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RobertDDL · 11-30-2017, 06:53 AM

Beautifully read - way better than any voice synth could do it!

A few technical comments:
- The recordings are mono, but you've saved them as stereo. You could significantly reduce file sizes, without any loss of quality, if you saved them as mono (you do still have the uncompressed originals?)
- You have sub-sonic noise (I think this is the side effect of noise reduction, or other editing). Doesn't do much harm, but you might use a high-pass filter to get rid of anything below, for instance, 50 Hz?
- There are those unavoidable little noises and clicks that can only be properly dealt with by manual editing, probably not worth the effort.

All in all, great work!
(And, epub looks fine, but PDF ... but that's not what you've asked anyone's opinion of ...)

11-30-2017, 06:53 AM	#65
RobertDDL Whatever... Posts: 197 Karma: 1114225 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Austria Device: PocketBook InkPad 840, Touch HD 2	Beautifully read - way better than any voice synth could do it! A few technical comments: - The recordings are mono, but you've saved them as stereo. You could significantly reduce file sizes, without any loss of quality, if you saved them as mono (you do still have the uncompressed originals?) - You have sub-sonic noise (I think this is the side effect of noise reduction, or other editing). Doesn't do much harm, but you might use a high-pass filter to get rid of anything below, for instance, 50 Hz? - There are those unavoidable little noises and clicks that can only be properly dealt with by manual editing, probably not worth the effort. All in all, great work! (And, epub looks fine, but PDF ... but that's not what you've asked anyone's opinion of ...)