NYCat Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Literally quiet talk from James. I turned everything up as high as I could and could hardly hear him. Not much content either. I was hoping for a lowering of the payment threshold as I am just under it now. So by the end of the year something will happen and then more in the next six months. Guess I just have to sell more!!!! Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Literally quiet talk from James. I turned everything up as high as I could and could hardly hear him. Did you turn up the volume on the video window itself? The sound's OK for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Whispering James here too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yes, turned up everywhere. Guess it's the long distance. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Well Abingdon is very quiet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 ... just about comfortable with everything on max. I guess it depends on your sound system but it does seem to have been recorded at a low level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Turned mine up and listened hard - just don't get the bit about newspapers having syndication arrangements with other organizations around the world - Yes James they do, and they are commercial arrangements for the re-use of their content - the problem is that the word content may be written by their staffers but the picture content is not theirs - it is licensed from us via you - and you thus allow them to SELL on our images often for a profit. It is now accepted practice by you and I can see no way back. That, and the fact that the question on 'Group' usage, which seemed to have received approval from contributors, failed to get a mention, makes me question whether you are really listening. But you are a hell of a lot better than any other agency/library - I don't know any of them that would get their top man to put his head above the parapet ....... thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstw Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yip audio was unbearable for me. I don't have external speakers, just through the monitor so its not amped. I couldn't even hear most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Endicott Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 No problems here in Denver. Be sure the volume is turned up on the You Tube video itself, and then be sure the volume is turned up on your computer (then if you have external speakers with volume control, be sure they are turned up as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirco Vacca Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I only can say business is hard. Knowing from experience sometimes you have to do somethings that you would never do in normal situations. Our world is rapidly changing. And i like to listen to this videos. Who has the possibilty to ask directly questions to the CEO and getting response. I can imagine how much work such kind of position requires and still trying to find time to listen to the contributors even if you can not make everybody happy. This no politician can. Mirco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 I do appreciate the way he is willing to talk to us and I know for sure the economy is wretched these days and it's great that Alamy survives and still brings us at least some money if not what we would like. I feel that I am treated very well here. I will say again that I turned up the sound on the video itself and my computer. I do not have external speakers. Of course, we Yanks also think he has a funny accent so maybe that takes a bit more concentration too. I know my hearing is pretty OK because EVERYTHING in New York seems too LOUD for me these days. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Did I hear James right in that by the end of the year we will have been emailed details of what they are lowering the threshold to. And then it sounded like they are going to lower it again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Would you all please keep QUIET I'm trying to listen to James. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yes, that's what I heard too. Paulette OOOps. Talking at the same time as Allan. So sorry. No need to speak up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yes, that's what I heard too. Paulette OOOps. Talking at the same time as Allan. So sorry. No need to speak up. Sorry Paulette, I'll keep quite now. Hows that? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yes, the video team (?) displayed poor production values with the sound . . . and that terrible zombie lighting on James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Sounded OK on my big imac with you tube and built-in volumes up full. A descent mike at James end might help with both volume and clarity. They are cheap enough! James manner of speech wouldn't quite hack it for a broadcast test but I can't see how anyone could call that an odd "accent". The key to listening is, don't panic, just tune into what whoever is actually saying. When I first came to the UK some people seemed to have trouble understanding me; I know I was speaking pretty clearly with perhaps a bit of Canadian twist, just that they weren't used to it and shut down their ears enough that they lost my thread. I find Texans hard to follow sometimes, but I think that's because my brain is being confused by expecting some dialogue out of an old "Western" or maybe too much George W Bush speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 American regional accents are far less pronounced than they once were. I'm from Brooklyn and have lived in Dallas, Oxfordshire, Rome, Mallorca and Saigon. One never hears a real Brooklyn accent any more. I had a weekly spot for 2.5 years on BBC Radio Oxford, and no one complained that they couldn't understand me. And I normally have no trouble following James . . . but the volume on this video is very very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Sorry, just realized that I strayed off-topic by commenting on the content - gone to stand in the naughty corner......(Sound on my Mac was fine, once I'd switched the default 'mute' off....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Sounds like he's in a toilet, too (I think that used to be a Roland guitar reverb effect: loo echo)! Maybe that's why he's being so quiet (mind you, I wouldn't be very happy with all those folk walking by the door)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Allison J Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Literally quiet talk from James. I turned everything up as high as I could and could hardly hear him. Not much content either. I was hoping for a lowering of the payment threshold as I am just under it now. So by the end of the year something will happen and then more in the next six months. Guess I just have to sell more!!!! Paulette I found exactly the same both on the Video window and the main volume slider - both set to max on a Macbook Pro Will listen again Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 James is coming through loud and clear on my 20-year-old budget speakers (think they cost me under 10 bucks). Problem is that I don't have the patience to listen to the whole thing right now, but I've apparently got up to 28 working days to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Actually I'm an Anglophile and I love James' accent. It is an accent, you know, to those of us in the US of A. We, of course have no accent. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrioticAlien Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 i like the idea that you can ask the C.E.O some questions. However, i thought he could of answered more questions.... but i'm not complaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 LOL, Paulette, and I loved James West's "dog's dinner" double-take. Audio was okay with YouTube and my computer (separate speakers) volume levels turned to max. Good to hear payment threshold will be lowered by end of year, and then lowered again first half of 2014. NYCat: Actually I'm an Anglophile and I love James' accent. It is an accent, you know, to those of us in the US of A. We, of course have no accent.Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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