Dagonite Radio Theatre

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:45 pm

EDIT: The total has been reduced from 15 to 8 mb, and broke into 2 parts of about 4 mb each.

(Right click and "save as")
Part 1
Part 2

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Here's the deal. I've been wanting to record in multitrack for a while now and finally found and downloaded the proper software the other night. So today I thought I'd see what I could do with it.

I recorded "The Tell-Tale Heart", complete with announcer, audience, music and sound effects. The only catch? The file is 15.4 mb.

I think it came out fairly well, but before I babysit an upload to geocities (or, barring that, yousendit), I thought I'd see if anyone would be willing to download something of that size.

If not, I may be doing some other things of a similar nature, maybe original stories, with music, sound effects, etc., essentially radio plays. Let me know what you think.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:48 pm

I wouldn't mind checking it out

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:54 pm

yeah, i'd give it a shot. have you tried changing the compression settings to make the file smaller? some podcasts and things can get away with 8-bit 11khz mono or even less

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:57 pm

Let me work with it. I'll try a lower bitrate and/or using a compression utility. I don't have winzip on my computer at the moment, but I'm about to download something called sevenzip, which makes .zip files. I don't remember that .zip files compressed mp3 very much, but let me work with it.

Incidentally, the multitrack software is Kristal Audio Engine--free and not bad at all.

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:14 pm

I changed the bitrate to 96kbps and got the size down to 9 mb. If the compression utility offers any significant improvement over it, I'll use that as well. Otherwise, I'll just upload it and try to post a link shortly.

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:09 pm

I've divided it into 2 parts of about 3.7 and 4.3 mbs respectively--8 mb total, so an improvement on my earlier estimate (I reduced it to 80 kbps and it sounded fine).

The first part is up; the second part will be up later. The upload takes a while

Part 1
Part 2

Note: Right-click and "save as". Just clicking will give you a "page not available" message.

Second note: For some reason, typing it into the address bar also seems to work. But clicking the link will still get you nothing.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:33 pm

"willing to download something of that size."

You should see some of the things I download...50mbs...100mbs......500mbs!

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:39 pm

odin2 wrote:"willing to download something of that size."

You should see some of the things I download...50mbs...100mbs......500mbs!

Well, if you listen to it, let me know what you think. I can bear in mind the criticisms when I try my next audio project.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:33 pm

it's pretty good. i think you could boil it down more, maybe read slightly faster. it's a tricky balance between showcasing poe's writing and performing as an actor.. anyway, i've heard a lot worse.

speaking of audio projects, my dad did a reading of my story and put it on a couple of CDs for me. it came out to something like 100 minutes! the only problem is that it includes some old-version text that isn't there anymore.. but it's pretty neat to hear your story being read. i recommend it for any writer who hasn't done it yet

Lagwolf · Post by **Lagwolf** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:15 am

My podcast tends to be about 26 or so MBs a week. So that is not that large. I would be happy to contribute read tales to this project.

decadence · Post by **decadence** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:54 am

Interesting.

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:40 pm

I'm still working on the idea for a proper "radio play" but in the meantime I thought some of you might be interested in a little Lovecraft tribute I worked up. 450kb and about 2 minutes, you can download it from here: http://www.geocities.com/ineldorado/tribute.mp3

Yog-Sothoth · Post by **Yog-Sothoth** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:38 pm

And thus dagon radio should be returned

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:56 am

that's a cool tribute.. i could almost see the churning abyss of colors and tentacles

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:43 am

Thanks. I'd like it to be a little longer but it may be a while before I get around to it. I still have the play to work out.