[Complete] R.U.R (Rossum’s Universal Robots) K Čapek -dlol

Post by **ToddHW** » July 26th, 2014, 1:26 pm

SteveToner wrote:Here is Busman for review:

Act I (3:58): https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_busman_1.mp3
Act II (0:51): https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_busman_2.mp3
Act III (6:32): https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_busman_3.mp3

Not my best work, but hopefully satisfactory...

Downloaded to PL.

EDIT: All PL OK! Nicely done!

Thanks, Todd

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » July 27th, 2014, 7:08 am

Awesome! I have been editing a few of the acts together from what we have so far, and it's pretty enjoyable! DOMIN Act 1 is deemed PL okay after some thought, but Act 2 notes still stand. One more role, let's do this!

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » July 29th, 2014, 10:46 pm

Uploaded my bit parts. Little sister wanted to read a couple of lines, I hope that is okay.

abendlied · Post by **abendlied** » July 31st, 2014, 10:47 am

ToddHW wrote: What wonderful readings! Just a few things.
Act 1
0:48 - line should be "'How do you know I wanted to say that?" - matters cuz of Domin's response
6:12 - "Kneading trough?" - trough is pronounced "troff" - matters cuz you are echoing Domin who just said it

Act 2 is PL OK. I agree with your note about the wrongly labeled line and I will record it for Domin.

Act 3 is PL OK!

Epilog is PL OK!

Thanks, Todd

Aah, I'm sorry it took me so long to correct this!!! Also, I swear I really do know how to pronounce "trough" haha - don't know what was up with that.

Here's the fixed Act 1!

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_helenaglory_01.mp3

Again, so sorry for the delay!!

Best,
Sarah

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » July 31st, 2014, 2:49 pm

MW updated

Thank you Sarah!

RosslynCarlyle · Post by **RosslynCarlyle** » July 31st, 2014, 8:36 pm

I have never read for a dramatic work before, however I would like to give it a try being Marius the robot.
So, in that case I would... read all of the lines for Marius with gaps in between, and record each chapter of lines in a separate section ?

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » July 31st, 2014, 9:01 pm

Actually, would it be possible for you to take over as the narrator? She hasn't responded to a PM I sent a month ago, and she hasn't logged in for over two months. If you still want to do Marius, however, I'll sign you up.

RosslynCarlyle · Post by **RosslynCarlyle** » August 1st, 2014, 8:05 am

Certainly, thankyou for asking.
I would be happy to give narration a try and see how I manage, if that would be helpful.

So, this would mean reading the little section before the cast list and... everything in italics ?
Like "such-and-such picks up the phone" , "Marius exits" , etc ?

I have some files recorded for Marius and the Fourth robot, now.
Is it appropriate to have them sounding kind of robottish ?
I only realised after I had done them, that at least some of the robots are designed to sound extremely like a human (for example, Sulla is clearly some kind of advanced model with all of her fancy language modules and suchlike).

But she seems like a real "show model" ... both Marius and the Fourth robot seem rather less as though they are primarily designed as human replicants.
I have Marius sounding like a more natural sounding version of Readplease2000 voice emulation software.
And the Fourth robot sounds more like a vintage "robot narrator" type voice.

These are the files, now ready for PL.

Marius -
https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_marius_1.mp3
Length - 0m 50s

The Fourth robot -
https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_fourthrobot_epilogue.mp3
Length - 1m 28s

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » August 1st, 2014, 10:52 am

RosslynCarlyle wrote:Certainly, thankyou for asking.
I would be happy to give narration a try and see how I manage, if that would be helpful.

So, this would mean reading the little section before the cast list and... everything in italics ?
Like "such-and-such picks up the phone" , "Marius exits" , etc ?

I have some files recorded for Marius and the Fourth robot, now.
Is it appropriate to have them sounding kind of robottish ?
I only realised after I had done them, that at least some of the robots are designed to sound extremely like a human (for example, Sulla is clearly some kind of advanced model with all of her fancy language modules and suchlike).

But she seems like a real "show model" ... both Marius and the Fourth robot seem rather less as though they are primarily designed as human replicants.
I have Marius sounding like a more natural sounding version of Readplease2000 voice emulation software.
And the Fourth robot sounds more like a vintage "robot narrator" type voice.

These are the files, now ready for PL.

Marius -
https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_marius_1.mp3
Length - 0m 50s

The Fourth robot -
https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_fourthrobot_epilogue.mp3
Length - 1m 28s

Alright, I'll post the files for PL. Don't worry about the narration! It would be a bit difficult to switch voices. I'll find someone to do it.

RosslynCarlyle · Post by **RosslynCarlyle** » August 1st, 2014, 11:53 am

Okay

I hope somebody enjoys narrating this interesting dramatic work.

Post by **ToddHW** » August 1st, 2014, 5:41 pm

I have to be out of touch until about 11 Aug.

Sorry, Todd

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » August 2nd, 2014, 8:54 am

Okay.

MrsHand · Post by **MrsHand** » August 3rd, 2014, 12:49 pm

Here's Nana!

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_nana_02.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_nana_03.mp3

Tortilla · Post by **Tortilla** » August 3rd, 2014, 1:28 pm

Thank you!! MW updated.

mousehawk · Post by **mousehawk** » August 7th, 2014, 1:57 pm

Part 2 of Mr Fabry.

(I couldn't figure out what his tone of voice should be for the first few sentences, so let me know if I've interpreted it wrongly. Emphasising different words totally changed the meaning.

)

https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/rur_fabry_2.mp3 - 01:10