COMPLETE Marion Harland's Complete Etiquette -ck

Lmnei · Post by **Lmnei** » April 22nd, 2018, 3:21 pm

Tracy - the sections are now assigned to you.

Carolin - the MW is now fully assigned

Lynda

TracyB · Post by **TracyB** » April 22nd, 2018, 4:34 pm

TY Lynda,

I will start on them tomorrow.

- TracyB

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » April 23rd, 2018, 12:15 am

Thank you all!

gloryb · Post by **gloryb** » April 24th, 2018, 1:58 pm

Hello, here is Section 23.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/completeetiquette_23_harland_128kb.mp3

Time is 20:15.

Gloria

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » April 25th, 2018, 7:34 am

Thank you gloria

ADKreader1122 · Post by **ADKreader1122** » April 25th, 2018, 12:46 pm

Hi--
The link for Section 21--The House of Mourning--is listed below and is ready for PL. The length is 10:35. Please let me know if there are any revisions to be made. Thank you! Lora

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/completeetiquette_21_harland_128kb.mp3

Lmnei · Post by **Lmnei** » April 25th, 2018, 8:41 pm

Gloria -

Section 23 is PL OK

It was a pleasure to listen to your lovely voice from a beautiful part of the USA!

Lynda

Lmnei · Post by **Lmnei** » April 25th, 2018, 9:05 pm

ADKreader1122 wrote: ↑April 25th, 2018, 12:46 pm Hi--
The link for Section 21--The House of Mourning--is listed below and is ready for PL. The length is 10:35. Please let me know if there are any revisions to be made. Thank you! Lora

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/completeetiquette_21_harland_128kb.mp3

Hi Lora -

I have listened to your recording. Carolin has not yet updated the MW yet so I cannot update the fact that this would be changed to See PL Notes.

The PL Notes are as follows -

1. There needs to be .5 to 1 second at the beginning of your recording. Right now there is less than .5 of a second.
2. The recording did not pass the Checker as the audio has a high level of background noise which should be cleaned. Your audio right now is at 51.0 dB and it needs to be down in the low 40's at the highest. If you are using Audible try going to Effects/Noise Reduction to reduce the noise. The challenge with this type of noise is that there is a very fine line with taking the tinny noise out and losing the sound of your voice so make sure you keep a backup of your file (personal experience!).

Then please upload the recording again.

As for your recording of the text - it was spot on! No issues there

Lynda

ADKreader1122 · Post by **ADKreader1122** » April 26th, 2018, 5:05 am

Hi Lynda,
Thanks for your comments. I'm still relatively new to LibriVox and recording is not always exact. I'll revise and resubmit.
Lora

ADKreader1122 · Post by **ADKreader1122** » April 26th, 2018, 11:46 am

Hi Lynda,
Here is a new upload of Section 21. It passed using Checker, and I also used MP3Gain along with noise reducing in Audacity. That's all I know how to do technically, so if it is still not acceptable, please advise. Thank you, Lora

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/completeetiquette_21_harland_128kb.mp3

Lmnei · Post by **Lmnei** » April 26th, 2018, 9:14 pm

ADKreader1122 wrote: ↑April 26th, 2018, 11:46 am Hi Lynda,
Here is a new upload of Section 21. It passed using Checker, and I also used MP3Gain along with noise reducing in Audacity. That's all I know how to do technically, so if it is still not acceptable, please advise. Thank you, Lora

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/completeetiquette_21_harland_128kb.mp3

Lora -

That recording as you said, meets all the the checks! Way to go! It is PL OK now

Carolin - this recording still needs to be placed in the MW so I can mark it PL OK please.

Lynda

ADKreader1122 · Post by **ADKreader1122** » April 27th, 2018, 4:11 am

Thanks so much, Lynda--I appreciate your hard work on this neat project! I have one more section to complete, so the feedback is good. Lora

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » April 27th, 2018, 7:32 am

Thank you both

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » April 27th, 2018, 7:42 am

Lmnei wrote: ↑April 25th, 2018, 9:05 pm 1. There needs to be .5 to 1 second at the beginning of your recording. Right now there is less than .5 of a second.
2. The recording did not pass the Checker as the audio has a high level of background noise which should be cleaned. Your audio right now is at 51.0 dB and it needs to be down in the low 40's at the highest. If you are using Audible try going to Effects/Noise Reduction to reduce the noise. The challenge with this type of noise is that there is a very fine line with taking the tinny noise out and losing the sound of your voice so make sure you keep a backup of your file (personal experience!).

Hiya, i am posting this in the thread rather than via pm because i see this all the time.

1. This is a common misunderstanding. We aim for a short silence, not more than 0.5 to 1 seconds. So anything under is still fine. When you think about the relative importance of the silence of the beginning of a recording you will also agree that anything qualifying as short is fine, i usually still pass recordings as pl ok with up to 3 seconds. There is no reason to be counting fractions of seconds in any case.

2. Please dont follow the checkers advice on background noise but always trust your ears instead. If the checker tells you there is background noise but you dont hear anything disturbing, let it pass. There is a chance that an unnecessary round of noisecleaning decreases the sound quality.

As i said, these are common misunderstandings, no doubt these have been pointed out to you by a dpl for one of your own recordings. I try my best to set these things right but i dont catch it each time. Thank you!

DianaS · Post by **DianaS** » April 27th, 2018, 10:06 am

Hi, here is Section 27 When Travelling time=19:7.74

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/completeetiquette_27_harland_128kb.mp3