Amy Carmichael tells the story of work among the girls of India, who she calls "Lotus Buds". ( Adele de Pignerolles)
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Magic Window:
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Religion/Christianity - Biographies
Keywords that describe the book: India, carmichael
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
DURING recording: No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording: START of recording (Intro)
"Chapter [number] of Lotus Buds. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "Lotus Buds, by Amy Wilson Carmichael. [Chapter]"
END of recording
At the end of the section, say: "End of [Chapter]"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of Lotus Buds, by Amy Wilson Carmichael. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
AFTER recording Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. Save files as
128 kbps MP3
lotusbuds_##_carmichael_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. lotusbuds_01_carmichael_128kb.mp3)
Example ID3 V2 tags (ID3 tags no longer necessary
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/What_is_ID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Artist: Amy Wilson Carmichael
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Lotus Buds
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
ID Tags are now added by our software during the catalog process, you can delete that section from the first post if you desire.
I would recommend we wait a couple of days in the Launch Pad in hopes of a DPL spotting this one. We can move over to Readers Wanted: Books sooner since the Launch Pad is large if you prefer.
I've PM'd another DPL to see if they're interested, but I'd rather stay here a bit to see if we can get one. Would it be alright to change the "child life" in the title? It's not really that at all, although I haven't figured out exactly how to classify it. Thanks for MCing!
Adele
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Finally done grad school and maybe actually able to record again
"Child Life" was my best guess after a quick glance at your summary, feel free to update it to something better. "Group" just isn't very informative or attractive for potential readers.
I have one other question--some of the chapter titles have accents on the letters. Is it alright to put accents? Or does that mess up the MW? Missionary sounds great until I figure out something else. I need to change the summary, but that's the best I can come up with right now. Thanks!
Adele
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Finally done grad school and maybe actually able to record again
Great book! I just read it last year. (To myself... not on LV.)
Could I reserve section 14, Pickles and Puck? I love Amy C's descriptions of the babies.
~ Hannah "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him" - Romans 15:13
Blog: Come Be Still
IG: @storytime.with.hannahmary Readers needed for: A Rough Shaking by George MacDonald
MaryAnnSpiegel wrote:May I read 0 to 3 please?
MaryAnn
Certainly! Thanks so much!
HannahMary wrote:Great book! I just read it last year. (To myself... not on LV.)
Could I reserve section 14, Pickles and Puck? I love Amy C's descriptions of the babies.
I know--they're so cute! Thanks!
Adele
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Finally done grad school and maybe actually able to record again
This looks beautiful! May I claim Section 6, "Principalities, Powers, Rulers"? Also, is there a date you're hoping to complete the project by? I'll try to get my section in by then, if I can.
Bethesda Lily
"My soul waits for the Lord as watchmen for the morning, as watchmen for the morning" (Psalm 130:6).