(Complete) The Heart of a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune - lt

Solo or group recordings that are finished and fully available for listeners
Post Reply
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

The Heart of a Dog, by Albert Payson Terhune (1872 - 1942)

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-heart-of-a-dog-by-albert-payson-terhune/


Dogs! Many of us love them and they love us unconditionally. But is he a soft teddy bear or a ferocious guard dog?
Source text (please read only from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61429

Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.

Claiming sections: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available sections. Post a reply in this thread asking for the section you would like to record.
Readers should claim all sections of a chapter, please
New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. When you post your file, please tell the BC what name you would like to use in our catalog.

Prooflistening level: Standard
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.

Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

Magic Window:



BC Admin
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Payson_Terhune ( Albert Payson Terhune)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 9
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known):
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
[*]Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
[/list]
========================================

Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Animals & Nature

Keywords that describe the book: dog, Friendship, loyalty, collie

========================================

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 #[/i] of The Heart of a Dog. 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 Heart of a Dog, by Albert Payson Terhune. Section Title and Part #."
Please note that the reader chooses where to end each section, but please make each section in the chapter roughly equal in length.

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 Heart of a Dog, by Albert Payson Terhune."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: heartofadog_##_terhune_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. heartofadog_01_terhune_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
Image
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)

MC to select: lt - Lynnet

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
AnnaBae
Posts: 13
Joined: February 17th, 2021, 8:33 pm

Post by AnnaBae »

Can I claim sections 1 and 2? These will be my first recordings so let me know if you have any tips :)
-Anna
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

AnnaBae wrote: February 21st, 2021, 9:15 am Can I claim sections 1 and 2? These will be my first recordings so let me know if you have any tips :)
-Anna
I have assigned those sections.
You will discover what works best for you as you gain experience... it is different for everyone.
But this will get you started:

1. Eliminate all extraneous noises... wait until the person upstairs finishes vacuuming, or the neighbor finishes drum practice (an issue I had at our last house :roll: ), etc.
2. Keep your mouth moist... I keep a glass of water beside me, some recommend tea; chapstick also helps eliminate mouth pops.
3. Be sure to read the disclaimer at the beginning. This is a legal requirement.
4. When you misread something (we all do it), don’t stop the recording, but go back and reread the sentence.
5. Try recording in one session. If you have to stop e.g. to answer the door, pause the recording rather than stop it.
6. Edit! It’s the reader’s responsibility to get the recording to close to publication- ready as possible. So go back and cut out those flubs and stumbles.
7. Run noise cleaning.
8. Save the file as stated in the first post and upload it.

Any specific issues, feel free to ask. Apart from that, wait and see if there are PL notes and we can address them at the time.
AndrewSproule
Posts: 3
Joined: January 22nd, 2021, 9:55 pm
Location: Philadelphia

Post by AndrewSproule »

Request to claim section 3 and 4 ('The Coming of Lad Part 1', and 'The Coming of Lad Part 2')

Name: Andrew Sproule

Question: In the text, I see Chapter TWO, The Coming of Lad. I don't see "Part 1" or "Part 2". I will read the full section, assuming this covers both parts? Please advise if I'm missing something.
AndrewSproule
Posts: 3
Joined: January 22nd, 2021, 9:55 pm
Location: Philadelphia

Post by AndrewSproule »

Hi Lynnet,

Here is my first recording, edited and passed by checker app, of Chapter 2: The Coming of Lad (which I believe encompasses section 3 and 4).

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/022121_mix_the-coming-of-lad_librivox-vo_v4.mp3

Recorded by: AndrewSproule

Please advise.

Note: I realize I didn't get the official permission of "assigned". I had time to kill so I went ahead and recorded and edited, but if for any reason this had been taken by someone else, I understand.

Thanks!
Andrew
AnnaBae
Posts: 13
Joined: February 17th, 2021, 8:33 pm

Post by AnnaBae »

Thanks so much for the advice Lynnet, it was super helpful. Here is my recording for section 1. Hopefully it sounds good and works well, but let me know if there is anything I need to fix, and I will keep working on the second half of the chapter (section 2).

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/heartofadog_01_terhune_128kbps.mp3

Again, Thanks so much for your help!
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

AndrewSproule wrote: February 21st, 2021, 9:06 pm Hi Lynnet,

Here is my first recording, edited and passed by checker app, of Chapter 2: The Coming of Lad (which I believe encompasses section 3 and 4).

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/022121_mix_the-coming-of-lad_librivox-vo_v4.mp3

Recorded by: AndrewSproule

Please advise.

Note: I realize I didn't get the official permission of "assigned". I had time to kill so I went ahead and recorded and edited, but if for any reason this had been taken by someone else, I understand.

Thanks!
Andrew
:lol: That often happens, and as long as you understand the risk, I have no problems with it. I notice you have not followed the desired file naming protocol. Wait to see if there are edits needed, but please be more careful in future.


In answer to your question about the parts... we don’t like recordings over about an hour (which is 8,000-9,000 words, depending on the speed of the reader). It’s not a hard rule (it used to be)... but I ask readers to divide their chapters fairly evenly, according to where makes sense.
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

AnnaBae wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 1:18 am Thanks so much for the advice Lynnet, it was super helpful. Here is my recording for section 1. Hopefully it sounds good and works well, but let me know if there is anything I need to fix, and I will keep working on the second half of the chapter (section 2).

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/heartofadog_01_terhune_128kbps.mp3

Again, Thanks so much for your help!
Thank you
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

Section 1 PL OK
Very nice reading. Clear, well-paced and good expression :thumbs: :thumbs:
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

Section 3
Some of the pauses are too long. 2-3 seconds is about right.
Please change the outro to "end of section 3"
Please cut the end silence to 5 seconds.
When you upload the corrected file, please use the file name heartofadog_03_terhune_128kb.mp3
AnnaBae
Posts: 13
Joined: February 17th, 2021, 8:33 pm

Post by AnnaBae »

Here is sections 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/heartofadog_02_terhune_128kb.mp3
The file duration is 33:25
Again, let me know if any improvements are needed :D
Also I am not sure if it is allowed, but I would love to read another chapter if it is okay to do more than one in a project. If it is allowed could I claim the Afterword (sections 19)?
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

AnnaBae wrote: February 24th, 2021, 12:23 am Here is sections 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/heartofadog_02_terhune_128kb.mp3
The file duration is 33:25
Again, let me know if any improvements are needed :D
Also I am not sure if it is allowed, but I would love to read another chapter if it is okay to do more than one in a project. If it is allowed could I claim the Afterword (sections 19)?
Thank you.
I have signed you up for section 19. It is absolutely allowed :thumbs: You need to check the first post of any project you sign up for to see if there are restrictions. The default is none, but sometimes the BC (Book Coordinator) changes that.
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

Section 2
~10:52 stumble "at a fab... at a fabulous"
AnnaBae
Posts: 13
Joined: February 17th, 2021, 8:33 pm

Post by AnnaBae »

Lynnet wrote: February 25th, 2021, 7:59 am Section 2
~10:52 stumble "at a fab... at a fabulous"
Hi Lynette,
The stumble was written into the text here is the quote:
"Some silver foxes are cheap at $1,000.... If every silver fox in the world should be pelted in November or December, when the fur is prime, they could all be disposed of in a city the size of New York, in less than a week, at a fab—at a fab’lous sum." If it is too confusing though I am happy to change it. Let me know
Lynnet
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 33226
Joined: September 16th, 2012, 7:07 pm
Location: In the desert

Post by Lynnet »

AnnaBae wrote: February 25th, 2021, 2:09 pm
Lynnet wrote: February 25th, 2021, 7:59 am Section 2
~10:52 stumble "at a fab... at a fabulous"
Hi Lynette,
The stumble was written into the text here is the quote:
"Some silver foxes are cheap at $1,000.... If every silver fox in the world should be pelted in November or December, when the fur is prime, they could all be disposed of in a city the size of New York, in less than a week, at a fab—at a fab’lous sum." If it is too confusing though I am happy to change it. Let me know
That’s fine. I don’t typically read along, so stumbles in the rest aren’t always obvious.
Post Reply