@notanightlight’s AMAZING Wild West Gigolas fic – podficced by yours truly, including Really Outrageous Accents and my first attempt at soundscaping. (Because why wouldn’t you soundscape a runaway train fic??)
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! You utter GEM! I am in awe of you and I’m going to be grinning all day!!! I’m going to try to listen to it before work because I CANNOT WAIT!!!
Since Hobbit Big Bang is posting at last, I can finally reveal to all of you one of the few podfics I managed to complete during the last month of dissertation hell: a podfic of @determamfidd‘s beautiful Gigolas story From One Age to Another, which describes Gloin and Thranduil reacting to the discovery of their sons’ relationship. This podfic is made much more awesome than it would be otherwise by @hobbitystmarymorstan’s amazing cover art (sorry, tumblr is not letting me tag you properly here for some reason). Happy Hobbit Big Bang, folks!
So, I know I’m a bit late the party, but here, @determamfidd, is my birthday present for you: a podfic of your gorgeous Óin-centric story “Not In the Ear, but In the Mind”. I hope you had a very happy birthday, Dets!
Oh MY GOD THOUGH, BARIS????!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!
Thank you so so so MUCH! Thank you, you absolute DYNAMO of podficcing brilliance, I am gonna go listen immediately, I am SO GALJHGLKHDGSJLHGDSJHD
I LOVE OIN I LOVE YOU I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BAR
*hugs baris tight* Thank you SO much, you complete marvel, you beautiful, beautiful person. I am so grateful to know you and to have you as a friend. *hugs some more*
And now, in the genre of TRULY random things I’ve podficced, here is a crossover between the Silmarillion and Star Wars, featuring Narvi and Celebrimbor as ancient Jedi. This little fic is by the wonderful @jedi-goldberry-with-the-force, who shares my extremely esoteric tastes enough to have written something that fits so many different I like into such a small package. @poplitealqueen, this one is for you, because you are the one that got me interested in crossing these fandoms over, and because I know things have been hard lately. I hope this provides you with some cheer.
Nearly five minutes of awesome, narrated crossover goodness
(psst @determamfidd you should check it out since you’re morphing into star wars trash AND it has female! Narvi ;3)
So, a while ago, some of my friends and fellow cast members of the @sansukhpodfic asked about how to make and edit podfic on their own. I created this tutorial for them, as a supplement to the resources already posted by the Sansukh mods. In the wake of the most recent @auralphonic episode asking for technical advice on podficcing in Audacity, I thought I would polish this up and post it.
This tutorial explains how,
once you have permission to record a story, you go about turning it into
podfic using Audacity. It focuses on technical and logistical details, rather than
artistic advice, and is cobbled together from my own experience, my knowledge of the mathematics behind signal analysis, and other people’s tutorials. There’s lots of communities and resources out there
that give advice on the artistic side (Auralphonic, for example, has an
episode for newbies), which I recommend checking out.
Disclaimer:
There is no one standard method of doing this! This is the method I
have found gives me the best results, personally, but there may be
better ways to do this. I strongly recommend checking out other resources
for comparison.
In very late honor of Gigolas Week (because my dissertation prevented me during actual Gigolas Week), here is a podfic of one of @determamfidd‘s contributions: Both the Sweet and Bitter, and beautiful Gigolas story from Arwen’s point of view. Thank you so much, Dets, for recording permission!
SCREAMING BC THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND TOUCHING AND READ WITH SUCH SENSITIVITY
Gimli just wants everyone to stop meddling where they aren’t wanted, but there are certain things he needs to accept, and things that need to come to light.
Dear listeners, I present to you, a multi-voice podfic of modestly epic proportions: a podfic of Reading the Signs, a beautiful Gigolas story by @everybodyilovedies, who kindly gave us recording permission. This collaboration began many months ago as a way for some of the Sansukh cast to practice their characters, but grew into a fully realized podfic of its own. It features:
and, of course, me as the narrator. Please, enjoy the nosy hobbit shenanigans! Also, thank you to @flukeoffate for creating amazing cover art, and to @fuckthisimgoingtoerebor for beta-listening.
GASP
OH MY GOD
OH MY GOD OH MUR GORRRRRD
skdfjhglsjdfgzkdjgfsjhgakj!!!! this. is. stupendous.
you are all illegally and sinfully and RIDICULOUSLY talented. Gimli and Legolas are so incredibly perfect (LIKE, HOW PERFECT, I HAVE NO WORDS), and the Hobbit crew are amazeballs, and OMFG that narration!!!