(Complete)[DR] The Year When Stardust Fell - philc

Post by **redrun** » January 29th, 2023, 9:49 pm

loon wrote: ↑January 29th, 2023, 5:23 pm Chapter 12 is ready for PL.

Ken has a flashback of something his dad said earlier - I tried a more subtle echo for this. Redrun, if this sounds better to you I'll go back and change the Mr. Allen flashback in chapter 9.

Yes, that does sound better! Phone has no trouble with this one.

But back to being extra picky, as requested.

I'd also recommend reducing the static-y radio effect on Dr. French's lines in this chapter - the effect may be the same as for the other radio voices, but it makes it harder to hear this reader in particular.

For chapter 13, there are two places I'd recommend just a tad more silence:
@5:30, just before "It snowed heavily that afternoon"
@10:34, between "Shoot," and "he said."

But as before, these are all optional, and both pass standard PL with flying colors.

loon · Post by **loon** » January 30th, 2023, 2:37 pm

redrun wrote: ↑January 29th, 2023, 9:49 pm Yes, that does sound better! Phone has no trouble with this one.

But back to being extra picky, as requested. :wink:
I'd also recommend reducing the static-y radio effect on Dr. French's lines in this chapter - the effect may be the same as for the other radio voices, but it makes it harder to hear this reader in particular.

For chapter 13, there are two places I'd recommend just a tad more silence:
@5:30, just before "It snowed heavily that afternoon"
@10:34, between "Shoot," and "he said."

But as before, these are all optional, and both pass standard PL with flying colors. :D

Thanks for the suggestions - I get too involved to give the chapters an objective listen. The files are ready for a spot PL.

Chapter 9 - toned down echo in Ken's flashback near 4:21. The length is unchanged.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_09_jones_128kb.mp3

Chapter 12 - reduced the compression and widened the filter on Dr. French in the 4:16 and 6:07 area. I also added 1/10 second more pause before "They broke contact." The length still rounds to 21:11.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_12_jones_128kb.mp3

Chapter 13 - extra silence added near 5:30 and near 10:34. The new length is 18:56.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_13_jones_128kb.mp3

Post by **redrun** » January 30th, 2023, 3:17 pm

loon wrote: ↑January 30th, 2023, 2:37 pm Thanks for the suggestions - I get too involved to give the chapters an objective listen. The files are ready for a spot PL.

Chapter 9 - toned down echo in Ken's flashback near 4:21. The length is unchanged.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_09_jones_128kb.mp3

Chapter 12 - reduced the compression and widened the filter on Dr. French in the 4:16 and 6:07 area. I also added 1/10 second more pause before "They broke contact." The length still rounds to 21:11.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_12_jones_128kb.mp3

Chapter 13 - extra silence added near 5:30 and near 10:34. The new length is 18:56.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_13_jones_128kb.mp3

All three, spot-PL OK!

That's perfectly fair - I've released several chapters with rather obvious mistakes simply because I couldn't hear them anymore. Until they were published.
Funny how that works.

loon · Post by **loon** » February 3rd, 2023, 6:20 pm

Chapter 14 is ready for PL.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_14_jones_128kb.mp3
length is 18:59

The battle for Mayfield begins. Things will get worse before they get better.

Post by **redrun** » February 3rd, 2023, 7:31 pm

Just one suggested change for chapter 14: I'd recommend a bit more of a pause in narration at about 16:33.
Aside from that, all good and ready for the PL thumb-stamp.

loon · Post by **loon** » February 3rd, 2023, 7:43 pm

redrun wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2023, 7:31 pm Just one suggested change for chapter 14: I'd recommend a bit more of a pause in narration at about 16:33.

Are you saying just before "It was 9 o'clock on a day when ordinarily school bells..."?

I added pauses in a few places; one more won't hurt!

loon · Post by **loon** » February 3rd, 2023, 7:47 pm

Another slight change requested from Larry / silverquill.
In the narration for chapter 15 the line near 3:56 should begin

The man opened his eyes slowly against the terrible pain.

"Slowly" is missing. I'll also send a PM.

Post by **redrun** » February 3rd, 2023, 7:49 pm

loon wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2023, 7:43 pm Are you saying just before "It was 9 o'clock on a day when ordinarily school bells..."?

Yes, exactly there. It seems like a scene transition, so I'd make that pause a bit longer.

loon · Post by **loon** » February 3rd, 2023, 8:12 pm

redrun wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2023, 7:49 pm
loon wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2023, 7:43 pm Are you saying just before "It was 9 o'clock on a day when ordinarily school bells..."?
Yes, exactly there. It seems like a scene transition, so I'd make that pause a bit longer.

Ready for a spot PL of the area ~16:20 thru ~16:45.
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_14_jones_128kb.mp3
I added about 1/2 second overall and also moved a bit of the pause from ~16:38 "The first war shots" back to ~16:30 "It was 9 o'clock" - thus moving the scene change earlier one sentence. Thanks for the expert advice; the change feels better (to me, at least).

Post by **redrun** » February 3rd, 2023, 8:21 pm

Spot PL, OK!

Yes, this sounds more natural to me too.

loon · Post by **loon** » February 10th, 2023, 3:17 pm

I'm going to jump out of order here - redrun, if you want to wait for chapter 15 to arrive so you can hear everything in order that's fine by me. Chapter 15 is almost ready; it just needs a couple replacement lines.

Chapter 16 - "Black Victory" - length 26:13 - ready for PL
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_16_jones_128kb.mp3
(For anyone who wants to hear a sneak preview from chapter 16, there is a 5:39 action scene fairly down the page at: https://fullloon.com/stardust/ - enjoy!)

Chapter 17 - "Balance of Nature" - length 22:47 - ready for PL
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_17_jones_128kb.mp3
I had some trouble with voice clicks in this one. For example, there's a double click from "Ken" near 10:24. I tried to fix this with the De-clicker effect, with filters and by trying to snip out a small bit of a word - all unsuccessfully. Finally I left the clicks in. -Sigh-

silverquill · Post by **silverquill** » February 11th, 2023, 12:34 am

loon wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2023, 7:47 pm Another slight change requested from Larry / silverquill.
In the narration for chapter 15 the line near 3:56 should begin
The man opened his eyes slowly against the terrible pain.
"Slowly" is missing. I'll also send a PM.

Sorry to be slow in getting this to you. My voice has been too rough to record for about a week. Still a bit on the froggy side, but I think I got a close enough match. Didn't know if you wanted just a line, but here is the entire file with the corrected line where it belongs.

https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_narrator_15.mp3

Post by **ToddHW** » February 11th, 2023, 5:32 am

loon wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 3:17 pm Chapter 17 - "Balance of Nature" - length 22:47 - ready for PL
https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_17_jones_128kb.mp3
I had some trouble with voice clicks in this one. For example, there's a double click from "Ken" near 10:24. I tried to fix this with the De-clicker effect, with filters and by trying to snip out a small bit of a word - all unsuccessfully. Finally I left the clicks in. -Sigh-

I fixed Ken's Clicks and uploaded his file for chapter 17 again. Fix is at 3:30.5

Thanks, Todd

loon · Post by **loon** » February 11th, 2023, 7:14 am

ToddHW wrote: ↑February 11th, 2023, 5:32 am
I fixed Ken's Clicks and uploaded his file for chapter 17 again. Fix is at 3:30.5

The clicks that are bothering me are in "by pressure" - a couple seconds earlier. It doesn't sound like you touched those. I'm leaving it as-is as an example of "that's the way Ken sounds."

loon · Post by **loon** » February 11th, 2023, 7:32 am

silverquill wrote: ↑February 11th, 2023, 12:34 am Sorry to be slow in getting this to you. My voice has been too rough to record for about a week. Still a bit on the froggy side, but I think I got a close enough match. Didn't know if you wanted just a line, but here is the entire file with the corrected line where it belongs.

https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenevert/yearwhenstardustfell_narrator_15.mp3

That fits in just fine, thank you. Now I get to start my final pass (passes?), fussing with volumes and timings between characters.