COMPLETE: Behind the Footlights by Ethel Alec-Tweedie -jo

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » March 15th, 2022, 8:31 pm

And Chapter 13 is also PL-OK!

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » March 18th, 2022, 1:40 pm

The next section has been uploaded.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » March 19th, 2022, 3:09 pm

Section 15 has been uploaded. Scarier and scarier - why would anyone want a job like that

Also, my all-time beloved English word, "bow", strikes again. I actually had to re-do almost all of the bits where it appeared, as I got the wrong pronunciation.

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » March 22nd, 2022, 9:50 pm

Chapter 14 is PL-OK!

Should be able to listen to Chapter 15 tomorrow

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » March 23rd, 2022, 9:37 pm

Chapter 15 is PL-OK!

Seems stage life is definitely not as glamorous as everyone imagines. I did find the part about make-up for the stage very interesting!

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » March 27th, 2022, 10:30 am

Chapter 17 is in.

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » March 31st, 2022, 9:16 pm

Another enjoyable chapter. Thank goodness for the dog!

Chapter 17 is PL-OK!

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » April 2nd, 2022, 12:14 pm

The next chapter is in. I tried to read the misspelled words in the letters the way the mistakes make them sound in my mind. After you listen, tell me if that makes sense to you.
I hope to be able to record and submit the last chapter tomorrow.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » April 3rd, 2022, 3:52 am

The last chapter is in.

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » April 4th, 2022, 8:31 pm

Chapter 18 is PL-OK!
I thought the letter reading was very well done and effective

Chapter 19 sounded great though I did find it a sad story. There are just a couple of easy fixes needed for that chapter.

Chapter 19 Note:
-The file is in stereo and checker shows the volume is softer than the 86-92dB required range.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » April 5th, 2022, 7:40 am

jennlea wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 8:31 pm
Chapter 19 Note:
-The file is in stereo (...)

That's new

How did that happen? I just opened the track in Audacity and I don't even see any indication that it may be in stereo. If that were the case, shouldn't I be seeing two tracks after opening the file? Also, when I go to the "Tracks" menu, the "Stereo to Mono" option is greyed out, which would suggest that the track is in mono

EDIT: I can see now that Checker marks it as stereo. OK, I'll ask around.
EDIT 2: I amplified it, re-converted in to MP3, the "Stereo to Mono" option is greyed-out and I see one track just as before, but Checker still fails it as stereo, although passes it volume-wise

continues...

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » April 5th, 2022, 8:50 am

OK, enough edits. It must be getting hard to read

I think the most recent upload is OK. I still have no idea what caused the issue, though

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » April 5th, 2022, 8:03 pm

Well I don't know how you fixed it but it's now PL-OK!

I rarely use audacity so I couldn't even have suggested how to to about fixing it.

Thank you asking me to finish PLing this when you adopted this project! I'm so glad you were able to help complete it and I enjoyed listening!

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » April 5th, 2022, 9:12 pm

I can take a look at your various uploads and see if I can tell what was going on with Checker, but meanwhile we need a summary and a few keywords for the catalog.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » April 6th, 2022, 7:55 am

Thank you both, Jo and Jenn.

It was a very eye-opening and interesting project and it definitely taught me a lot, especially given how little I knew about the theatre before launching into this abondoned solo.
Key words have been have as well as an introduction. If you spot any grammatical mistake or weird wording in the latter, let me know.