[COMPLETE] Zone Policeman 88: A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers - tg

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Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers by Harry A. Franck (1881 - 1962).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/zone-policeman-88-by-harry-a-franck/

Volunteers outside the USA: Harry A. Franck died in 1962. His work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years, and Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1954).
Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World, he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Panama as a census-taker and police officer. This work is a series of vignettes of the Panama Canal under construction, with plenty of color and dialect. NOTE: There are racial terms and attitudes expressed in this work that will be objectionable today. ( TriciaG)
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May I claim section 1?

Thanks, Todd
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Absolutely! :D
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Post by LaurenEmma3 »

Please could I have Chapter 3 part 1 and Chapter 3 part 2?

Thank-you,

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LaurenEmma3 wrote: May 12th, 2019, 6:37 am Please could I have Chapter 3 part 1 and Chapter 3 part 2?

Thank-you,

Lauren-Emma
Sections 4 and 5 are yours. Thanks! 8-)
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Here is Section 1. Great story, well told - even better for being true.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/zonepoliceman88_01_franck_128kb.mp3

Length 18:38

Thanks, Todd
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Thanks! Won't be able to listen for a few hours.
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A little more than a few hours. :) PL OK!
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Okay. Howsabout then I continue and read section 2?

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Sounds good to me! You don't want to be left hanging like that, at that river watcher's hut! 8-)
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May I read chapter 2? Female voice.
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verycherrey wrote: July 5th, 2019, 12:59 am May I read chapter 2? Female voice.
You're in! Thanks! 8-)
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Post by verycherrey »

Here you go Tricia

File: https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/zonepoliceman88_02_franck_128kb.mp3
Title: Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers, Chapter 2
by Harry A. Franck.
Length in minutes: 35.09
Reader's Name: Mickey Lee Rich
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Post by verycherrey »

Correction: Time is 35:11
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Post by TriciaG »

Thanks!

FYI, the file name should have an 03 as the number, rather than an 02. Because chapters are broken up, the file/section numbers don't correspond with the chapter numbers. :)

Nicely read! The only issue (well, two of them) is the volume.

Because you had some places where you speak louder (laugh, etc.) so that you can't simply amplify enough because those loud places prevent it from getting loud enough.

So, do compression to your recording. If you want a video to tell you a bit about compression, here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3lOTDsN6c

These settings should be good enough in this case:

Threshold: -28 dB
Noise Floor: -40 dB
Ratio: 3:1
Attack: 0.1 (as low as it goes)
Decay: 1.0 (as low as it goes)
NO checks in the check boxes

After compression, amplify as much as it can without clipping, which when I try it out is 12.49 dB.

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The second issue, after the amplifying, is that your background noise is now louder.

Here are a couple resources with how-to instructions:
text instructions: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Noisecleaning_With_Pics
video, but with an older version of Audacity so the settings are different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFSg9o37HMw

My settings are as follows:
Noise reduction: 10-16 (I suggest about 14 for you)
Sensitivity: 6
Frequency Smoothing: 6

Holler if you have questions. :) Rename the file when you edit it to have the 03 in the name, and post again when the edited file is ready.
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