[COMPLETE] Celebrated Crimes, Vol.1 by Alexandre Dumas -sj

neerajanagarajan · November 15th, 2009, 1:01 am

Still working on my teeny weeny first section. Sorry this is taking so long, will send it in today or tomorrow at the max.

ETA - It's done --

6:20

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/sj/celebratedcrimes_1-01_dumas.mp3

aravis · Post by **aravis** » November 15th, 2009, 8:34 am

Thanks a lot, Neeru!

Elli

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » November 15th, 2009, 9:50 am

Neeru - Sec 1 is just fine.

neerajanagarajan · November 15th, 2009, 10:06 am

Thanks very much, Karen! Was keeping my fingers crossed, because of all the foreign language words in that one little section...

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » November 15th, 2009, 10:43 am

Jacquerie - All 3 of your new sections are just fine!

kmerline · Post by **kmerline** » November 15th, 2009, 10:44 am

neerajanagarajan wrote:Thanks very much, Karen! Was keeping my fingers crossed, because of all the foreign language words in that one little section...

The intro makes me look forward to more volumes.

momof3Chihuahuas · November 16th, 2009, 9:13 pm

Thank you so much, Neeru!

Excellent! I really appreciate it!

Thank you too, Karen, for your great PL'ing! That's right; the intro tells something about each volume in this series. Personally, I'm looking forward to the volume about Mary, Queen of Scots, although I wonder how historically accurate it will be.

It would be really cool to get this book wrapped up by the end of November, but I'm not sure it'll happen. We'll see. But a big thanks to all of you who've already recorded your sections & to Karen, Elli, & Sarah!

OK, I'm off to do some PL'ing for end-of-month projects!
Joy

Kevin Maxson · Post by **Kevin Maxson** » November 17th, 2009, 6:16 am

I'm still here; hope to have the first section soon. Don't know if they'll all be done by the end of November, but if I get on a roll...

Thanks!

aravis · Post by **aravis** » November 17th, 2009, 9:24 am

Hi Kevin!

Thanks a lot for letting us know! Have fun reading!

Elli

momof3Chihuahuas · November 18th, 2009, 6:50 pm

Thanks, Kevin! I'm looking forward to hearing you!

Kevin Maxson · Post by **Kevin Maxson** » November 21st, 2009, 3:09 pm

Wow, this sure is a lot of Italian names to stumble through. Oddly enough, it's not the names I've having trouble with, but the lack of periods in the text. It's tough to hold the right inflection through run-on sentences. I'm stopping and starting a lot in the same project. That should be ok, though. I've found a fairly peaceful environment for doing this.

At least, until my preschooler gets home.

smijen · Post by **smijen** » November 22nd, 2009, 12:04 am

That's what editing is for! It's easiest to edit if you re-read from a place where there's a natural pause (the last period, comma, etc.). Sounds like that may be hard to do in this case

but you'll save yourself some editing time if you do it. Another tip is to keep the recording going (or hit pause) even if you have to stop reading to get a pronunciation or to parse a sentence. If you stop it and start a new file each time, it's more of a hassle to edit and you can usually tell where the join is.

momof3Chihuahuas · December 18th, 2009, 7:07 pm

Excellent advice, Sarah!

That's what I do in Audacity; I don't stop my recording. I just let it keep recording since I can easily edit out the times when I'm not actually reading. Much simpler for me (or pausing, as you also mentioned).

Remember, the deadline is 1 Feb. 2010, so after the holidays, I'll be eagerly expecting some recordings to be turned in. I know everyone is busy this time of year, but--and I say this very kindly/gently---if recordings aren't turned in by Jan. 15, those sections will be orphaned/opened (without notification to the current assigned readers) for others to claim so we can get this wrapped up by the deadline. And if there's some reason our remaining readers can't record their sections, that's fine; life happens & we all get busy---as it says in the first post, there's no shame in that at all.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season & a fantastic 2010!

Joy

Kevin Maxson · Post by **Kevin Maxson** » December 21st, 2009, 8:25 am

I've been opening and closing the project and it makes a new track serially in the file - but plays them one after the other. Seems ok to listen to. I just don't have the time to record from stop to finish at one session, unfortunately.

Hoping to get a bunch done during the holidays!

momof3Chihuahuas · December 22nd, 2009, 12:12 am

Hi, Kevin!

Oh, I know things are too busy this close to Christmas for anyone to get much done. There will be more time after the holidays. I just wanted to remind everyone of the deadline (for after the holidays). From what I remember of your test, you're a great reader with an excellent voice, so LV definitely needs you.

I definitely don't want to put off someone who can be such an asset to LV!

If what you're doing works, that's great!

But like Sarah said, if you just keep recording or just click on pause you won't get the multiple tracks. I always keep recording & just edit out the extra time or noises. But whatever works best for you is fine, of course.

I didn't mean to sound harsh---just want to get this done hopefully by the deadline. It's my first BC (book coordinating) project, so I'm sort of new at doing things from this end. I'm used to PL'ing (quite a bit) & even recording, but I wanted to learn how to be a BC too (which is why aravis--Elli--is my co-BC for this project, since I didn't have any practice at this).

Thanks for the update! Have a wonderful holiday season!
Joy

P.S. Not that it matters, really, but Kevin is my hubby's name---did you know it means "kind and gentle"?

Good name!