[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: A proposal, and I need your collective memory....

[Norman de Vall]

At last, we're included in the conversation:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Jerry Fraley" <operations at kzyx.org>
> Subject: A proposal, and I need your collective memory....
> Date: February 29, 2016 9:06:19 PM PST
> To: "'Angela DeWitt'" <ms.adewitt at gmail.com>, "'General Manager'" <gm at kzyx.org>, <membership at kzyx.org>, <uw at kzyx.org>, "'Barbara Lamb'" <blamb at pacific.net>, "'Bob Vaughan'" <est.prophet at yahoo.com>, "'Cheri Christianson'" <chrisarn at mcn.org>, "'Chris Skyhawk'" <hawkrad at mcn.org>, "'Colleen Bassett'" <colleenb at pacific.net>, "'Dave Barre'" <dabarre at wildblue.net>, "'Diane Hering'" <dhering at pacific.net>, "'Doug Livingston'" <livingstonconsulting at hughes.net>, "'Doug Mosel'" <dmosel at wildblue.net>, "'Eric Labowitz'" <lab at pacific.net>, "'Floriane Weyrich'" <fweyrich at msn.com>, "'Fred Wooley'" <freddybudd at starband.net>, "'Gordon Black'" <gblack at mcn.org>, "'Greg Krouse'" <earthdance at saber.net>, "'Jamie Roberts'" <jamier at mcn.org>, "'Jeffrey Blankfort'" <jblankfort at earthlink.net>, "'Jeremy Dodds'" <Skaselecter at yahoo.com>, "'Jim Heid'" <Jim at jimheid.com>, "'Jimmy Humble'" <jimmy at pacific.net>, "'Johanna Cummings'" <JC at wildoak.org>, "'Katharine Cole'" <katharine at katharinecole.com>, "'Linda MacElwee'" <lsmacelwee at hotmail.com>, "'Lorena Calvo-Evans'" <lorejim8 at yahoo.com>, "'Marcia Lotter'" <mlotter at mcn.org>, "'Marvin Trotter'" <trotterm at co.mendocino.ca.us>, "'Michael Arago'" <mmbarago at mcn.org>, "'Norman de Vall'" <ndevall at mcn.org>, "'Patrick Gomes'" <gomes at mcn.org>, "'Pippa Thomas'" <pipsteve at pacific.net>, "'Richard Herr'" <eandrherr at dishmail.net>, "'Rick Blaufeld'" <rick at mendocinoguitars.com>, "'Ron Reed'" <mrdjreed at comcast.net>, "'Steve Garner'" <Sharonart_95432 at yahoo.com>, "'Tim Bray'" <tbray at wildblue.net>, "'Verge Belanger'" <contactverge at yahoo.com>
> 
> I have a proposal in mind in regard to the Internet streaming side of the KZYX broadcasts…  Bear with me here:
>  
> We currently create 3 streams in real-time:
>         96 Kbps, mono encoded as stereo with high sample rate (44.1Khz)
>         32 Kbps, mono encoded as ????? same sample rate [This is a target for “dialup” users,
>                                                                                            and like, when did I ever get 32K
>                                                                                            on a dialup, like, um, never]
>         96 Kbps, mono encoded as ???? (checking) for a Shoutcast server
>  
> Now I draw upon the collective memory about the Shoutcast connection—is it used for anything real???  The main stream is used to feed the jukebox (and more on that later, soon….)  Shoutcast is a stream frontend, an “Internet Radio” index of sorts, basically micro-streamer marketing, however, this organization is a radio station, we absolutely /are/ a marketing organization, we don’t need the shoutcast exposure, it draws consumers away from our main product and the outlets for consuming them.
>  
> And in my opinion, that outlet should be of high quality.
>  
> The proposal:   I want to totally eliminate the Shoutcast stream and dedicate that bandwidth to create a quality full-stereo stream.
>  
> The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
> The Ugly—the small mixer that is used to control the levels on the streamer has reached the end of it’s life.  The thing operates so hot that over time the solder connections inside are suffering, the pan pot unseats and leaves the right channel at 0db, it’s annoying to have to check it so much.
>  
> The Bad -- when I was untangling cables in the rack last night, I discovered the source audio for the rack is being drawn from an output meant for an FM transmitter—it’s not an audio output at all (it just so happens that the low end of the IF /is/ the MONO part of the signal, but it’s a signal meant to be connected to an audio input, so I’m just shaking my head on this one.)
>  
> The Good – the AudioIP system blade in the rack has many extra outputs (only one really used, that’s the transmitter digital feed), and I want to create an analog mirror output and feed that to a new little mixer, ultimately creating a stereo input to the streamer device.
>  
> [Oh, I see Johanna is already on top of the sound of The Bad and The Ugly in a different email.  Awesome!   So, memories, feedback, help me out here folks, I want to move forward unless the current configuration is critical to some world domination plan… J
>  
>  
> Thanks all for tolerating my soapboxing!
>  
> Jerry Fraley
> Interim Operations Director
> KZYX-FM & KZYZ-FM
> 707-895-2324
> jerry_fraley at yahoo.com
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