HOPE RADIO Engineering
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[edit] About
This is the page for the Engineering team of the HOPE Radio project. If you would like to be involved in the Engineering Team aspect of Hope Radio, contact nikgod (info below and on the main HOPE Radio page)
[edit] See Also
HOPE RADIO program submission form
[edit] General
Chief Engineer - Joe/nikgod (jcooter <-at> oceanius <-dot-> com)
Technical Goals:
- have a good acoustic environment for content creation on site
- stream locally
- stream to the world
- relay audio feeds from the seminars when the seminar rooms are at capacity for popular talks
- record all the programming we generate
To be defined:
- plan for securing equipment
- an orderly setup and take down plan.
- equipment needs for the booth (cd player, basic mixer or fancy console, turntables, microphones, computer terminal, spiffy lighting, etc.)
- equipment needs for streaming (servers, data line to the NOC, etc.)
[edit] Streaming Audio
We need to work on setting up shoutcast/icecast/podcast servers for the outside world, and run a local stream server for people at the conference.
Servers already volunteered:
- Sliqua Enterprise Hosting (www.sliqua.com) - co-owned by Joe/nikgod, can commit ~ 10megabit
[edit] Hardware
Stuff we need. If you have any of this and can bring it the day before the con, put your name underneath the item and explain how many of the item you have and what specific model/specs you have.
1x Main Mixer
- DONE (nikgod is bringing this, Mackie Onyx 1640 w/ Firewire Card)
1x Backup Mixer
- DONE (LexIcon's 1402 VLZ-Pro)
4x Studio Vocal mics
- 4 DONE (nikgod's Shure SM7B, techDarko has 3 SM7Bs)
4x pre-amps/mic processors
- DONE (nikgod's dbx 1046)
4x tabletop mic stands
- 1 NEEDED
- 3 DONE (LexIcon, techDarko has 2)
4x boom arm mic stands
- 2 DONE (LexIcon has one, nikgod has one)
- 2 NEEDED
1x 6 output Headphone Distribution Amp
- 1 NEEDED
6x pair headphones (circumaural & semi-open preferred)
- 6 NEEDED
6x 1/4" TRS Headphone Extension cables (25' preferred)
- 1 DONE (nikgod has 1 of these, 25' I believe)
- 5 NEEDED
2x Pair Monitor Speakers (w/ amp if unpowered)
- 1 DONE (Lex has 2 small Edirol studio monitors)
1x Professional CD Player (rackmount preferred - can not have start delay)
- DONE (techDarko has access to multiple Denon C635s. Do we want more than one? Need ride into city)
1x Backup Recording system (record-to-ipod?)
- nikgod placed a pre-order on the Alesis Multiport, should be in my hands before hope. Other options encouraged.
- techDarko has a few professional CD recorders if all else fails - do we want?.
- 1 NEEDED
2x large box fans
- DONE (nikgod has these)
1x small refrigerator filled with WATER
- how about a cooler instead? LexIcon 14:16, 12 April 2008 (CDT)
- DONE (techDarko has a mini-fridge, just need help getting it from Clifton)
1x on-air computer (good specs)
- DONE (nikgod is bringing)
2x production laptops (decent specs)
- 2 DONE (nikgod is bringing a couple alienware machines with Ubuntu Studio)
2x portable recorders
- 1 DONE (LexIcon has an H4 Zoom portable digital recorder)
- 1 Maybe (techDarko has ordered an H4 Zoom for my radio station and will be bringing it - if accounting ever cuts a check)
1x pair studio monitor speakers for booth
- DONE (LexIcon has 2 small Edirol studio monitors)
1x pair PA speakers (not strictly necessary)
- 1 NEEDED (techDarko can bring an amp or two and speakers)
1x 100-ft Cable Snake
- 1 NEEDED (I have a 25' cable snake that I will bring (better than nothing) will be at hotel Penn ~6:00pm Thurs. -Mike)
[edit] Isolation Booth
We are looking at a ClearSonic MegaPac[1] isolation booth to use as the announcer booth and primary control room. This product is a 7 foot wide by 8 foot deep by 7 foot high sound isolation chamber used for reducing the amount of sound put out by a drum kit. It is proposed that we use the booth not to keep sound from escaping, but instead to keep sound out, so we have good acoustics for broadcasting from the expo level in the middle of all the conference's chaotic activities.
With equipment, this is probably a two person booth, three max. Heat and space are of concern. It has a hole in the ceiling panel at the back which should be good for ventilation and running cables out.
We can rent it at a rate of $150 for the week, and be responsible for the $300 round trip shipping cost. $450 total to get the iso booth.
Original thought was to put it in the lobby near the escalator, but it will probably be better near the Network Operations Center and Info Desk on the second floor. We need to find out the exact ceiling height in there, it may be insufficient or really really close.
