The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.<br>
The fifth issue has the following 6 stories:<br>
"The mysterious card", by Cleveland Moffet / "Tang-u", by Lawrence E. Adams / "The little brown mole", by Clarice Irene Clinghan / "A telepathic wooing", by James Buckham / "The prince ward", by Claude M. Girardeau / "A meeting of royalty", by Margaret Dodge.<br> ( Sonia)
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 would 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.
Is there a deadline? We ask that you submit your recorded sections within 1-2 months of placing your claim. Please note that to be fair to the readers who have completed their sections in a timely way, if you haven't submitted your recording(s) after two months, your sections will automatically be re-opened for other readers to claim, unless you post in this thread to request an extension. Extensions will be granted at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. 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.Please do not sign up for more sections than you can complete within the two month deadline.
Claiming is restricted to one section per reader, to have the maximum of different voices in this project.
Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)! If this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.
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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)
"Section [number] of The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 05 February 1896. 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: "The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 05 February 1896. Section [number]: [Title & author]"
END of recording
At the end of the section, say: "End of Section [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 Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 05 February 1896"
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
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 latest version of Audacity is recommended for noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. Save files as
128 kbps MP3
blackcat0105feb1896_#_various_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. blackcat0105feb1896_1_various_128kb.mp3)
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.
I will claim section 1. These are all so great it's hard to choose!
Kate Follis
I love to read, AND my employer matches my volunteer hours with a donation to the Internet Archive, flagged to benefit Librivox.org. How cool is that?
wohooo, the cavalry has arrived Nemo, J and Kate, super to have you again in this instalment as well. Your sections are assigned ! Looking forward to the next batch.
I'll move us over to Readers Wanted right away...already we're 50% claimed
Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
thank you Nemo, and what a truly delightful and romantic story this was I totally loved it. And it reminds me extremely of "lucid dreaming", a concept that always fascinated me. Of course Dr Amsden goes a step further here, but well, this is fiction (or is it ? ) It would be cool if one could do this (and scary too, depending on who is going to use that method on you )
And with that we have our first PL ok section for this project. And I might see you in the next one again
Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
Please can I do section 5? I've just done a minute test recording and it's OK... I have though question - on page 43 there is a part that says B________ and I can't figure out what that is? Can anyone help?
Last edited by helenmiddlerasen on May 6th, 2020, 12:23 am, edited 1 time in total.
helenmiddlerasen wrote: ↑May 5th, 2020, 11:43 pmPlease can I do section 5? I've just done a minute test recording and it's OK...
super, a new voice in the mix welcome aboard Helen. I'll assign Section 5 for you, but for that I would need to know what Reader name you want to go by, your real name, forum name or something else ? Let me know, then I'll open your reader page for you and assign it to you officially.
For all details concerning correct intro and outro, as well as file-naming, please read the first post carefully.
And that makes us fully claimed, and I move us over to Readers Found.
Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.