helpful videos
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=33439
and other sources in the Need Help forum.
Cheers,
Amy

[Arden]

28 up at 12:18. Thanks!


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

[alg1001]

Thanks, Arden! (I think I saw that documentary.)
-Amy

[williamjones]

28 up at 12:18. Thanks!


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

Section 28 PL notes: PL OK
2:16 heard "It is vah-ha-mently suspected"
s/b "It is vee-heh-mently suspected"

When I looked at the wave form of this file, I saw there was an unnatural uniformity in the top and bottom of the envelope. I thought that maybe you had found a Librivox Effect that produced this. Did you?

Then, when I started PLing, I noticed a complete lack of emphasis and vocal modulation in each and every sentence. It was very mechanical and very much like computer-generated speech. That "error" I noted above at 2:16 is very much like what a text-to-speech program would produce.

As Leonard Bernstein said of a young pianist: "He found all the right notes, but missed the music." This file has all the right words...

I am going to give this a PL OK solely on the basis of all the words being present. However, I hope you'll return to the more human style of your earlier recordings.

[williamjones]

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_46_godwin_128kb.mp3

Section 46 submitted, at 27:57

Jim, your accuracy remains excellent and in this section your pace and smoothness are much improved!
A very good job.

[Jddykst]

Thanks for the helpful feedback. After doing this for the past year or two, I've found out just how difficult it is, and I admire people who can do it well.

I know I have a tendency to be a little sing-song, with longer pauses between sentences and phrases. I try to edit those pauses out. Also, I've learned to increase the tempo by 3-4%, and I think that helps.

[williamjones]

Thanks for the helpful feedback. After doing this for the past year or two, I've found out just how difficult it is, and I admire people who can do it well.

I know I have a tendency to be a little sing-song, with longer pauses between sentences and phrases. I try to edit those pauses out. Also, I've learned to increase the tempo by 3-4%, and I think that helps.

Whatever you're doing, the results are good and noticeable.
One thing about the tempo value: I've found in my own recording that 8% is often not enough. The difference that 3 or 4% makes is often bare noticeable. Experiment with 8, 10 and 12% sometime. See what happens, then apply your best judgement. And never forget: my advice is worth every cent you paid for it.

[Arden]

28 up at 12:18. Thanks!


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

Section 28 PL notes: PL OK
2:16 heard "It is vah-ha-mently suspected"
s/b "It is vee-heh-mently suspected"

When I looked at the wave form of this file, I saw there was an unnatural uniformity in the top and bottom of the envelope. I thought that maybe you had found a Librivox Effect that produced this. Did you?

Then, when I started PLing, I noticed a complete lack of emphasis and vocal modulation in each and every sentence. It was very mechanical and very much like computer-generated speech. That "error" I noted above at 2:16 is very much like what a text-to-speech program would produce.

As Leonard Bernstein said of a young pianist: "He found all the right notes, but missed the music." This file has all the right words...

I am going to give this a PL OK solely on the basis of all the words being present. However, I hope you'll return to the more human style of your earlier recordings.

Thanks for your criticism, William. It hits me in the ego hard, because the pronunciation of "vehemently" is something I was once corrected by a friend for. I thought the stress was on the second syllable. Obviously I was not sufficiently corrected. I have reuploaded with the long E. As for the unnatural uniformity, I have only used Amplify to crop the DB down.

29 up at 8:06. I hope it is less wooden.


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_29_godwin_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

[Arden]

28 up at 12:18. Thanks!


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

Section 28 PL notes: PL OK
2:16 heard "It is vah-ha-mently suspected"
s/b "It is vee-heh-mently suspected"

When I looked at the wave form of this file, I saw there was an unnatural uniformity in the top and bottom of the envelope. I thought that maybe you had found a Librivox Effect that produced this. Did you?

Then, when I started PLing, I noticed a complete lack of emphasis and vocal modulation in each and every sentence. It was very mechanical and very much like computer-generated speech. That "error" I noted above at 2:16 is very much like what a text-to-speech program would produce.

As Leonard Bernstein said of a young pianist: "He found all the right notes, but missed the music." This file has all the right words...

I am going to give this a PL OK solely on the basis of all the words being present. However, I hope you'll return to the more human style of your earlier recordings.

Thanks for your criticism, William. It hits me in the ego hard, because the pronunciation of "vehemently" is something I was once corrected by a friend for. I thought the stress was on the second syllable. Obviously I was not sufficiently corrected. I have reuploaded with the long E. As for the unnatural uniformity, I have only used Amplify to crop the DB down.

29 up at 8:06. I hope it is less wooden.


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_29_godwin_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

(and Noise Reduction, of course)

[Arden]

37 up at 14:23. Thanks!


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_37_godwin_128kb.mp3

[williamjones]

28 up at 12:18. Thanks!

<snip>

Thanks for your criticism, William. It hits me in the ego hard, because the pronunciation of "vehemently" is something I was once corrected by a friend for. I thought the stress was on the second syllable. Obviously I was not sufficiently corrected. I have reuploaded with the long E. As for the unnatural uniformity, I have only used Amplify to crop the DB down.

29 up at 8:06. I hope it is less wooden.


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_29_godwin_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

Arden, please take a look at the wave form for section 29 (or 28, they both look the same) and then Section 17 which you submitted February 27th, 2021, 5:09 pm. (both below)



The difference is unmistakable. #29 looks and sounds like machine-generated audio and #17 shows the normal expressive variations of human speech. You cannot look at these two files that you, yourself, uploaded, and not see what I'm talking about. It's a mystery to me. I hope you can tell me what happened between Feb. and April to incur these changes.

[alg1001]

37 up at 14:23. Thanks!


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_37_godwin_128kb.mp3

Thanks, Arden!
-Amy

[Arden]

<snip>

Thanks for your criticism, William. It hits me in the ego hard, because the pronunciation of "vehemently" is something I was once corrected by a friend for. I thought the stress was on the second syllable. Obviously I was not sufficiently corrected. I have reuploaded with the long E. As for the unnatural uniformity, I have only used Amplify to crop the DB down.

29 up at 8:06. I hope it is less wooden.


https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_29_godwin_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/enquiry2_28_godwin_128kb.mp3

Arden, please take a look at the wave form for section 29 (or 28, they both look the same) and then Section 17 which you submitted February 27th, 2021, 5:09 pm. (both below)



The difference is unmistakable. #29 looks and sounds like machine-generated audio and #17 shows the normal expressive variations of human speech. You cannot look at these two files that you, yourself, uploaded, and not see what I'm talking about. It's a mystery to me. I hope you can tell me what happened between Feb. and April to incur these changes.

Thank you so much. I have been allowing clipping.