[SOLO]The Hole in the Wall by Arthur Morrison - kit

ogus · Post by **ogus** » January 21st, 2024, 3:49 am

The Hole in the Wall, by Arthur Morrison (1863 - 1945)

A lively story about a pub, and those who ran it, at the end of the 19th century in the East End Dockland of London, with its poverty-stricken working people and criminal underworld. (Summary by Anthony Ogus)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34538

Target completion date: 2024-06-17

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"The Hole in the Wall, by Arthur Morrison.
Section Title."

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Post by **Kitty** » January 21st, 2024, 6:22 am

hi Anthony, this sounds like a funny project. I can MC this. Do you already have a DPL in mind ?

MW coming soon...

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » January 21st, 2024, 6:44 am

MW is in placed and ready to be filled out by you. Then we can move to going solo.

I could volunteer to DPL if you have no one else lined up yet. It sounds like a fascinating story.

Also: as soloist you can preclaim your cover if you wish to do your own CD cover, but I guess you know that already.

Sonia

ogus · Post by **ogus** » January 21st, 2024, 9:11 am

Hello Kitty & Sonia

Delighted to have you both to have you on board as, respectively, MW and DPL.

Hopefully, first chapter to be posted in a week or so.

Anthony

Post by **Kitty** » January 21st, 2024, 9:15 am

ogus wrote: ↑January 21st, 2024, 9:11 amHello Kitty & Sonia
Delighted to have you both to have you on board as, respectively, MW and DPL.

well...actually I am one and the same person...

moving to going solo then and looking forward to the first section

Sonia

ogus · Post by **ogus** » January 24th, 2024, 8:10 am

O.K. Kitty alias Sonia: off we go! Chapter 1 posted.

Post by **Kitty** » January 24th, 2024, 9:12 am

ogus wrote: ↑January 24th, 2024, 8:10 amChapter 1 posted.

wow it's a great start already. Despite the sad occasion, it was very funny to your doing the aunts' voices in their dialogue. What a bunch of unsavoury ladies.

The boy is better off with his grandfather.

It promises a very good book. Looking forward to more. Also your narration is very easy to follow along, so thanks !

Textually all is perfect, but there are a few cosmetic things to edit still:

> the background noise is a bit disturbing and would profit from one round of noise-cleaning
> the volume is a bit low, maybe amplify with +1 at least
> the filename is wrong, see the correct naming standard in the first post, here: holeinthewall_01_morrison_128kb

Also, you forgot to update the MW with the chapter titles. I started you off by writing the first one in section 1 slot. Could you please fill out the rest ? We need titles before we can catalogue.

thanks

Sonia

ogus · Post by **ogus** » January 26th, 2024, 2:48 am

Thanks very much for your most helpful comments. I'll carry out your suggestions in the next few days.

A

ogus · Post by **ogus** » January 26th, 2024, 9:19 am

I have tried, I hope successfully, to carry out your suggested amendments to Chap 1.

A

Post by **Kitty** » January 26th, 2024, 12:29 pm

ogus wrote: ↑January 26th, 2024, 9:19 amI have tried, I hope successfully, to carry out your suggested amendments to Chap 1.

I think it is already better this way. The background noise is still audible sometimes in the quiet parts, but it's not that disturbing. Are you using audacity ? How did you do the noisecleaning if I may ask ?

But I think we can mark it PL ok.

Have a nice weekend

Sonia

ogus · Post by **ogus** » January 30th, 2024, 9:04 am

Many thanks. Yes, I record with Audacity and for noise-cleaning used the facility "Noise reduction" on the Effects menu. Any other suggestions?

Nb will be away for a long weekend in France, Belgium and German, so don't know when next chapter will be posted.

A

Post by **Kitty** » January 30th, 2024, 12:27 pm

ogus wrote: ↑January 30th, 2024, 9:04 amMany thanks. Yes, I record with Audacity and for noise-cleaning used the facility "Noise reduction" on the Effects menu. Any other suggestions?

yes I meant what "numbers" are you using in the noisecleaning program ? It may make a difference.

Nb will be away for a long weekend in France, Belgium and German, so don't know when next chapter will be posted.

you are touring around my country borders

I live in Luxembourg, right in the middle of these three.

hope you enjoy

Sonia

ogus · Post by **ogus** » February 11th, 2024, 4:37 am

Hope you are enjoying your holiday trip. Ours went well, but had other commitments on our return, hence the delay in recording Chapter 2 - now posted.

A

Post by **Kitty** » February 18th, 2024, 7:42 am

ogus wrote: ↑February 11th, 2024, 4:37 amHope you are enjoying your holiday trip. Ours went well, but had other commitments on our return, hence the delay in recording Chapter 2 - now posted.

did they just kill Marr by the end of the chapter ? Whatever for ? Unwholesome fellows... but an intriguing chapter and probably not easy to narrate with all the low-class dialect.

Absolutely PL ok, thanks.

And yes, my trip was pleasant and we saw many interesting sights

Hope yours was agreeable as well.

Sonia

ogus · Post by **ogus** » February 20th, 2024, 3:55 am

Thanks.

I've been to Luxembourg a few times, but do not know it well. Have you been there long? I had assumed that you were American since all my previous MCs have been from the US.

Our trip was primarily for opera (I am an opera fanatic) and the first stages in Tourcoing and Brussels were very good, but then Deutsche Bahn let us down badly and we arrived at our their destination (Schwetzingen) two hours late and the performance there was disastrously bad!

Chapter 3 posted.

Best wishes

A