[Complete] Short Science Fiction Collection 075-ag

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merecat
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Hi I am so sorry that it took this long! I ended up being way busier than I anticipated lately.

Here is the new link:
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf075_2br02b_vonnegut_mc_128kb_2.mp3

I did some further noise cleaning and re-recorded/trimmed the bits suggested. Hope it's good now - I wouldn't want to cause even further delays!

Sorry again and thank you so much for your help and patience!
ColleenMc wrote: January 26th, 2021, 6:17 pm
merecat wrote: January 18th, 2021, 6:43 pm
alg1001 wrote: January 16th, 2021, 7:54 pm

Most certainly, Merecat. That is a popular one.
Hi, thanks for getting back to me and sorry about the delay! I managed to get it done. A bit nervous as it's my first recording! I've definitely made a few mistakes and forgot about the clapping or shouting afterwards, so I'm sorry about that. I've also been reading it rather slowly maybe. Looking forward to any suggestions!

o Title: 2 B R 0 2 B
o Author: Kurt Vonnegut
o File: https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf075_2br02b_vonnegut_mc_128kb.mp3
o Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21279
o Duration: 19:06
o Pseudonym: merecat

Hope it's all good. Thanks once again!
Hi!

I’ve seen this story listed in various collections for years but this was the first time I read/listened to it!

You read very well, good pace and nice emoting in the dialogue.

General notes: You have a quite high level of ambient background noise (“hiss” or fuzzy noise). You will want to run noise cleaning on your recording. If you are not sue how, check out tutorials here: https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Audacity_Tutorials#Noise_Cleaning If you still have questions or need help, check in the “Need help?” Board.

Also you have pretty frequent background noises throughout, sounds like thumps or taps and papers shuffling. Microphones can be very sensitive and pick up a lot of movement noises or bumps to the table or your setup. You want to sit as still as you can as you are reading, and try to avoid using paper printouts, or if you do, stop reading completely for a second when you have to change pages, so it’s easy to trim the sound out when you edit. You can also see if turning down the recording volume a little helps it pick up less background noises, and sitting back a bit from the microphone.

Here are some specific fixes:

:03 and :06 movement noises/bump sounds

:59 noise (paper?)

2:21 stumble/repeat on “fertilizer”

3:51 noise

5:25 stumble “fanciful sobriquets”

5:28 loud background noise (item dropping or tapping)

6:04 stumble “do it yourselfer “

8:40 repetition/stumble

9:11 stumble

10:26 stumble/repeat

14:05 stumble

15:35 stumble

15:52 loud thump

16:22 stumble

16:38 stumble


It seems like a lot but you will get the hang of it and editing will go quickly. If you need help on editing, especially cutting out or replacing sections of audio, check out the Newbie Guide to Recording, linked in the first post for this project.

Also, when you have a number of edits to make, like in this list, start from the last one and work backwards through the list—that way the time stamps stay the same.

Welcome to LibriVox, looking forward to more readings from you!

Colleen
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Post by alg1001 »

Thanks, Colleen! We're almost there. :)
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Post by alg1001 »

merecat wrote: February 6th, 2021, 8:50 am Hi I am so sorry that it took this long! I ended up being way busier than I anticipated lately.

Here is the new link:
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/ssf075_2br02b_vonnegut_mc_128kb_2.mp3
Hi Cat,
Thanks for updating this! Colleen will give it a spot PL. For future reference, the uploader renames the first files when you upload another so you can keep the original name. That way it replaces the file in the magic window automatically. There is no need to do it for this one. I made the change.
-Amy :)
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Last story is PL OK! Thank you all!

Colleen
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Post by alg1001 »

• This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-075-by-various/

Congratulations! :clap:
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