This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/wars-embers-by-ivor-gurney/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/63882/A collection of poems by the Gloucestershire-born English poet Ivor Gurney describing his feelings about the First World War, during which he served on the Western Front and was wounded by a mustard gas attack, and it's aftermath (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.
Claiming sections: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available sections. Post a reply in this thread asking for the section you would like to record.
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For section 0
- At the beginning say:
"Dedication to War's Embers by Ivor Gurney. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "War's Embers by Ivor Gurney. Dedication."
- At the end say
and leave 5 seconds of silence"End of dedication"
End of recording:[poem title] by Ivor Gurney. Read for Librivox.org (optional: by [your name])
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of poem. This recording is in the public domain."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of War's Embers, by Ivor Gurney."
Filename: warsembers_##_gurney_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. warsembers_01_gurney_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: Kazbek
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
