Due to some scheduling conflicts, Andrew will be doing a future chapter, and I’ve recorded chapter 4. Hope you enjoy. One note, I’ve found exporting from audacity to mp3 at 40kbps is ideal; 32 kbps is too distorted, and 48 the file size goes way up. This one’s about 38 mins, and came in just over 10MB at 40kbps, and I think the sound’s pretty good. Branko, I think you were asking about that re: chap 5?

Anyway, here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 4
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Hugh McGuire
Time: 38:12
Bit rate (?): 40 kbps
File size: 11.5 MB

well, fling93 delivers on chapter 3. I have not listened yet, but look forward to it. well done fling. now andrew, get busy!

here is the: file.

Wonderful. Our first non-me volunteer comes through with a great rendition of chapter 2! Thanks to Neal, the podchef, who has a great weblog/podcast about cooking, food, life on a little island off the coast of Washington State, and general good living. Neal’s podcast was one of the first I listened to and really had me hooked, for undefinable reasons – all the best about podcasting, I think.

Also we’ve had a number of volunteers step up for chapters:
Chapter 1 – Hugh (me)
Chapter 2 – Neal the Podchef
Chap 3 – andrew
Chap 4 – fling93
Chap 5 – Branko Collin
Chap 6 – Greg of OpenStacks
Chap 7 – Lloyd Davis of Perfect Path
Chap 8 – Literate Loser
UPDATE
Chap 9 – michelle (& lowell)
Chap 10 – gina
Chap 11 – jan from uaa audiobooks
Chap 12 – derek
Chap 13 – paula from the writing show

Wow. All done. Now get to the recording studio folks!

Again, if you are going to read, please check this first.
The gutenberg e-text of the Secret Agent can be found here.

And here is the audio recording of: chapter 2 of the secret agent, by joseph conrad.

(Note that the file is for now hosted by neal, I’m waiting for it to show on ourmedia & I’ll change the link).