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I would like to claim Section 5, Bellini’s I Puritani. This is my first recording, so any advice and eventually feedback will be greatly appreciated. I chose this selection because it is one of your shorter items, and there are few non-English words to worry about pronunciation!
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Hi, here is section 29, The Barber of Seville time= 14:12.87
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_29_davidson_128kb.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_29_davidson_128kb.mp3
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Hi Tom,TheVagabond wrote: ↑February 9th, 2018, 6:05 am Completed reading: PUCCINI, LA BOHEME
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_27_davidson_128kb.mp3
Track length: 37 mins, 30 secs
No last minute stabbing this time, but no less tragic. It's getting harder to keep the tears out of the microphone.
Tom
I'm sorry you had such a long wait for PL notes.
The reading was great. The volume however is too low at 85.9dB. You don't have the room for a straight amplification without having to lower some high spots. The leveler on moderate should be enough to bring you in range.
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Hi Linny,
Recording of PUCCINI, LA BOHEME - altered by leveler set at 2.
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_27_davidson_128kb.mp3
I was uncertain myself about the volume of the first version, but the checker said it was OK. Not infallible it seems.
I gather that the leveler is to be used sparingly, but I now know a little more about it.
Tom
Recording of PUCCINI, LA BOHEME - altered by leveler set at 2.
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_27_davidson_128kb.mp3
I was uncertain myself about the volume of the first version, but the checker said it was OK. Not infallible it seems.
I gather that the leveler is to be used sparingly, but I now know a little more about it.
Tom
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I've never been clear about the differences between the Leveller, the Compressor and the Normalizer! I use the Compressor mostly, because I often have a lot of volume variation even if I'm averaging OK - the compressor moves everything a bit towards the average.
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The Leveller, the Compressor, and the Normalizer?
They sound like the favourite weapons of the Three Musketeers.
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Compressor - shrinks peaks. More controls for the user to determine which peaks to use compression on, how much to shrink them, etc.
Normalize - raises the selected audio's volume (amplifies) so that the highest peak is at a specified distance from maximum. So if you set Normalize to 0.5, it will set the volume of the whole selection so that the biggest peak is 0.5 dB from clipping/maximum.
(as compared to) Amplify - raises or reduces the selected audio's volume by the amount you specify. So if you amplify 0.5, it raises the volume 0.5 dB for the selected audio. (Amplify by -0.5 reduces the volume by that amount.)
Leveler - shrinks some peaks, raises some low spots. I'm not sure how it decides what to shrink and what to raise. It might just be a light compressor and normalizer. IIRC, it has settings of Light, Medium, and Heavy. (I just went to check on my Audacity, and I cannot find the Leveler. I wonder if they've gotten rid of it in newer versions of Audacity.)
Personally, I compress as it gives me more control, and amplify rather than normalize because I don't care what the peak volume is; I want to raise the whole recording by the amount I want to raise it, often using ReplayGain to guide me.
Normalize - raises the selected audio's volume (amplifies) so that the highest peak is at a specified distance from maximum. So if you set Normalize to 0.5, it will set the volume of the whole selection so that the biggest peak is 0.5 dB from clipping/maximum.
(as compared to) Amplify - raises or reduces the selected audio's volume by the amount you specify. So if you amplify 0.5, it raises the volume 0.5 dB for the selected audio. (Amplify by -0.5 reduces the volume by that amount.)
Leveler - shrinks some peaks, raises some low spots. I'm not sure how it decides what to shrink and what to raise. It might just be a light compressor and normalizer. IIRC, it has settings of Light, Medium, and Heavy. (I just went to check on my Audacity, and I cannot find the Leveler. I wonder if they've gotten rid of it in newer versions of Audacity.)
Personally, I compress as it gives me more control, and amplify rather than normalize because I don't care what the peak volume is; I want to raise the whole recording by the amount I want to raise it, often using ReplayGain to guide me.
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Hi Tom,TheVagabond wrote: ↑February 13th, 2018, 3:59 pm Hi Linny,
Recording of PUCCINI, LA BOHEME - altered by leveler set at 2.
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_27_davidson_128kb.mp3
I was uncertain myself about the volume of the first version, but the checker said it was OK. Not infallible it seems.
I gather that the leveler is to be used sparingly, but I now know a little more about it.
Tom
The Checker is actually what told me the volume was too low. Please make sure your setting are correct in the Checker. Validation>Choose Validation Methods>
Check marks should be on Technical Specifications, Wave Forms, and Background Noise.
I do have my Checker set to Validation>Strict.
I use the leveler for quick and easy. The compressor followed by amplification is generally what I use but there is a learning curve to it. I like this video for explaining it. The Audacity version is old but it's still close enough to get the idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3lOTDsN6c
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Diana, nicely done! PL OKDianaS wrote: ↑February 12th, 2018, 4:40 pm Hi, here is section 29, The Barber of Seville time= 14:12.87
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/storiesfromtheoperas_29_davidson_128kb.mp3
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Hi Linny, Tricia G,
Thanks for the advice and information about using Audacity and Checker - the settings on which I have changed now.
I should make some time just to mess around with these and see what happens on a test recording.
Tom
Thanks for the advice and information about using Audacity and Checker - the settings on which I have changed now.
I should make some time just to mess around with these and see what happens on a test recording.
Tom
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