The Voyage of The Beagle by Charles Darwin.
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NEW CLAIMS: If I do not hear from you within a month, your sections will be orphaned!
- How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording. - New to recording?
Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording! - Is there a deadline?
Updated target completion date of this project: June 30th, 2008 – but try to send your recordings as soon as you can. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool. There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen. - Where do I find the text?
Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/944 - Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
A word count for each section has been included for your benefit.
Forum discussions have shown that people read on average 130-190 words per minute.
Per 4000 words, this comes to about 22 to 30 minutes of reading time.
(Admin link) - BEFORE recording:
Please check the Recording Notes:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz - DURING recording:
Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
Start of recording (Intro)- "Chapter [number], Part [number] of The Voyage of The Beagle. - 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]" - Say:
"The Voyage of The Beagle, by Charles Darwin. Chapter [number], Part [number] - [Chapter Title]" - At the beginning of each chapter (not each recording!), please read the Chapter Subheadings after the Title.
- - Information regarding footnotes -
Please read them at the end of the sentences in which the footnote references appear.
- At the end of the section, say:
“End of Chapter [number], Part [number]"
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 The Voyage of The Beagle by Charles Darwin."
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Also, 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 background noise, you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
Save files as:
128 kbps MP3
voyageofthebeagle_##-*_darwin.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the chapter number and * is the part number. (e.g. voyageofthebeagle_01-1_darwin.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
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!
Title: ##-* - [Chapter Title]
Artist: Charles Darwin
Album: The Voyage of the Beagle
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.- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
http://upload.librivox.org
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: ks - gypsygirl - If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
- Your name/pseudonym as you want to appear in the LibriVox catalog, and your website URL if you like. These are only necessary if this is your first LibriVox recording.
- The file size of your .mp3 file and if possible the duration (xx:xx:xx).
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
- your name/pseudonym as you want to appear in the LibriVox catalog, and your website URL if you like. These are only necessary if this is your first LibriVox recording.
- the file size of your .mp3 file/duration of the recording.
Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.
Scott