COMPLETE[GROUP]Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 16 (Multilingual) by Shakespeare - thw

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Funeral Elegy by W.S. is the one i would like to do
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You don't need permission in advance for this project. And if we end up with multiple copies of the same monologue, who cares?

Highly recommend you do the One Minute Test so we can ensure your equipment is working properly before you submit something for real.

Thanks, Todd
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Juls11 wrote: February 3rd, 2021, 6:03 pm
ToddHW wrote: February 2nd, 2021, 5:33 am
Juls11 wrote: February 1st, 2021, 9:56 pm
Please see REVISED reading...THANKS, Juls11.
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_revisedleonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3
I'm not sure the additional edits help as much as you would want. The recording and any edits you made to Out Damned Spot ended up sounding better. What did you do differently for that reading than for this one? You might try a new recording of this one with the same setup.

Can you please upload with the same name as your original? - that is what is now linked in the MW, and when you upload a new version, it replaces the old file.

Thanks, Todd
I can try again, and this time maybe I'll be less enthusiastic with applying the noise reduction edit :)
I'll be sure to use the same file name when uploading.
THANKS again.

Juls11
Here's revision #2 of Leonato's Garden by Beatrice from 'Much Ado About Nothing'. (01:09)...Thanks!
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_leonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3
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Again - feedback only since you asked.

Better, more like your Lady MacBeth recording.

However, you had major volume changes in the recording, and all of it was very quiet. I tried to amplify it enough to listen and had to boost some parts by 12 dB and other parts even by 30 dB. I uploaded a version (what is now linked to the MW) with the volume boosted varying amounts throughout to give a more consistent output level. You can listen to that and see if it suits you. If you like that version, we could use that.

However, I suggest that you try editing to adjust the volumes on your copy, as this will be a necessary skill to learn for working with all your recordings. Using Audacity? In that case you mark a section of the recording, and then use the "Effect/Amplify" command from the drop-down menu. Peaks on your recording should reach or slightly exceed the 0.5 level on the scale, with maybe a few portions that go higher where you really want one section louder than the rest.

Thanks, Todd
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Juls11 wrote: February 3rd, 2021, 6:03 pm
ToddHW wrote: February 2nd, 2021, 5:33 am
Juls11 wrote: February 1st, 2021, 9:56 pm
Please see REVISED reading...THANKS, Juls11.
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_revisedleonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3
I'm not sure the additional edits help as much as you would want. The recording and any edits you made to Out Damned Spot ended up sounding better. What did you do differently for that reading than for this one? You might try a new recording of this one with the same setup.

Can you please upload with the same name as your original? - that is what is now linked in the MW, and when you upload a new version, it replaces the old file.

Thanks, Todd
I can try again, and this time maybe I'll be less enthusiastic with applying the noise reduction edit :)
I'll be sure to use the same file name when uploading.
THANKS again.

Juls11
Here is the revised version (Feb 20th) of Act 111, Scene 1 Leonato's Garden by Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing.
(1:33)
Thanks. ENJOY your weekend!
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_leonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3

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Nice.

I did amplify it by a uniform 16 dB to be audible on my computer, but other than that clear and natural sounding.

Thank you, Todd
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Post by JoannaHoyt »

This is my first venture into this category--criticism/feedback very welcome.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_soyoumustbethefirst_jmh_128kb.mp3
Measure for Measure, act 2, scene 2
“So you must be the first that gives this sentence,” spoken by Isabella
English
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23045/23045-h/23045-h.htm#sceneII_2
1:27
Back from a low-internet no-Librivox year in Georgia. Glad to be with you again.
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Thank you.

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Juls11 wrote: February 20th, 2021, 12:23 pm Here is the revised version (Feb 20th) of Act 111, Scene 1 Leonato's Garden by Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing.
(1:33)
Thanks. ENJOY your weekend!
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_leonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3

Juls11
Sorry for my delay here.

The recording is great, there is just too much silence at the end. There are ten seconds, when there should be five. :)
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JoannaHoyt wrote: February 23rd, 2021, 5:17 pm This is my first venture into this category--criticism/feedback very welcome.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_soyoumustbethefirst_jmh_128kb.mp3
Measure for Measure, act 2, scene 2
“So you must be the first that gives this sentence,” spoken by Isabella
English
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23045/23045-h/23045-h.htm#sceneII_2
1:27
The recording is very good, very clear, all spechs correct, all round PL OK! :thumbs:
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Leni wrote: March 1st, 2021, 6:50 pm
Juls11 wrote: February 20th, 2021, 12:23 pm Here is the revised version (Feb 20th) of Act 111, Scene 1 Leonato's Garden by Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing.
(1:33)
Thanks. ENJOY your weekend!
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_leonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3

Juls11
Sorry for my delay here.

The recording is great, there is just too much silence at the end. There are ten seconds, when there should be five. :)
Thanks. The new version with less silence at the end has been uploaded. ENJOY your day.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_leonatosgarden_j_128kb.mp3
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In case anyone wonders why we care about the ending silence: we discovered many years ago that some brands of mp3 players must have a certain amount of silence at the end or they will cut the playback short. The rule used to be 5 seconds for shorter pieces and 10 seconds for longer pieces, but now the 5 seconds seems sufficient for all players so we have settled on that one number.

Thanks, Todd
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Post by HannaPonomarenko »

Hi Todd!
I've just discovered tons of Shakespeare's plays translated into Russian http://az.lib.ru/s/shekspir_w/

I think it will destroy the beauty of your first post, because now we have many translation variants for every single Shakespeare's work)

UPD. So I've started with All's Well That Ends Well. Please let me know if these sources are ok. Then I'll work the rest of the list during a week maybe :lol:

Перевод П. И. Вейнберга (1868) http://az.lib.ru/s/shekspir_w/text_0790oldorfo.shtml
Перевод П. А. Каншина (1893) http://az.lib.ru/s/shekspir_w/text_1602_end_kanshin_oldorfo.shtml
Перевод Н. Х. Кетчера (1864) http://az.lib.ru/s/shekspir_w/text_1864_all_good_oldorfo.shtml
Перевод А. Л. Соколовского (1883) http://az.lib.ru/s/shekspir_w/text_1893_alls_well_oldorfo.shtml

Thank you
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Post by Expralitemonk »

Hi there

Noticed we were lacking some Love's Labour's Lost, so hope these are ok!

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_atimemethinkstooshorttomakeaworldwithoutendbargainin_hd_128kb.mp3
Loves Labours Lost, Act 5, Scene 2
'A time methinks too short to make a world-without-end bargain in' by the Princess
English
https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/
1:41

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/sm16_goodlordboyetmybeautythoughbutmean_hd_128kb.mp3
Loves Labours Lost, Act 2, Scene 1
'Good lord Boyet, my beauty though but mean' by the Princess
English
https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/
1:29
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Thank you.

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