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Hey Girls and Boys of Half-O-Rum, I Have A Teensy Request
#1
Philosopher B.
Philosopher B.
Hell-ooo. Welp, I normally don’t do this kind of thing, but I’m in kind of an annoying position. I was recently assigned a project in my Sound Communications class that’s due this Thursday. I’m supposed to record eight people (4 male, 4 female) to read sentences from a book so I can edit them into the same track and alternate between male and female voices.
I’m supposed to reserve recording equipment from the RTF room, but you have to do it 48 hours in advance, which I have to do tomorrow (Monday) so by the time I get the equipment out, I’m not going to have it for very long before the project itself is due. I think under the circumstances I can get a few male voices, maybe one female voice, but as for filling the 8 people quota, that’s not going to be so easy.
I can’t do man-on-the-street recordings, ‘cause we’re not supposed to have a lot of ambient wind/car noises in the background, and anyway I don’t know how you’d ask strangers to read to you. We’re going to do man-on-the-street recordings later in the semester, but that’s completely different from this assignment.
So what I’m asking is, if you have a mic, and could spare a few minutes sometime between now and Thursday, if you could possibly record yourself reading a measly 3 sentences from ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ and send them my way (I don’t care how, though mediafire would be nice), I’d love you long time. I think I need maybe one or two guys and two or three gals.
Since the voices alternate, I’m going to start off with one male voice, then go to a female voice, then to another male voice, then I’ll need another female voice to read:
It’s sort of a … yawning, tingling sensation in my … my … well, I suppose I’d better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let’s call it my stomach.
Good.
Oooh, it’s getting quite strong.
Then a male voice for:
And hey, what about this whistling roaring sound going past what I’m suddenly going to call my head?
Perhaps I can call that … wind!
Is that a good name?
Female:
It’ll do … perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I’ve found out what it’s for.
It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it.
Hey, what’s this thing?
Male:
This … let’s call it a tail – yeah, tail.
Hey, I can really thrash it about good, can’t I?
Wow, that feels great!
Female:
Doesn’t seem to achieve very much but I’ll probably find out what it’s for later on.
Now, have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?
No.
That last voice would be number 8. Ideally if you sent me something you could post about it in this thread right away, so two people don’t record the same thing.
So if you could that’d be swell, if not and you think I’m a looney (I am, but that’s another story
) or needy or have fleas or something, please ignore me.
- Philo-B
I’m supposed to reserve recording equipment from the RTF room, but you have to do it 48 hours in advance, which I have to do tomorrow (Monday) so by the time I get the equipment out, I’m not going to have it for very long before the project itself is due. I think under the circumstances I can get a few male voices, maybe one female voice, but as for filling the 8 people quota, that’s not going to be so easy.
I can’t do man-on-the-street recordings, ‘cause we’re not supposed to have a lot of ambient wind/car noises in the background, and anyway I don’t know how you’d ask strangers to read to you. We’re going to do man-on-the-street recordings later in the semester, but that’s completely different from this assignment.
So what I’m asking is, if you have a mic, and could spare a few minutes sometime between now and Thursday, if you could possibly record yourself reading a measly 3 sentences from ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ and send them my way (I don’t care how, though mediafire would be nice), I’d love you long time. I think I need maybe one or two guys and two or three gals.
Since the voices alternate, I’m going to start off with one male voice, then go to a female voice, then to another male voice, then I’ll need another female voice to read:
It’s sort of a … yawning, tingling sensation in my … my … well, I suppose I’d better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let’s call it my stomach.
Good.
Oooh, it’s getting quite strong.
Then a male voice for:
And hey, what about this whistling roaring sound going past what I’m suddenly going to call my head?
Perhaps I can call that … wind!
Is that a good name?
Female:
It’ll do … perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I’ve found out what it’s for.
It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it.
Hey, what’s this thing?
Male:
This … let’s call it a tail – yeah, tail.
Hey, I can really thrash it about good, can’t I?
Wow, that feels great!
Female:
Doesn’t seem to achieve very much but I’ll probably find out what it’s for later on.
Now, have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?
No.
That last voice would be number 8. Ideally if you sent me something you could post about it in this thread right away, so two people don’t record the same thing.
So if you could that’d be swell, if not and you think I’m a looney (I am, but that’s another story
) or needy or have fleas or something, please ignore me.- Philo-B
#2
HoboNinja
HoboNinja
As soon as I get home from work I will download audacity and do this for you
and I may have to re-read all the hitchhikers books now because they are fantastic
and I may have to re-read all the hitchhikers books now because they are fantastic
#3
Hylian
Hylian
#5
Hylian
[/QUOTE]
oops my bad
K so he is just needing some of us to read one of those lines? correct?
Hylian
He has the lines he needs read in the post above
[/QUOTE]oops my bad
K so he is just needing some of us to read one of those lines? correct?
#6
HoboNinja
HoboNinja
#7
ZenMonkey
ZenMonkey
#8
Ross
Ross
#9
Philosopher B.
Philosopher B.
#10
ZenMonkey
ZenMonkey
#11
Hylian
Hylian
#12
Kitty Sinatra
Kitty Sinatra
#13
HowDroll
HowDroll
#14
ZenMonkey
ZenMonkey
#15
Ross
Ross
#16
HowDroll
Not at all He said he needs different females reading for them; he has them if he needs them, and if not, it's not a big deal to me.
HowDroll
So, pre-emptive assumption that mine sucked, then.[/QUOTE]
Not at all
He said he needs different females reading for them; he has them if he needs them, and if not, it's not a big deal to me.
#17
North_Ranger
North_Ranger
#18
HoboNinja
HoboNinja
#19
Dave
Dave
#20
Philosopher B.
Philosopher B.
Am listening to what I've got so far right now. Soundin' good, y'all.
Edit: Ross sounds remarkably like Kris Straub. Just a random observation.
On the contrary. Your recording rocked!
Whoops, my bad, yeah, looking at the book I see I left out 'it'. Shouldn't matter, though, it doesn't change too much, plus I don't think the teacher is gonna whip a copy of the book out and demand to know where the missing 'it' is.
Edit: Ross sounds remarkably like Kris Straub. Just a random observation.
#21
Ross
Ross
#22
Philosopher B.
Philosopher B.
You've both got similarly sexy voices.
Just so you know.
Just so you know.
#23
Hylian
Hylian
#24
Ross
Ross
#25
Philosopher B.
Philosopher B.
Well, I gots me quota. I would just like to reiterate what a rad bunch y'all are. Seriously, now. I really appreciate it.
Also, thanks for reminding me about the podcast, I keep forgetting to listen to it. I'm-a catch up post-haste.
- Philosopher B., going away to fiddle with CD labels and study sheets for tests and other such things.
Also, thanks for reminding me about the podcast, I keep forgetting to listen to it. I'm-a catch up post-haste.
- Philosopher B., going away to fiddle with CD labels and study sheets for tests and other such things.
#26
Gusto
Gusto
#27
Philosopher B.
Philosopher B.
#28
Adammon
Adammon