Hello! I am super excited to get recording!
I made a quick test recording, This was recorded using Audacity, on Windows, with a USB Samson Mic. I did also have the Windscreen that came with the mic on, If that is helpful to know.
https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/test_charli.mp3
My 1 Minute Test!
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1 Minute Test Feedback:Charli wrote: ↑April 1st, 2024, 2:59 pm Hello! I am super excited to get recording!
I made a quick test recording, This was recorded using Audacity, on Windows, with a USB Samson Mic. I did also have the Windscreen that came with the mic on, If that is helpful to know.
https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/test_charli.mp3
Welcome to Librivox Charli and thanks for posting your test file. We look forward to you joining the community!
Reading Feedback:
You have a bright, animated voice.
Technical Feedback:
- 00:00 The volume of this track is 82.81dB. LV requires the overall volume for the track (measured by ReplayGain - you can try this tool if you want to check the volume) to be between 86-92dB (with 89dB being the ideal). The easiest way to fix this automatically is to use the 'Loudness Normalization' effect (set to -19LUFS in 'perceived loudness' mode) in recent versions of Audacity before exporting the track as an MP3. If you use RMS normalization, set it to -21dB. Another way to fix it would be to use the Amplify effect set to 6dB. Since the volume is so low, amplifying it sufficiently would increase the background noise a lot. Did you accidentally have the microphone slider lower than intended or were you further from the microphone than you should be?
- 00:00 Librivox needs mono files but this is stereo.
- 00:00 Librivox needs mp3 files with a constant bitrate of 128kbps. This file is 114kbps. Since that is not one of the standard mp3 bitrates, you probably selected 'variable' rather than 'constant' bitrate.
Hello again!
I re-did the test without the windscreen/foam cover on my mic, I'm hoping that will really help with the volume. I did tweak those other two settings the way you said, please let me know what you think! https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/test_charli.mp3
I re-did the test without the windscreen/foam cover on my mic, I'm hoping that will really help with the volume. I did tweak those other two settings the way you said, please let me know what you think! https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/test_charli.mp3
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Technical Feedback:Charli wrote: ↑April 21st, 2024, 4:29 am Hello again!
I re-did the test without the windscreen/foam cover on my mic, I'm hoping that will really help with the volume. I did tweak those other two settings the way you said, please let me know what you think! https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/test_charli.mp3
- 00:00 The volume of this track is 83.52dB. LV requires the overall volume for the track (measured by ReplayGain - you can try this tool if you want to check the volume) to be between 86-92dB (with 89dB being the ideal). The easiest way to fix this automatically is to use the 'Loudness Normalization' effect (set to -19LUFS in 'perceived loudness' mode) in recent versions of Audacity before exporting the track as an MP3. If you use RMS normalization, set it to -21dB. Another way to fix it would be to use the Amplify effect set to 5dB.
- 00:00 Librivox needs mp3 files with a constant bitrate of 128kbps. This file is 192kbps.
- 00:00 Your plosives (p, b, t, d, c etc. sounds) tended to 'pop' in this recording which generally means you are speaking directly into the microphone rather than at a slight angle. This can easily be improved with a change in microphone placement or using a pop filter. It can also be improved in post-processing by applying the High Pass Filter effect set to 120Hz and -12dB.