-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Hi! > > This already went to the LAU list, please ignore if you are subscribed > there, too.
Hey Thorwil that sounds like a fun project! > > This is a call for contributions. Take your chance of becoming part of > a crowd of people all around the world, counting to the rhythm in > several languages! > > Contributors will be credited in order of their submissions and this will > also likely influence the order of use in the track ;) > > Besides recording yourself and family and friends and pets (if they are > able to count), you can help by spreading the word. > > > What I'm after are recordings of one person at a time, saying: > A: "One Two Three Four" > B: "One and Two and Three and Four and" > C: "Beat" (to be translated to whatever makes sense 4 times in one measure > at 4/4. A single utterance is enough, as I want to use these as accent.) > > - Translated in a native language and any language spoken without much > of an accent. If there are special ways of counting to the beat in a > language, use those (only or even better additionally) and inform me. > - With a tempo of 110 beats per minute (to be very clear, the "and" has > to be between beats ;). just between ey? surely "It don't mean a think if it ain't got that swing.." > - A and B should ideally be recorded with about 4 iterations (4 measures) > > > Don't think that your language will already be well-represented without > you. Others might think the same ;) Also, the more I can layer in one > language, the better. > > > All files should be: > - ideally wavpacked, or plain WAV as second choice > - 32 bit float, 48 KHz > - Trimmed > - Normalized > - Dry > - Explicitly licensed as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ > or released to the Public Domain > > _Only_ if you don't record with a JACK application, 16 and 24 bit integer > formats are also acceptable. > > > > Please name the files as follows: > - firstname_lastname_language_count.wav for "One Two Three Four" > - firstname_lastname_language_count_and.wav for "One and Two ..." > - firstname_lastname_language_beat.wav for "Beat" > > > > Email attachments are no option for such large files, so only send > links to uploads. Consider using http://www.getdropbox.com/ if you have > no other space. Please mail me off-list for submissions and on-list for > questions. > I'm also available as thorwil in #lad and #ardour at irc.freenode.net. > > > > My intention is to offer the result and the material on archive.org. > This is an open-source project ;) > I also want to submit a version to the > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase > > I can't promise to use all contributions. I will sort out ones that > sound suspiciously different from others claimed to be in the same > language ;) > However, all serious contributors will be given credit. > > > Deadline: > I will start to work with the material as soon as I have enough, but > will accept more until the 23rd of January. > > > Thanks! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkljkTUACgkQeVUk8U+VK0J32ACdFKdBS1/p6vZHY23/J6QjoBnu nYAAoI4DWnGueE04b9JG8gOlGNIL8MyE =o90r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev