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

Tue Mar 1 17:06:11 PST 2016

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> From: "Tim Gregory" <tgregory at saber.net>
> Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] Fwd: A proposal, and I need your collective memory....
> Date: March 1, 2016 2:56:53 PM PST
> To: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org
> Reply-To: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org
> 
> no, you were obviously a mistake to  be included, and you proved it right away.
> ---
> 
> 
> 
> At last, we're included in the conversation:
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> 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'"
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>> "'Marvin Trotter'" <trotterm at co.mendocino.ca.us>, "'Michael Arago'"
>> <mmbarago at mcn.org>, "'Norman de Vall'" <ndevall at mcn.org>, "'Patrick Gomes'"
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>> <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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