My 1 Minute Test

[JamesEvans]

https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/1minutetestjamesvans.mp3

Hi all, it's my sincere pleasure to be here, I have uploaded my 1 minute test so see what you think and any advice would be wonderful thank you.

James Evans

[InTheDesert]

https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/1minutetestjamesvans.mp3

Hi all, it's my sincere pleasure to be here, I have uploaded my 1 minute test so see what you think and any advice would be wonderful thank you.

James Evans

1 Minute Test Feedback:

Welcome to Librivox James and thanks for posting your test file. We look forward to you joining the community!

Reading Feedback:
You have a warm, deep voice.

Technical Feedback:

• 00:00 The volume of this track is 84.61dB. 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 4dB.
• 00:00 Librivox needs mp3 files with a constant bitrate of 128kbps. This file is 93kbps. Since that is not one of the standard mp3 bitrates, you probably selected 'variable' rather than 'constant' bitrate.

Once you've tweaked these settings, upload the file again using the same filename (uploading to the same filename is important when you are submitting Librivox files) and post in the thread and I'll check it for you again!

[JamesEvans]

https://librivox.org/uploads/tests/1minutetestjamesvans.mp3

Hi there,

So sorry, I'm quite new to this and while Audacity is not the most complicated program out there, I can't help but feel I am an old dog and this is a new trick.

That being said I think I have made the amendments and hope this is more suitable.

Thanks
James

[InTheDesert]

Technical Feedback:

• 00:00 The volume of this track is 80.31dB. 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 9dB. 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?

Once you've tweaked these settings, upload the file again using the same filename (uploading to the same filename is important when you are submitting Librivox files) and post in the thread and I'll check it for you again!