[COMPLETE] The Story of Japan by Robert Van Bergen - availle

Post by **Kazbek** » February 7th, 2021, 10:02 pm

yatsuatari wrote: ↑February 7th, 2021, 7:11 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_04_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

5:18

Thanks, PL OK!

Michael

Post by **Kazbek** » February 23rd, 2021, 6:42 am

Section 33 ("How a Samurai committed Hara-kiri") has been orphaned. Any takers?

Michael

silverquill · Post by **silverquill** » February 23rd, 2021, 8:28 am

Kazbek wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2021, 6:42 am Section 33 ("How a Samurai committed Hara-kiri") has been orphaned. Any takers?

Michael

Me?
I'll give you quick turn around.

Post by **Kazbek** » February 23rd, 2021, 3:43 pm

silverquill wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2021, 8:28 am
Kazbek wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2021, 6:42 am Section 33 ("How a Samurai committed Hara-kiri") has been orphaned. Any takers?

Michael
Me?
I'll give you quick turn around.

Great - thanks, Larry!

Michael

silverquill · Post by **silverquill** » February 24th, 2021, 10:00 pm

As promised -- sempuku!

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_33_vanbergen_128kb.mp3 8:42

Post by **Kazbek** » February 25th, 2021, 8:20 pm

silverquill wrote: ↑February 24th, 2021, 10:00 pm As promised -- sempuku!

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_33_vanbergen_128kb.mp3 8:42

Thank you, Larry! PL OK.

Michael

yatsuatari · Post by **yatsuatari** » February 26th, 2021, 2:12 pm

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_13_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

5:53

yatsuatari · Post by **yatsuatari** » February 26th, 2021, 2:37 pm

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_14_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

7:34

Post by **Kazbek** » February 26th, 2021, 4:35 pm

yatsuatari wrote: ↑February 26th, 2021, 2:12 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_13_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

yatsuatari wrote: ↑February 26th, 2021, 2:37 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_14_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

Thank you!

Michael

Post by **Kazbek** » February 27th, 2021, 12:33 pm

yatsuatari wrote: ↑February 26th, 2021, 2:12 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_13_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

yatsuatari wrote: ↑February 26th, 2021, 2:37 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_14_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

PL OK. Thanks for all your excellent contributions!

Michael

WanderingWalker · Post by **WanderingWalker** » March 2nd, 2021, 10:15 am

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_25_vanbergen_128kb.mp3
10.18

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_26_vanbergen_128kb.mp3
12.13

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_27_vanbergen_128kb.mp3
16.03

Hope these are ok now I did listen to them on a number of occasions

WW

Post by **Kazbek** » March 2nd, 2021, 7:14 pm

WanderingWalker wrote: ↑March 2nd, 2021, 10:15 am Hope these are ok now I did listen to them on a number of occasions

Thanks for verifying! The readings in 25 and 26 are totally fine. There's just one technical improvement I'd like to ask you to do. You reading has a wide dynamic range, which gives it a nice vivid character, but creates some difficulties for the listener. I find that when I turn the volume down, I can't make out some of the words that are pronounced softly, and when I turn the volume up, some of the emphatically pronounced words are hurting my ears. Luckily, this can be easily solved using compression. I believe you use Audacity, so here are the steps.

Select the whole track, go to Effects->Compressor, and use the following settings:
- lower the Threshold sliding bar to -20 dB
- check the box "Compress based on peaks"
- uncheck the box "Make up for gain..."
- keep defaults for the other settings.

This eliminates large jumps in volume, yielding more even dynamics. Audacity will remember these compressor settings for future tracks. After that, with the entire track still selected, please use the Amplify effect with -4 in the Amplification box to reduce the volume by 4 dB.

This is fairly straightforward, and you may consider using compression in your other contributions as well, but if you're having difficulty with this operation, let me know and I can do it for you.

I'll listen to section 27 tomorrow. Here are our wiki pages about compression and amplification for reference:

https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Dynamic_Range_Compression
https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Amplifying

Thanks,
Michael

WanderingWalker · Post by **WanderingWalker** » March 3rd, 2021, 3:40 am

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_25_vanbergen_128kb.mp3
10.18

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_26_vanbergen_128kb.mp3
12.13

made the changes regarding amplify and compressor

WW

Post by **Kazbek** » March 3rd, 2021, 5:57 pm

WanderingWalker wrote: ↑March 3rd, 2021, 3:40 am made the changes regarding amplify and compressor

Great! Sections 25 and 26 are PL OK.

Section 27 is much improved!

There's a couple of little stumble/repeats that need to be edited out:

(8:50) informed him that... that
(12:57) examined in... into her strength

Also, please apply the same compression/de-amplification steps to this section.

Thanks,
Michael

WanderingWalker · Post by **WanderingWalker** » March 4th, 2021, 12:37 pm

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/storyjapan_27_vanbergen_128kb.mp3

16.05

corrected stumbles, adjusted compressor and amplify

WW

Thanks for all the help so far especially with the technical side
really appreciate it