Christmas Carol Collection 2020.This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2020/
LibriVox volunteers bring you a festive selection of 23 Christmas carols for the 2020 holiday. This year's collection includes traditional favorites and lesser-known selections in English, French, Romanian, and Latin. The singers wish all listeners around the world a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year. (Maria Kasper)
- How to claim a part: It is not necessary to pre-claim sections for this project. Simply follow the instructions listed below.
- Choose a Christmas carol, in any language, which is in the public domain. To avoid “Is it PD?” headaches, please make sure your carol was published in 1924 or earlier.
. - You may choose a carol from a book with a publication date of 1924 or earlier plainly visible. The next post below contains links to a number of carol books. You may use any of these, or another carol book of your own choice, so long as it was clearly published no later than 1924.
. - Please bear in mind that many Christmas carol websites are not usable for LV because they do not verify PD status clearly enough. Consult the next post for links to two websites which are generally acceptable for LV use.
. - If you are not in the US, please make sure the death dates of the composer and lyricist fall within the required dates to be PD in your own country. If in doubt, please ask!
. - If you choose, you may sing PD carol lyrics to an original tune made up by yourself. If you are using your own tune, please make sure to say so.
. - If you want to check what has been included in previous Christmas carol collections, you can check them out here:
https://librivox.org/search?q=christmas%20carol%20collection&search_form=advanced
But remember, it doesn't matter if the carol has been recorded before. A choice of voice is always welcome at Librivox!
. - Each singer may submit as many carols as they wish (well, within reason
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. - Any accompaniment must be performed by yourself.
- New to recording? Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording!
. - Is there a deadline? Please upload your file by the DEADLINE of Saturday December 19th 2020
. - Where do I find the text? Check the next post below for some suggested PD carol sources.
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NOTE: SPECIAL CHORAL VERSION OF "AWAY IN A MANGER":
Twinkle88 is putting together a full chorus of "Away in a Manger", which will be included in this collection when it is finished. If you'd like to join that chorus, please go over to the separate thread for that project, which is here: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=82791
Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process (unless you are the BC or PL). Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!
Magic Window:
BC Admin
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= - BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
- DURING recording:
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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)- "[Title] by [Author Name], sung in [language]. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox Recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit Librivox.org"
OR if you are singing in another language, please feel free to use the LibriVox disclaimer in that language. You can find these on this page in the Wiki.
END of recording- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Title], by [Author Name]" - If you wish, you may also say: "Sung by [your name]."
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording. - "[Title] by [Author Name], sung in [language]. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox Recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit Librivox.org"
- 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. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
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Save files as
128 kbps MP3
File name all in lowercase: ccc20_[carol's title]_[your initials in lower case]_128kb.mp3
(e.g. ccc20_harktheherald_mk_128kb.mp3) (Please, be sure the file name is all in lower case, and that there are no spaces).
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ID3 Tags are not necessary.
- Transfer of files (completed recordings)
.- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin) - You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: maryannspiegel
- When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
- Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file and include the following information:
- * Link to your recording, as shown on the Uploader
* Link to the text (and music) source
* Language in which the carol is written
* Author's/translator's (and composer's) name, birth and death dates
* Title of the carol
* Duration (runtime) of the file in mm:ss
* and if this is your first recording: how you would like to be listed in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal web site/blog.
Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
.- Any questions?
Please post below
- * Link to your recording, as shown on the Uploader
I used to sing for a choir and I saw a couple of songs I can sing based on the links above.