[Sudo-radio] SRIG meeting 3/19/2013

[mark burdett]

i think it's an excellent idea. we could bring things to raffle and have
donation-based drinks. we just need a treasurer for the sudo radio slush
fund (not it!)
--mark


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:

> shani had a fantastic idea to hold a radio launch party and make it a
> fundraiser. what do you guys think?
>
> - marina
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:43 PM, mark burdett <mark at 510pen.org> wrote:
>
>> Let's be on the lookout for decent-quality speakers on craigslist, flea
>> markets etc.
>>
>> should we have some kindof fundraiser? we could sell t-shirts or
>> something.
>>
>> I found some nice yamaha speakers on the street a while back but I'm
>> currently using them in my living room.. :)
>>
>> --mark
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No worries, I was quite happy to do it.  I'm just kinda anxious to
>>> make tangible progress, and I realized there was a psychic block in
>>> play with respect to the tangled-up-ness of the radio room.
>>>
>>> Cabling and speakers would be much appreciated.  We do have some
>>> cables lying around, but since we're talking about "infrastructure"
>>> here, what we put in place really ought to be higher-quality than just
>>> your regular Radio Shack stuff.
>>>
>>> I'm not certain of all of the parts needed because I didn't play
>>> around as much as I wanted with the Behemoth Mixer, and I am not sure
>>> of all of the typical Use Cases for the radio room.  (e.g. how likely
>>> is it that we have turntablist DJs?  talk shows with more than 2-3
>>> people?  etc)
>>>
>>>
>>> However, I know one huge Nice To Have would be a headphone splitter like
>>> this:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Pro-PHA40-4-Channel-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B003M8NVFS/nthmost-20
>>>
>>> ...because we can use it to split off the output from the mixer,
>>> sending it to the monitor, the R Pi, and the radio transmitter.
>>> (That's one potential configuration anyway.)
>>>
>>> And if we had a second one, we could use it as a headphone splitter.  :D
>>>
>>> --Naomi
>>>
>>> ps. My Mail.app just did some weird crap when I lobotomized it to keep
>>> my Gmail stuff out of there.  If anybody just got some fractionated
>>> emails from me just now, that's why.  I can see them in my "Sent Mail"
>>> folder in Gmail but some of them are marked "Deleted".  Huh??
>>> Whatever.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:37 PM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hey good job on that, btw.  Sorry, I didn't have more than about 5-10
>>> > minutes last night to myself(or all week).
>>> >
>>> > I can help get some monitor speakers in there.  I might have the
>>> cabling you
>>> > need for that set-up.  Let me know exactly what cables you want, and
>>> I'll
>>> > score some small powered speakers.
>>> >
>>> > -Rusty
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> SRIG (sudo radio interest group) meeting: Infrastructure Buildout
>>> >>
>>> >> attendees: nthmost.
>>> >>
>>> >> This is a set of 10 pics describing what happened in the 2 hours from
>>> >> 8pm to 10pm in which we (meaning I) rearranged almost everything in
>>> >> the sudo radio room, "installed" power strips, created incredible (to
>>> >> me) amounts of open space, wrapped and sorted cables, and sang along
>>> >> loudly to mid-90s punk rock.
>>> >>
>>> >> http://nthmost.net/albums/SRIG-2013-03-19/
>>> >>
>>> >> Check out the album at the above link and read the captions to learn
>>> >> specifics and to see where some more attention is needed.  Mostly what
>>> >> we need is:
>>> >>
>>> >> * Decent radio "monitor" speakers (to hear what the listeners are
>>> hearing)
>>> >> * Cabling to whatever mixer we decide to use (that behemoth seems to
>>> >> work!)
>>> >> * Cabling from computer to RPi
>>> >>
>>> >> This makes me feel good.  It's a much firmer foundation upon which to
>>> >> build a "station".
>>> >>
>>> >> Next step:  Actually Install The Damn RPi.
>>> >>
>>> >> Next meeting date: Tuesday, 3/26/2013 - 8pm
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Naomi Theora Most
>>> >> naomi at nthmost.com
>>> >> +1-415-728-7490
>>> >>
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>>> >>
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Cheers,
>>> >
>>> > Rusty Lindgren
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Naomi Theora Most
>>> naomi at nthmost.com
>>> +1-415-728-7490
>>>
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>>>
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