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Essays -Second Series by Ralph Walso Emerson.

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/essays-second-series-by-ralph-waldo-emerson/

This a series of 9 essays published in 1844.

• Target completion date: 7/1/09
  
• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2945
  
• Type of proof-listening required: Standard
  
  IMPORTANT - soloist, please note: in order to limit the amount of languishing projects (and hence the amount of files on our hard-pressed server), we ask that you post an update at least once a month in your project thread, even if you haven't managed to record anything. If we don't hear from you for three months, your project will be opened up to a group project as soon as a Book Coordinator can be found. Files you have completed will be used in this project. If you haven't recorded anything yet, your project will be removed from the forum (contact any admin to have it re-instated).
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• The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
  No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
  
  Start of recording (Intro)
  • "Essay [number] of Essays Series Two. - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
  • If you wish, say:
    "Recording by [your name]"
    
  • Say:
    "Essays Series Two, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Essay [number]: [essay title]"
  
  
  For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
  • "Chapter [number] of [Book title]. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain.
  • If you wish, say:
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  • Say:
    "Essays Series Two, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. [Essay title]"
  
  End of recording
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    “End of [essay title]"
    
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    "End of Essays Second Series, by Ralph Waldo Emerson."
  
  There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
  
  
• Example filename
  essays2_##_emerson.mp3
  
  
• Example ID3 V2 tags
  Title: ## - [essay title]
  Artist: Ralph Waldo Emerson
  Album: Essays, Series Two
  
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Bob

[annise]

Hi Bob
I'm not taking this on cos my cup is overflowing, but you need to fill in the rest of the template particularly what you plan to say at into and outro and your suggested file names.
You also need to have at least put in a test file so that your technical bits are checked - a soloist is more or less on their own so you need to be sure you have things right - having to redo chapters which can't be used is a real pain.

I noticed you have also signed up for chapters so getting them done first and Pled would make this a lot easier for you . Hope all this helps you get started on the road to Librivoxing

Anne

[CarlManchester]

Hi Bob,

You're ready to go.

Cheers,
Carl.
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Carl, the first 5 of the 9 essays are uploaded. The rest will be finished later this week. Thanks for all your help.

Bob



http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays-secondseries_01_emerson.mp3

Length - 59:51


http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays-secondseries_02_emerson.mp3

Length - 1:00:24


http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays-secondseries_03_emerson.mp3

Length - 39:34


http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays-secondseries_04_emerson.mp3

Length - 54:28


http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays-secondseries_05_emerson.mp3

Length - 10:17
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Bob

[CarlManchester]

...and thanks for your recordings. Keep 'em coming.
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Carl, the final 4 essays are now uploaded. URLs below. (Please ignore a 5th file uploaded today, labeled 5-Gifts. It was actually essay 6 with a wrong name.)

I may re-record one or more of the first 5 at a later date, but go ahead with the final processing and post the completed project.

Thanks for your help and guidance along the way.

Bob.


http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays2_6_emerson.mp3
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays2_7_emerson.mp3
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays2_8_emerson.mp3
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/cm/essays2_9_emerson.mp3
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Bob

[TriciaG]

[sticking my nose in]

It looks like all these files need to be PL'd. Do you want to advertise over in Listeners Wanted? I'm sure someone will pick it up pretty quickly.

I fixed the text source link - it wasn't working for me. I think there was a typo in it, plus it was a link to the reader vs. the main page for the work where people can choose which version to look at.
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[neustar]

Thanks for the suggestion.

This is my first solo project. Is a PL required? I don't thnk there are any errors.
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Bob

[TriciaG]

Yes, PL is required to make sure the files uploaded correctly, the technical settings are correct, etc.

I'll take the liberty of posting for a PL'er for you.
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Thanks for your help!
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[CarlManchester]

Thanks Bob and thanks Tricia.

Don't worry about the filenames for now - I'll change them before cataloguing.

Cheers,
Carl.
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[KiltedDragon]

Wow, those are some long sections to PL! I will start by taking Sections 1 and 2.
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Can't accuse ol' Ralph of being terse. Thanks for diving in! Also, any feedback is always appreciated.
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Bob

[KiltedDragon]

Ok, PL'ed Sections 1 and 2. Extremely well done, Bob!

Besides the file names needing change, as already noted in the MW, Sections 1 and 2 need to be amplified. I downloaded the other sections and can see that sections 3 - 5 are also going to need to be amplified and that sections 6 - 9 will not. I won't mention the files names again as they are obviously already noted.

I will go ahead and be the DPL for this project and finish all the other sections. Will be ready in a few days I think.

Barry
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[KiltedDragon]

PL'ed sections 3, 4, and 5. They all need to be amplified.

Section 3: needs 3 more seconds silence on the end to get up to 10 seconds

Section 4: there is a repeat of "We should meet" at 27:26 and there is 13 seconds silence at the end, only need 10

Section 5: there is 10 seconds silence at the end; only need 5 seconds as it is under 30 minutes.
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