Wildernessguru will read some of my fics!
Mar. 21st, 2006 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusWould you like to listen to some slash read to you in a soft sexy male baritone?
My voice isn't appropriate for most of my stories (except for First Signs Of Magic) but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wildernessguru just volunteered to record some fics. Yes!
Could anyone tell me:
a) what PC software I need to record these? It needs to be compatible with an older system running Win98. And
b) if you any recommendations for mics, I would love to hear it.
In the meantime... which stories would you enjoy hearing?
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ETA: Someone mentioned it, so I should clarify. Primer to the Dark Arts would have to be read by me.wildernessguru has given me a page-count limit of 20 printed pages. So with Beg Me For It he'd only be reading the first, and most popular, part.
ETA2:Not happening.
ETA3: The podcast is back.
My voice isn't appropriate for most of my stories (except for First Signs Of Magic) but
wildernessguru just volunteered to record some fics. Yes!Could anyone tell me:
a) what PC software I need to record these? It needs to be compatible with an older system running Win98. And
b) if you any recommendations for mics, I would love to hear it.
In the meantime... which stories would you enjoy hearing?
[Poll #695021]
ETA: Someone mentioned it, so I should clarify. Primer to the Dark Arts would have to be read by me.
wildernessguru has given me a page-count limit of 20 printed pages. So with Beg Me For It he'd only be reading the first, and most popular, part.ETA2:
ETA3: The podcast is back.
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Date: 2006-03-21 09:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-21 10:16 am (UTC)I had to vote in my own poll to see the results easily. I picked other. Wow, I'm not surprised at Beg Me For It, but it's interesting the stories people have chosen.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 11:41 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-21 11:38 am (UTC)As for microphones, I've got a Trust headset that wasn't all that expensive and works great.
Hope this helps!
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Date: 2006-03-21 04:45 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-21 06:27 pm (UTC)I couldn't test it either, since I run XP but since it said so on their website... *sigh*
Trust is good. My headset was about € 10 so not bad at all and everyone I talk to while using it can hear me okay... It would be a shame to have to spend more.. At least, that's my opinion :D
Good luck with the recording software!
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Date: 2006-03-21 06:47 pm (UTC)Someone just suggested this (http://nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html) so I'm checking it out.
*checks*
Yee-ha! This seems to work. I need a mic to test, but I can get that today. *rubs hands together* This is gonna be fun.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-21 02:38 pm (UTC)Oh, and you should read The Other Man
At least I would be willing to bribe you with chocolate to do so.
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Date: 2006-03-21 04:49 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 05:58 am (UTC)Email it to Lerah99 "at" Gmail.com
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Date: 2006-03-22 05:30 am (UTC)Will do. I have the software. I just have to buy the mike.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 06:01 am (UTC)Ok, I will stop there rather than start with the gushing. I don't want you to become afraid that I'm some weird stalker. Actually I'm a perfectly nice and polite stalker. I even bring candy. :o)
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Date: 2006-03-22 11:39 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-23 06:05 pm (UTC)Good news: two people on my flist had mics they weren't using, and Veni had used hers with Win98. So... the podcast is back. And! And! Since our mechanic was very, very nice to us, WG has rent for April!
*wilts* Thank god.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-21 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-21 08:24 pm (UTC)But I have an evil plan. I'm going to start him on something short (four pages, tops) that I know he thinks is hot. Then once he's enjoyed that, I'll set up the water, some snacks, give him the stop button and full permission to take breaks... and have him read something longer.
I'm only wavering between whether I should go with a medium-length fic next, or go directly to the longest one people want.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-21 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-22 05:34 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 11:38 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 03:59 pm (UTC)It *was* a nice idea, yes. But it's also a lot of work. I know from reading my own stories out loud to people how *long* it can take. Yes'm, yes. Sigh.
Well, the fantasy was nice while it lasted.
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Date: 2006-03-22 05:18 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 05:23 pm (UTC)*winces in sympathy*
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Date: 2006-03-22 06:19 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 06:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-22 02:54 am (UTC)*swoons again for good measure*
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Date: 2006-03-22 05:34 am (UTC)WG asks: "What if I laugh while I'm reading it?"
Icarus: "That's okay."
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Date: 2006-03-22 10:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-22 11:37 am (UTC)Sigh.
Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-22 01:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-22 05:21 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2006-03-23 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-23 06:34 am (UTC)i may have asked that prematurely, not having read the other comments, but ahhhh!...
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Date: 2006-03-23 06:38 am (UTC)