This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page:This is a collection for poetry and prose, fiction and non fiction in any language.
https://legamus.eu/blog/?p=982
Prooflistening: Please post in the thread if you want to PL a recording. PL is most appreciated!
How to claim a chapter?
You can record any text (poetry, short fiction, non-fiction) when the author has died in 1945 or earlier. Click on POSTREPLY at the bottom of this page to answer to this topic.
Text sources:
English:
http://gutenberg.net.au/
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/ (University of Adelaide)
note: not everything there is pd in EU. Author/translator must be dead for 70 years.
German:
http://www.zeno.org/
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/
http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Hauptseite
French:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/?lang=EN
Polish
http://www.polona.pl
http://www.wolnelektury.pl (lists some texts that were made available under CC, check translators!)
Do you know sources for other languages? Please post in this topic. I will add them here.
Magic Window
Intro, Outro and Disclaimer for CC0:
At the beginning of each file please say:
[Title] by [author]. This Legamus recording may be distributed and adapted freely for any purpose.
(if you wish: Read by [your name]**)
[Title] by [author].
At the end of each section please say:
End of [Title]
(if you wish: Read by [your name]**)
**Please add your name at the beginning or the end, not in both places.
About recording:
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Save files as:
128 kbps MP3
mlsw003_shorttitle_yourinitials.mp3
mlsw003_example_zb.mp3
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, please ask). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: Title
Artist: Author
Album: Multilingual Short Work Collection 003
Genre: Speech
Track Number: Pick the next free number in the Magic Window
How to upload your file:
Use http://upload.legamus.eu/ (MC/BC will provide login-info for you).
When your file is uploaded, you will get a link. Please post the link here.
And now?
Please check for new posts in this thread until your section has been prooflistened.
Happy recording
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