TWiRT 390 - Live from NAB 2018

Live from NAB 2018! Some of the hot topics at NAB this year: A microphone war story with Michelle Levitt, Frank Foti with the Chairman’s view, Will Mashione on efficient Local radio, Alex Hartman talking about the future of touchscreens, and a wireless broadband alternative with John Bohn.

Guests:
Michelle Levitt, Creative and Marketing Director at Heil Sound
Frank Foti, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board - The Telos Alliance
Will Mashione, Chief Information Officer - Local Radio Networks
Alex Hartman, Owner / Partner at Optimized Media Group
Josh Bohn, President at Bohn Broadcast Services

Show Notes:
Heil PR 77D mic
Heil PR 35 mic
FiDef Technology
Local Radio Networks
MaxxKonnect High Speed Business-Class Wireless Internet

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 389 - Public Radio Engineers at NAB

The Association of Public Radio Engineers hold their conference each year, just before the big NAB Show in Las Vegas.  It’s called the Public Radio Engineering Conference (PREC). The PREC is a terrific opportunity for engineers to learn the latest tech, brush up on fundamentals, and get some hands-on experience during the Night Owl session.

Show Notes:
Association of Public Radio Engineers

Guests:
Steve Johnston - President, APRE & Media Technology Consultant
Bruce Wahl - 2018 APRE Engineering Achievement Award
Victoria St. John - Operations Director, Vermont Public Radio
Wayne Pecena - Director of Engineering at Texas A&M University
Rich Parker - Director of Engineering at Coast Alaska

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 388 - Open Broadcaster with Rob Hopkins

Low-budget and community broadcasters are using free, open-source software to run many aspects of their broadcast operations.  Take a listen to CJUC-FM, for example.  Using local PCs or cloud-based operations, community stations can air quality programming, with either local or remote hosts. They can also fulfill both the letter and spirit of emergency broadcast requirements.  Audio and video streaming are important aspects as well. Rob Hopkins, founder of Open Broadcaster, joins Chris and Kirk to talk about the possibilities and and what Yukon broadcasters are doing right now with this technology.

Show Notes:
Open Broadcaster - Free Open Source Internet Radio Automation Software
Open Broadcaster - Emergency Alert System Player
Video about LPFM and IPTV using Open Broadcaster
CJUC-FM Radio, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Guest:
Rob Hopkins - Radio Enthusiast at Open Broadcaster

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 387 - Studio & Show Lighting with Brett Gilbert

More of us radio engineers are being called upon to provide adequate lighting for new venues.  Many stations are building live performance studios. Others are putting cameras in the control rooms.  Whether it’s for a live audience or a video camera, talent needs good lighting to be seen - in a good light.  Brett Gilbert with iHeartMedia in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been lighting up stages since high school. He shares a couple decades of hands-on knowledge with Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack.

(Extensive) Show Notes - Courtesy of Brett Gilbert:

Elation is 'pro/touring' grade:  www.elationlighting.com

American DJ is the 'pro-sumer/DJ' grade:  www.adj.com

www.chauvetprofessional.com (pro/touring grade)

www.chauvetdj.com (pro-sumer/DJ grade)

Blizzard Lighting - more of a pro-sumer/DJ grade:  www.blizzardlighting.com

High-End Systems which was recently purchased by ETC Lighting:   www.highend.com

Control Software suggestions:

iPad control software:  http://www.synthe-fx.com/

Used with Enttec OpenDMXEthernet:  https://www.enttec.com/us/products/controls/dmx-over-ethernet/ode-poe-mk2-open-dmx-with-power-over-ethernet/

M-PC (formerly Martin, now Elation new website coming soon):  Software is free for up to 4 Universes of DMX:

https://www.martin.com/en-us/product-details/m-pc

You can buy add-on software from Ricard Dias who wrote software to allow USB MIDI devices to control the software: http://ricardo-dias.com/mpctools/

MA Lighting has their MA Dot2 PC which allows one free universe of DMX

http://www.malighting.com/en/news-references/news/news-details/1169_dot2-software-1-2-2-8-released.html

https://www.ma-dot2.com/en/software-download/

These software packages work with fixture libraries and profiles so the software communicates in real world controls like red, green, blue, etc.  Some of the real cheap DMX controllers that just have faders and a DMX output will just work like controlling an AoIP system with the raw streams, they don't organize the channels into meaningful groups.  If you just had 4 channels of light bulbs on a dimmers with four faders it would make sense, but with a DMX fixture where you might have 20 channels controlling one fixture on individual faders it can be like a needle in a haystack.

Some various lighting groups:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightingtrainer/

http://www.lightnetwork.com/index.php

https://www.facebook.com/groups/584412254990472/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/the.light.project/

Guest:

Brett Gilbert - Broadcast Engineer, Sound Engineer, Lighting Designer

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 386 - Pirates and Snowcats with Nick Straka

Ahoy, matey! Thar be pesky pirates in New York, Boston, and Philly! Nick Straka is a contract and consulting engineer in the New York City area.  He builds and maintains licensed FM transmitter sites, plus he tracks down the pirate broadcasters who interfere with them.

Guest:
Nick Straka - Owner NS Radio Engineering, Inc.

Hosts:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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