[COMPLETE] Two Years Before the Mast by R.H. Dana - jc

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » March 12th, 2009, 3:55 pm

Thank you. That helps. I Shall persevere. You don't have to listen to the whole thing, Just comment on the noise levels, artifacts, and mic quality. (Mic quality on 04) I realized after I recorded that I didn't have the gain all the way up on 03, so it just occurred to me that could be a problem with the amplifying and then noise cleaning. Thanks a lot for your help.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 12th, 2009, 6:45 pm

Sorry, just remembered this but now don't have headset... will post first thing tomorrow.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 16th, 2009, 4:53 am

Sorry sorry... forgot again... OK, so number 04 is perfect and so is the NC'd number 03. The un-NC'd 03 is also fine, but the NC'd is even better. On all those just slight hissy ambient noise in the background, hardly distracting at all (to my ears, and on my crappy headphones). So, go ahead!

Let me know when they're ready to PL.

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » March 18th, 2009, 11:41 am

Thanks for doing that Gesine. I think I got it to how I want it. I shall post here for my reference.

1. Use shotgun mic, stretched as far away from the computer as I can.
2. Make sure gain is all the way up.
3. Turn speakers off to get rid of scratchy feedback.
4. Remove dc offset.
5. Amplify to suggested level.
6. Noise clean in wave pad.
7. Don't sweat the small stuff.

This is how I did section 03. I May rerecord section 04, so let me work that out before you proof listen.
Thanks again, Gesine. I really appreciate your help.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 18th, 2009, 12:03 pm

Glad to be of help.

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » March 25th, 2009, 3:26 pm

Section 03 & 04 are ready for PL.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 26th, 2009, 7:22 pm

This is such fascinating stuff. Loved the catamaran reference.

One small glitch, see MW.

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » March 27th, 2009, 6:26 pm

Ok, I'll fix it some time in the near future. Did I pronounce catamaran right?

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » April 2nd, 2009, 9:51 am

catchpenny wrote:Ok, I'll fix it some time in the near future. Did I pronounce catamaran right?

Absolutely.

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » April 14th, 2009, 12:03 pm

05 done, 06 in the works.

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » April 15th, 2009, 10:23 am

06 is finished.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » April 17th, 2009, 10:25 am

Ch 5 appears to be unedited - see PL notes in the MW. Could it be you uploaded the wrong file? Want to check that ch 6 is the final version?

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » April 17th, 2009, 9:59 pm

Oh, Gesine I'm sorry! I'll check that asap. What would I do without you?

catchpenny · Post by **catchpenny** » April 22nd, 2009, 11:20 am

Ok, Gesine. 05 should be fixed now. What happened was that half of those repeats I left in to check which one sounded better after noise cleaning, and then completely forgot to edit them. 06 is the correct file, but I took the liberty of editing out some tongue clicks.

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » April 23rd, 2009, 11:56 am

catchpenny wrote:Ok, Gesine. 05 should be fixed now. What happened was that half of those repeats I left in to check which one sounded better after noise cleaning, and then completely forgot to edit them. 06 is the correct file, but I took the liberty of editing out some tongue clicks.

Cool, thanks! I'll listen.