Hello everyone, I made an audio recording of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin for a friend.
I've licensed the audio to the public domain, so if you want to listen to it, or remix it, or use it in a thing, go nuts. (Note: the text itself is under copyright, see replies to this post for licensing contact if you have commercial requirements.)
I'm still working on my voice acting and narration, but I think it came out well. (And if you require this voice, please note that I need money and you can hire me to read things for you.)
You can read the story in text at:
usa.anarchistlibraries.net/lib…
Download it from theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/Xys…
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Ursula K. Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 1973 Originally published in the New Dimensions 3 anthology, 1973. Later republished in The Wind’s...The Anarchist Library (Mirror)
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Erion
in reply to 13 barn owls in a black cloak • • •Hello. Thought your friend and anyone else would enjoy a bit of an improvement, it's closer to a studio sound now. A very nice reading, reminds me a bit of Sophie Aldred at times. ENjoy!
The Flac format (as I have added some replicated high frequencies that the mp3 encoder threw away) can be downloaded from MediaFire here
Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_mastered
MediaFire13 barn owls in a black cloak
in reply to Erion • • •@erion Thank you so much, Sophie Aldred is one of my favourite narrators, so I may unconsciously mimic some of her style.
And thank you for working on the track. if you'd like to put your production chops into further practice, here's a FLAC of my original WAV file (with minimal cleaning and noise reduction - I have an uncleaned version available as well).
theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/Wdp…
Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_edited_cleaned.flac
NextcloudErion
in reply to 13 barn owls in a black cloak • • •You are most welcome, glad I could help.
Sure, I'll do a revised version, no problem. For best results, the original, unprocessed recording (flac or wav) would be fantastic if you don't mind posting it. The one I posted has some noise reduction artifacts that were not easily correctable from the original mp3 unfortunately.
13 barn owls in a black cloak
in reply to Erion • • •@erion Here's one with no attempt to ameliorate the sound or erase noise. I've left a few seconds of ambient room noise (most egregiously a computer fan) at the end.
theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/54E…
I'm in the process of building a studio space at this moment, but my acoustic foam tiles are still reinflating after shipping!
Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_edited.flac
NextcloudErion
in reply to 13 barn owls in a black cloak • • •Brilliant, thank you very much. I'll post it when it's ready, shouldn't take too long.
No worries, this can be definitely salvaged ☺️
Erion
in reply to 13 barn owls in a black cloak • • •Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_final
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