[GRP/POLITICS] Handbook of Home Rule by Various - tg

[TriciaG]

Thanks! PL OK

[MajorHistory]

Thank you!

[MajorHistory]

Thanks!

PL OK. However, I did notice a couple plosives, where your breath directly hit the mic, giving a thumping/popping sound. This may have been in other recordings; this time I was listening through ear buds, so I may have noticed them only now. Move your microphone a little bit to the side of your mouth if a desktop mic, or a little above or below your mouth if a headset mic. This will help the air pass by the mic instead of directly hitting it.

No need for corrections on this file; I just thought I'd mention it for future recordings.

I think I got it all figured out. I hated hearing the clicks of my tongue or dry mouth issues.
I've been doing a bit of reading and found out what best works for my setup. I have a USB Jabra (newest model) headset. I tried moving the mic stem in all positions and the result was minimal.
This morning I went and got a piece of foam from a mem foam pillow, shaped it nicely, carved an inside cavity and bingo! I placed it on the mic stem and the results are improved by at least 50% I think. Now, I can even increase the mic level by an additional 30%. That's some Macgyver-esque rigging.

Thanks,

Mike

[TriciaG]

Section 6 is orphaned. Any takers?

[MajorHistory]

I'll take section 6.

Thanks,

Mike

[TriciaG]

Thanks!

[KevinS]

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/handbookofhomerule_17_various_128kb.mp3

23:55

[TriciaG]

Good! One small note:

1:45-1:50 Somewhat long pause after "He explains the paradox thus"

[KevinS]

Good! One small note:

1:45-1:50 Somewhat long pause after "He explains the paradox thus"

We call that a dramatic pause in the business. (Wink.)

Fixed and uploaded:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/handbookofhomerule_17_various_128kb.mp3

[TriciaG]

Yeah, something like that.

Thanks! PL OK

[KevinS]

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/handbookofhomerule_18_various_128kb.mp3

15:30

I suspect that this will be unacceptable. I am finding my French pronunciation so bad that I inserted a high quality machined voice for the one paragraph in French. If this just can't be done, I'll go back to working on the paragraph, though that may take some time.

Do have a listen, though, as we can concentrate on the French alone in future.

[TriciaG]

I'll have a listen later today.

We don't use electronic voices in our recordings. What people have done in the past is ask for help over in "Need Help?" for someone to record the paragraph, then insert that recording into their section recording.

[TriciaG]

OK, I've listened.

The English is all PL OK. But I don't like the French. It sounds mechanized - not in its expression, which is pretty good, I think, for a computer voice, but in its sound quality.

I think we should post over in Need Help for someone to read the French paragraph. Then you can insert it into that part of the recording.

Here's the paragraph:

"'Quand vous en êtes arroês à ce point, croyez bien que dans cette voie de regueurs tous vos efforts pour rétabler l'ordre et la paix seront inutiles. En vain, pour réprimer des crimes atroces, vous appellerez à votre aide toutes les sévérités du code de Dracon; en vain vous ferez des lois cruelles pour arrêter le cours de révoltantes cruautés; vainement vous frapperez de mort le moindre délit se rattachant à ces grands crimes; vainement, dans l'effroi de votre impuissance, vous suspendrez le cours des lois ordinaries proclamerez des comtés entiers en état de suspicion légale, voilerez le principe de la liberté individuelle, créerez des cours martiales, des commissions extraordinaires, et pour produire de salutaires impressions de terreur, multiplierez à l'excès les exécutions capitales.'"

I suggest posting in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=40008

(Sorry about the French! I would have mentioned it in the notes for the section in the MW, if I had seen it there.)

EDIT: I posted in that thread.

[Kitty]

"'Quand vous en êtes arroês à ce point, croyez bien que dans cette voie de regueurs tous vos efforts pour rétabler l'ordre et la paix seront inutiles. En vain, pour réprimer des crimes atroces, vous appellerez à votre aide toutes les sévérités du code de Dracon; en vain vous ferez des lois cruelles pour arrêter le cours de révoltantes cruautés; vainement vous frapperez de mort le moindre délit se rattachant à ces grands crimes; vainement, dans l'effroi de votre impuissance, vous suspendrez le cours des lois ordinaries proclamerez des comtés entiers en état de suspicion légale, voilerez le principe de la liberté individuelle, créerez des cours martiales, des commissions extraordinaires, et pour produire de salutaires impressions de terreur, multiplierez à l'excès les exécutions capitales.'"

I saw your note in the help thread and here is the French text: https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/handbook_french.mp3

I tacitly corrected the few obvious typos in the text (in red):
"arroês" is not a word at all, the expression is: "arrivés à ce point" - "when you have arrived at this point", which makes total sense in this context
"regueurs" = "rigueurs"
"rétabler" = "rétablir"
"ordinaries" = "ordinaires"

Hope this is of help. I just saw that the rest of the section is read by a male voice, I hope that's not a problem. I can alternatively read it very slowly for Kevin to copy it in his own voice. Just let me know, I don't mind.

Sonia

[TriciaG]

Thank you, Sonia!

Kevin was having problems imitating a machine voice of the text, so we'll probably just use your recording.