Experiment - AudioFic - Persephone's Return (Part One) - 09/04/06 06:50 AM
As you may have noticed, I've been having fun with my new headset lately. I haven't had a decent quality computer microphone before. I've also got a lot of time on my hands these days.
The latest result of that situation?
AudioFic.
It's a little experiment I'm springing on you guys.
You've heard of AudioBooks? Same idea. Record a file of someone reading a story.
Today, I did a cold reading of part one of Persephone\'s Return . I picked that one because it's relatively short, was well-liked enough to get a Kerth nom, and is not written in the first-person perspective of a young girl.
It's a little rough. There are some mistakes. The intonation could perhaps be better in places. For a first shot, though, it's not bad. I hope. You'll be the judge(s) of that.
It's also rather large. Larger than I was expecting. 11.6 megs. I'm not sure what I can do about that. Anyone know a way to change the bitrate of an mp3 file without making it sound horrible? Or should I just record shorter segments?
If you're interested and have a high-speed connection (or a lot of patience), please download the file and let me know what you think.
Should I do the rest of the story?
Should I make the sections smaller?
Should I do other stories? (If so, any requests?)
Anyone else interested in doing stuff like this? Maybe we could even voice cast a story, to make the speakers more distinctive...
Or is this all just a waste of time and bandwidth? (Please don't be afraid to say so. Really.)
Whatever you think, please let me know.
EDIT:
I've finished the recording. Also rerecorded part one. It's all at a lower bitrate now, so the files are smaller (while hopefully still being clear).
Persephone's Return:
Part One (5.8MB)
Part Two (3.4MB)
Part Three (5.3MB)
Paul
The latest result of that situation?
AudioFic.
It's a little experiment I'm springing on you guys.
You've heard of AudioBooks? Same idea. Record a file of someone reading a story.
Today, I did a cold reading of part one of Persephone\'s Return . I picked that one because it's relatively short, was well-liked enough to get a Kerth nom, and is not written in the first-person perspective of a young girl.
It's a little rough. There are some mistakes. The intonation could perhaps be better in places. For a first shot, though, it's not bad. I hope. You'll be the judge(s) of that.
It's also rather large. Larger than I was expecting. 11.6 megs. I'm not sure what I can do about that. Anyone know a way to change the bitrate of an mp3 file without making it sound horrible? Or should I just record shorter segments?
If you're interested and have a high-speed connection (or a lot of patience), please download the file and let me know what you think.
Should I do the rest of the story?
Should I make the sections smaller?
Should I do other stories? (If so, any requests?)
Anyone else interested in doing stuff like this? Maybe we could even voice cast a story, to make the speakers more distinctive...
Or is this all just a waste of time and bandwidth? (Please don't be afraid to say so. Really.)
Whatever you think, please let me know.
EDIT:
I've finished the recording. Also rerecorded part one. It's all at a lower bitrate now, so the files are smaller (while hopefully still being clear).
Persephone's Return:
Part One (5.8MB)
Part Two (3.4MB)
Part Three (5.3MB)
Paul