It's yours.
Thanks,
Thanks so much! Ready for PL (and correctly named).tshoes76 wrote: ↑April 13th, 2024, 4:53 pm Thanks, W. In the meantime, I saw the Section Numbers and put a new front and back end on Section 27, Midsummer in Salamis.
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_27_morley_128kb.mp3
Hi Tom -tshoes76 wrote: ↑April 13th, 2024, 4:53 pm Thanks, W. In the meantime, I saw the Section Numbers and put a new front and back end on Section 27, Midsummer in Salamis.
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_27_morley_128kb.mp3
Opening silence must be between 0.5 and 1 second (I believe 1 1/2 would be too long).BetsyWalker wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 7:19 amHi Tom -tshoes76 wrote: ↑April 13th, 2024, 4:53 pm Thanks, W. In the meantime, I saw the Section Numbers and put a new front and back end on Section 27, Midsummer in Salamis.
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_27_morley_128kb.mp3
Very nicely read. My only comments have to do with the length of pauses.
--The longest one is 54 seconds before you start. It should not be more than 1.5 seconds at the beginning.
--After that at 1:23 there is a 4 second pause between the chapter title and the text
--Then at 8:31 another 4 second pause between paragraphs
The two 4 second pauses are not really "wrong", but leave the listener wondering for just a bit. Perhaps our Admin will advise that no adjustments are needed for those.
Betsy
Thanks for this feedback, Winnifred! -BetsyWinnifred wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 11:05 am Opening silence must be between 0.5 and 1 second (I believe 1 1/2 would be too long).
The general wisdom seems to be that silences between paragraphs shouldn't be more than 2 seconds, and even less within paragraphs. Fifty-four seconds is an awfully long time to wait for a story to start. Some listeners would assume there's something wrong with the recording and give up. Four seconds between paragraphs would also leave the listener wondering.
Just a nitpicky note about terminology. Flattered as I am to be called an admin, I'm not actually one. Yes, I'm the book coordinator (BC) on this project, but I'm merely another volunteer like you. Admins are a higher level of volunteer on Librivox and there's only a few of them. The admin here would be Ann (Icequeen) who is meta coordinator (MC) on this project, and she'd likely only weigh in if I didn't have an answer to your questions (or gave a wrong one ). But hey, you can call me whatever you'd like. As long as you know the truth...
Cheers,
Well read - PL Okay - BetsyWinnifred wrote: ↑April 12th, 2024, 3:54 pm Section 24 is ready for PL: https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_24_morley_128kb.mp3 (4:25)
Cheers,
Yes, it is fun, isn't it?tshoes76 wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 1:43 pm Thanks to both of you. This is a lot of fun!
I don’t know if you wanted me to do this, but I went back to the recording and tightened up the long pauses you noted, as well as some others. I didn’t make any other changes; no new words or recordings.
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_27_morley_128kb_v2.mp3
Again, no _v2 in the name, please. The MCs have their own methods of differentiating between submissions, and there's no risk of overwriting your own earlier files accidentally (though if you give it the wrong number, you do risk overwriting someone else's file!)tshoes76 wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 2:24 pm Well, I read another one, Section 37, and tried to edit it to eliminate long silences. I think it may come from my stopping-and-starting technique, which needs work. I also am trying not to actually pause as long between chapters or topics. Anyway, here you go:
The length of this recording is 29:44.
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_37_morley_128kb_v2.mp3
MY ERROR HERE. THIS COMMENT BELOW DOES NOT APPLY TO SECTION 37, BUT TO THE EARLIER ONE WITH THE LONG PAUSES. SORRY.tshoes76 wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 2:24 pm Well, I read another one, Section 37, and tried to edit it to eliminate long silences. I think it may come from my stopping-and-starting technique, which needs work. I also am trying not to actually pause as long between chapters or topics. Anyway, here you go:
The length of this recording is 29:44.
https://librivox.org/uploads/icequeen/powderofsympathy_37_morley_128kb_v2.mp3