More of the same. :)
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learn_russianHey, everyone:
Thanks very much for your kind words and suggestions. I have tried to slow down, but I can't do it too much, since then I feel like I'm reading a eulogy. :) I guess I'll just learn in the process, so tentatively this is oriented mostly at kids, since I think they should have no problem understanding it. So far, I have re-recorded the first "chapter," and added two more, totaling to around 25 minutes. Sometimes I still slip back to fast pace, especially when there's lots of fast action going on: I just can't help myself. :) I have, however, been doing a 5% downtempo on recorded tracks, which slightly slows down the speed without modifying the pitch. It helps, but I can't do it too much, since then I sound like I'm stoned. :)
Mid-2nd chapter you will hear a change of quality—that's where I switched my editor/recorder to Audacity, and I'm quite happy with the results. As a side-effect, tracks starting from #3 are 22KHz. :) Sorry, still learning the tools of the trade.
Today's work here:
L. Geraskina/V Strane Nevyuchennyh Urokov (text still in the Moshkov's library)
To answer a few collective questions:
1. Yes, I'm a native speaker, but I've spoken mostly English for the past 10 years, so if there is a touch of accent, there is a good excuse for that. I think it went away after a while, though—it always does after I spend some time speaking Russian.
2. Yes, the store salesman has a Georgian accent. That's because he's a Georgian. Deal. :)
3. If you like the work, feel free to distribute. License of the recording is (cc) by-sa. Note that it only applies to my own work—you still need the permission of the original author (L. Geraskina) to distribute for commercial use (as far as I recall the Russian copyright system, non-commercial distribution falls under fair use).
PS: I've never done this before, so if I overdo with the voices sometimes, that's because I'm trying too hard. :) It should get more polished as I practise.
Thanks very much for your kind words and suggestions. I have tried to slow down, but I can't do it too much, since then I feel like I'm reading a eulogy. :) I guess I'll just learn in the process, so tentatively this is oriented mostly at kids, since I think they should have no problem understanding it. So far, I have re-recorded the first "chapter," and added two more, totaling to around 25 minutes. Sometimes I still slip back to fast pace, especially when there's lots of fast action going on: I just can't help myself. :) I have, however, been doing a 5% downtempo on recorded tracks, which slightly slows down the speed without modifying the pitch. It helps, but I can't do it too much, since then I sound like I'm stoned. :)
Mid-2nd chapter you will hear a change of quality—that's where I switched my editor/recorder to Audacity, and I'm quite happy with the results. As a side-effect, tracks starting from #3 are 22KHz. :) Sorry, still learning the tools of the trade.
Today's work here:
L. Geraskina/V Strane Nevyuchennyh Urokov (text still in the Moshkov's library)
To answer a few collective questions:
1. Yes, I'm a native speaker, but I've spoken mostly English for the past 10 years, so if there is a touch of accent, there is a good excuse for that. I think it went away after a while, though—it always does after I spend some time speaking Russian.
2. Yes, the store salesman has a Georgian accent. That's because he's a Georgian. Deal. :)
3. If you like the work, feel free to distribute. License of the recording is (cc) by-sa. Note that it only applies to my own work—you still need the permission of the original author (L. Geraskina) to distribute for commercial use (as far as I recall the Russian copyright system, non-commercial distribution falls under fair use).
PS: I've never done this before, so if I overdo with the voices sometimes, that's because I'm trying too hard. :) It should get more polished as I practise.
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Date: 2005-05-19 08:40 pm (UTC)and as such, I wanted to offer you an mp3 of 'V strane nuviuchennih urokov' - where a narrator reads over the intruductory text and the rest of it is taken from a cartoon by the same name
I can also give you a bunch of recordings by the famous Russian children's narrator - skazochnik Nikolai Litvinov..a lot of Russian children fell asleep listening to his voice on some LP..(btw, he speaks extremely slow)
If you don't mind me asking, are you planning to do any other recordings, and are you planning to set this one up to some background music? I might include it in my radio playlist, these are good stories for kids to listen to
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Date: 2005-05-19 08:57 pm (UTC)If my experience with initial recordings goes well and I get positive feedback, I will definitely record more. However, I don't think I'll be putting background music in, since it complicates things significantly. I may just do an introductory lead-in piece to open the reading, and one at the very end, to closing remarks (such as about copyrights, licenses, etc). I'd like to keep it in the "audiobook" genre, and not go too much into "radiopostanovka", if that makes sense.
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Date: 2005-05-21 12:16 am (UTC)to tell you the truth, I can detect a slight English accent in your Russian readings - i'm in no way trying to put you down for it - being in US for 16 years I'm sure my spoken Russian sounds much worse than yours, but I'm accustomed to listining a lot of professional Russian productions, and in yours I do hear an accent :) but it's nothing that any russian-speaking person in US would notice :)