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

Wed Mar 20 23:05:50 PDT 2013

Yeah I second! let's have it at sudo room, why not?

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On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:

> i'd be happy to be the sudo radio treasurer. is there a reason we wouldn't want it at sudo? we could do demos...record things...show people the studio...i'd heavily prefer to host the event at sudo.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:26 PM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
>> RoShamBo might be able to help sponsor this if it happens in May, since that will be our 2 year anniversary party.  
>> 
>> We were trying to do something like this already.  Could do it at the uptown or somewhere like the Vagabond Ballroom.  Andrew, what do you think?  
>> 
>> -Rusty
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:24 PM, mark burdett <mark at 510pen.org> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> skype: nthmost
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> http://twitter.com/nthmost
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>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --
>>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Rusty Lindgren
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Naomi Theora Most
>>>>>> naomi at nthmost.com
>>>>>> +1-415-728-7490
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> skype: nthmost
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://twitter.com/nthmost
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>> -- 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Rusty Lindgren
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