hi Robin and thanks for this great first recording. I think this is your first official LV recording ever, am I right ? So CONGRATS on your first PL ok. I'm pleased it was in "my" project.Rawbean23 wrote: ↑August 8th, 2018, 7:10 pm I hope I am doing this right. Here's my first attempt:
https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/worldstory_volume03_070_tappan_128kb.mp3
I know I will have to adjust the volume, I couldn't make the RealGain work. I would appreciate other feeback as well. Please let me know what I can do to improve.
Concerning ReplayGain (I don't know RealGain), what was the problem ? Couldn't you install it or didn't you find it in Audacity. It is a bit hidden, it can be under Effect or Analyze but if you installed it correctly, it should have been in one of those two.
But your volume on this one at least is just inside our limits. It's 86.4 dB, which is the lower required minimum. 2 or 3 dB more would have been perfect, but this is absolutely acceptable. I hear a bit of background hum, but it's not too distracting, so it's ok, you don't need to adjust anything there. If I may make a suggestion, for your next recording, try running the noise-cleaning function over the file once before you upload, it will make the sound clearer, especially if maybe you are amplifying the volume by 2 dB as well.
About the reading proper, it was totally agreeable to listen to, you have a clear voice, you don't speak too fast, but your pauses are not unnaturally long either, so it's perfect to follow along with the story. And on top of it all, you delivered a word-perfect reading. There is really nothing that needs changing.
Just one technical detail: please always state the length of the recording when you post your link in the thread, it makes it easier to update the MW and it's a good control that the file downloaded correctly.
I sincerely hope you liked the recording and editing process as well, so we can hear plenty more sections from you in the future. For the moment this project is fully booked out, but there will be over 10 more books from this series, so I hope I will hear you in the next one as well. If you stay bookmarked on this thread you will see my announcement of the next book in a few weeks.
Thanks
Sonia