http://librivox.org/who-was-who-5000-bc-1914-by-irwin-leslie-gordon/
This one will be a trio dramatic reading with myself (ductapeguy), jimmowatt, and Cloud Mountain each alternating entries throughout.
As Cloud Mountain and Jim have excused themselves from the project, chocoholic and Sibella have volunteered to join in the chorus for this project.
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please post in this thread when you have transferred your file!
You may upload your sections by FTP to my server at librivox.ductapeguy.net PM me for the password.
Division of Sections: I roughly divided the book into 1500-2000 word sections. I think one is a little longer. If you have other ideas for dividing up the work post them below and we'll work it out.
We are alternating through each entry of the text. I generally do the first entry for each letter of the alphabet then we sequence through 1-Sean, 2- Jim, 3- Alan and repeat ad nauseum (not literally I hope). The script is divided into S-J-A sections.
A completed script can be found here.
On one of your first recordings, could you both record
1) Recorded by (name) (URL) (Location)
2) Disclaimer
"This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org""
3) record the words "End of Section"
Send your files as wav or aiff in this format
who_was_who_-_(letters)_(reader).wav
i.e. : who_was_who_-_intro_and_a_jim.wav
As WAV files have proven very large to send about, we have moved to using flac or 320kbs mp3 files for this project.
Pam is proof- listening. Edit: Fae has also offered to proof-listen
Starlite and ductapeguy are going to edit it all together.
Note to readers: Please note that we're using the new and improved LibriVox intro - at the very beginning, say "Section ## of Who was Who, by Irwin Leslie Gordon (letter) to (letter)." then the usual "This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org""
Set your recording software to:
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Record in WAV or AIFF formats.
End of recording
At the end of the section, say:
“End of [Section number & "letter to letter"]"
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Who Was Who, by Irwin Leslie Gordon"
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
BC ADMIN LINK
Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.
- Full title: Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be
- Full name of author(s): Gordon, Irwin Leslie
- Full name of translator (if applicable, and if available):
- Link to PD text source: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/984
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): n/a
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): n/a
- Target completion date (an estimate which can be changed): April 1, 2007
- Short description (can be a paragraph copied from Wikipedia. If you write this yourself, please be aware that your summary will be in the PD. Please state who wrote the description):
A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey - Number of sections (files) this project will have: 12
- Does the project have an introduction [y/n]:
- Original publication date (if known): 1915
- Do you have server space to store your files?: No but Alan has set up a directory on his server
- If you're a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
- Example of your file names: who_was_who_Gordon_section#_--to--.mp3
- Example of your ID3 tags:
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: ## - [letter to letter] (e.g. 07 - J to L) who Was Who
Artist: Irwin Leslie Gordon
Album: Who Was Who
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Edit November 19:
Due to all his other commitments, Jim has orphaned his remaining sections of Who Was Who.
Edit again: Sibella will be reading Jim's remaining sections.
Edit July 30:
Due to all his other commitments, Cloud Mountain has orphaned his remaining sections of Who Was Who. Laurie Ann (Chocoholic has recorded his remaining parts).
