COMPLETE History of New England, 1630-1649 by John Winthrop - ke

[deckeraa]

History of New England, 1630-1649 by John Winthrop (1587 - 1649).

This project is now in the catalog! Please download and listen from here: https://librivox.org/history-of-new-england-1630-1649-by-john-winthrop/

John Winthrop served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony for several years. His History of New England, 1630-1649 details life in the colony and narrates several controversies that arose within the plantation.
Examples include the excommunication of Anne Hutchinson and a civil suit over a sow that expressed the tension between the aristocracy and democracy and led to the establishment of the bicameral system within the New England government. The Pequod war, treaties with other Native American tribes such as the Naragnasetts, and the establishment of the United Colonies are also covered.

• Text source (only read from this text!):
  Volume 1: https://archive.org/details/winthropsjournal00wint/page/n15/mode/2up
  Volume 2: https://archive.org/details/winthropsjournal02wint/page/n1/mode/2up
• Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
  
  
  
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  Magic Window:

  
  
  BC Admin
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  Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History /Early Modern
  
  Keywords that describe the book: New England, Puritans, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  
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• The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
  No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
  START of recording (Intro):
  • "Section [number] of History of New England, 1630-1649. 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]"
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    "History of New England, 1630-1649, by John Winthrop. [Chapter]"
  
  
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  Title: ## - [Section title]
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[mendiagus]

This is the link for my test to read in librivox.
https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/Librivox1_(online-audio-converter.com)_.mp3

[kathrinee]

This is the link for my test to read in librivox.
https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/Librivox1_(online-audio-converter.com)_.mp3

Please see the response in the Readers and Listeners Wanted thread where you posted this test

[kathrinee]

I can set this project up for you and be your MC (meta coordinator), I'll be back in a little bit

ETA:
Here we go, we have a Magic Window (MW). As a soloist, you are your own book coordinator, and will fill out the titles in the MW and put the recordings and duration in there. Here are instructions for how to log into the MW for this first time
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxWB83bbALTQYjlENGZ0SVJUWWs
and what to do as the book coordinator
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVj409nG_E0XJ5UrrcL7EVx7Qyx-2UQ7dbw4mINi3XQ

I will put a tilde (~) in the topic to show that we are looking for a dedicated proof listener in this project.

I didn't know how many sections you will need for this project, so I started with 20. We can add or delete as needed.

Please try to log in to the MW and maybe fill in the title of the first few sections. The first might be Introduction, and then maybe 1630, part 1 followed by 1630, part 2 etc.

Please don't hesitate to ask questions, I'll be here!

[kathrinee]

Great, well done with getting into the MW and entering titles. I'll move us over to the Going solo forum tomorrow

[deckeraa]

Thanks

I got the intro section recorded but still need to do some edits before I upload it.
I'm hoping to do that sometime this coming week.

[deckeraa]

I have the introduction up now: https://librivox.org/uploads/kathrinee/historyofnewengland_01_winthrop_128kb.mp3

[kathrinee]

Off to a good start! Please also put the duration of the file in the Magic Window in the Notes section (I use it for reference when I catalog the project at the very end). Thank you

[kathrinee]

I'm just posting to let you know that I'll be out of wifi range for a few days. If you have pressing questions, please PM another admin, or post in the Need Help? Got Advice forum if you need help before Monday August 17

By the way, if you find that you have to split some of the years into two recordings, you can do that. Recordings should not be longer than 74 minutes.

[deckeraa]

Sounds good. I've updated the notes to have the duration.

I'm making some changes to my recording setup to get a higher quality input; after that I should be able to get the first year recorded.

[deckeraa]

Sections 1-3 are now recorded and uploaded.

Should I be doing anything to get proof-listeners lined up?

[kathrinee]

Awesome! I'll post over in the Listeners Wanted forum, hopefully someone will find their way over here soon

[tac107]

Sections 1-3 are now recorded and uploaded.

Should I be doing anything to get proof-listeners lined up?

Hi, I am willing to DPL this!

[tac107]

For the very first section that is 34:31, it is listed as section 0 in the magic window but you read it as section 1.

4:53-4:56 stumble on "What of the fortunes of the man and his book?" and "Winthrop" in the next sentence
7:15 James the First not James One (especially since you said Henry the Eighth later)
11:15 stumble on "though bearing a name of"
13:27 stumble on "William Blackstone built a house"
17:40 sounds like a stumble at the beginning of the sentence, or a word that was started then stopped
20:32 stumble on "issued to"
21: 48 stumble on "Sir Richard" 's name
27:11 stumble on "was out of print"


There is a persistent crackling noise but around 14:17 it starts to get really loud. There is also a hum kind of like an electric shaver while you are speaking only, and around 15:50 that also gets extremely loud + the crackle. Once you get into the last third or so of the recording it's not nearly as bad.

And it should say "End of section 0" rather than "end of section introduction" at the very end.

[tac107]

Did not notice any humming or crackling in this recording!

PL Notes for Section 1, 1630
50:08 rapid break midsentence at "we returned", sounds like the sentence was chopped in half while editing
51:18 repeat on "the history of his adopted country"
52:05 stumble and repeat on "we that were of the assistance"