Hey Peter, hope all is productive at you're end of the microphone.lurcherlover wrote:A short poem would be a good test for using Reaper from the free trial download. You could record it several times and edit between different versions. If you want advice on shortcuts, setting up a customised version, or anything else, as well as the forum at http://forum.cockos.com/index.php I can give you tips as well.bubbaspeare wrote:
I did my Librivox test, got distracted, and still haven't done the short poem Librivox Admin recommend doing. Would like to give Reaper a try for that
Cheers
Bubba
You may need to import the edited file into Audacity (which takes just seconds) to then export it again as an MP3. This is very quick and easy.
If you download the Checker it will take your final file and check it to pass it or fail it on certain criteria. Once passed Librivox will accept the file (subject to no reading or editing errors) and you are home and dry.
Interesting reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 - surprise after the cockney accent in the intro. I liked the slow pace too, that's hard to do!
Peter
A quick question: have you found that with Reaper the gain level is especially low compared to Audacity?
I only ask because I don't know what I've done wrong here. The volume sounded all spiffy and loud on the Mac, which has no Internet connection, so the mp3 was then transferred to the PC for upload to the 'test' section here:
https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/test_bubbaspeare.mp3
For some reason the gain has fallen off dramatically. Don't know why. As you know, I am a complete idiot when it comes to anything technical. During the reign of the video cassette, I never once managed to record anything. Couldn't understand the manuals
I figure going the Reaper route will, by not having to read two manuals, save me time and tears in the long run.
Thanks Dude
Bubba