[COMPLETE] [DramReading] The Story Girl by L. M. Montgomery - tg

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benderca
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Excellent, Diego! Thanks!
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Nice acting, Diego!

Your volume is still too low - they're even lower than before.
Chapter 9: 75.4 dB
Chapter 10: 74.2 dB
Chapter 11: 72.4 dB

And we want 86-92 dB.

I suspect that your microphone setting in Audacity is still set too low. Try setting your Recording Volume to 0.86 in Audacity. Also my external microphone also has a place to control the recording volume. On my Yeti Blue it's on the back and is called "Gain". (I have it at about 10-11 o'clock).

Your background noise is low and the quality of the recording is good, so I can still use these recordings, but I have to raise the volume drastically. See if you can adjust your settings for future recordings, though, please.


Chapter 10 is PL OK!


Chapter 9:

At 0:22 you mispronounce "orchard" (Please pronounce it like this: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/orchard -- the US version).
"But come on down to the orchard."


At 0:43, you say "for" instead of "from":
"Just this. I bought a box from him for--for--something.


Chapter 11:

At 0:09, you left out the word "be":
"It would be all right if you could be sure the cannibals would be interrupted in the nick of time as his were,"

Thanks!
TJ
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benderca
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Chapter 10 ready for PL:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_10_montgomery_draft.mp3
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Hi! here is Donald Fraser updated version!

duration: 4:52 https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_donaldfraser_07_128kb.mp3
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Pianolil wrote: ↑October 22nd, 2020, 11:46 am Hi! here is Donald Fraser updated version!

duration: 4:52 https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_donaldfraser_07_128kb.mp3
Excellent! Thanks, Lily!
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Post by DiegoT »

Here is a bit of a dump for audio recordings:

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_09_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_10_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_11_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_12_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_13_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_14_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_dan_15_128kb.mp3

I'm not sure if chapters nine and eleven are the newly re-recorded versions, but let me know if not!
-Diego Tablett
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benderca
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Yay! This is a greatly appreciated data dump! Thanks, Diego!
TJ
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Salvationist wrote: ↑September 8th, 2020, 1:56 pm
benderca wrote: ↑September 4th, 2020, 3:32 pm Fantastic, David! I love your Scottish accent! I hope you will take a larger role in the Story Girl sequel. Great to have you aboard!

Could you please add one paraphrased line from page 4 (it's mixed in with the Story Girl's line, so it's easy to miss):

"Neil had plenty of news to tell. And the more whisky he drank the more he told. He didn't notice that Donald was not taking much. Neil talked on and on, and of course he soon began to tell things it would have been much wiser not to tell. Finally he told Donald that he was going over the bay to ask Nancy Sherman that very night to marry him. And if she would have him, then Donald and all the folks should see a wedding that WAS a wedding.

Thanks,
TJ
Thanks for the encouragement, TJ! I have recorded the two lines you indicated and have reuploaded the file:

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_neilcampbell_07_128kb.mp3 1:12
Thanks, David! I have no idea how I missed this post, but it seems like I did. Ooops. :oops: I will PL it ASAP.
Thanks again,
TJ

UPDATE: Super reading, David! I love it! Neil Campbell is PL OK!
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benderca wrote: ↑October 30th, 2020, 2:34 pm Thanks, David! I have no idea how I missed this post, but it seems like I did. Ooops. :oops: I will PL it ASAP.
Thanks again,
TJ

UPDATE: Super reading, David! I love it! Neil Campbell is PL OK!
I'm glad to hear it, TJ! No worries about the wait. I look forward to listening to this project when it's finished; I really enjoy Lucy Maud Montgomery's writings.
Salvationist

Current focus: Acadia, The Watsons, and Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms
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benderca
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Pianolil wrote: ↑October 22nd, 2020, 11:46 am Hi! here is Donald Fraser updated version!

duration: 4:52 https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_donaldfraser_07_128kb.mp3
Thanks, Lily! You really bring Donald's character alive wonderfully! I have a good feeling for his charming, but calculating personality in your portrayal. Nice. :clap:

Donald Fraser is now PL OK!

Thanks a ton! There are lots of parts to choose from in the Story Girl sequel that I'll be launching soon.

TJ
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Salvationist wrote: ↑October 30th, 2020, 2:51 pm I'm glad to hear it, TJ! No worries about the wait. I look forward to listening to this project when it's finished; I really enjoy Lucy Maud Montgomery's writings.
Thanks for your patience, David. I love her writings too -- but I think this book, The Story Girl, is my favorite. I hadn't read it before I launched this project, but I have come to find that this book has a lot of depth and covers a large number of serious, controversial and intellectual topics, under the guise of simple children's musings -- which I find brilliant!

I will be launching the sequel soon and I hope you will join us (there are some larger men's roles that are new to the second book -- like the Awkward Man and the Story Girl's dad).
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AdamBielka wrote: ↑October 7th, 2020, 11:10 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_roger_24_128kb.mp3

Roger Chapter 24 -
I think this my last correction? Getting Bowen right finally hopefully! :P
Whoopsie Daisy... here's another one I missed. :oops: I will PL this one right now.

Thanks, Adam!
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AdamBielka wrote: ↑October 7th, 2020, 11:10 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storygirl_roger_24_128kb.mp3

Roger Chapter 24 -
I think this my last correction? Getting Bowen right finally hopefully! :P
Perfect! Uncle Roger Chapter 24 is PL OK!

...and that's a wrap for Uncle Roger! Nicely done! His character is so funny and your animated portrayal really brings Uncle Roger to life. Thanks so much, Adam! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Post by benderca »

Dan Chapter 12 is PL OK!

Nice laughing, Diego! :lol:

(Note: Dan & Felix edited into chapter 12).
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benderca
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Post by benderca »

Wow! Diego, nice acting! We now see a different side of Dan (the worried, dramatic side). :D

Just one note for Chapter 13:

Your second line, at about 9 seconds reads "I wasn't," (I hear "it" instead of "I").

After you correct that line, I'll be able to finish editing chapter 13 and it will be ready for PL. Yay!

Thanks, Diego!
Last edited by benderca on October 31st, 2020, 9:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
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