From mike at brownbroadcast.com Sat Mar 7 19:27:00 2020 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 19:27:00 -0800 Subject: [grc] Early Reminder -- Radio For People Conference Call - Tuesday March 10 Message-ID: Radio For People Conference Call 11am PST / 2pm EST - Tuesday March 10 Dial-in Number: 1 (862) 902-0250 The Participant Access Code is: 339-4164 Agenda: FCC Updates -website functionality glitches lately Stations Update Coronavirus Issues -conferences/events cancelled or otherwise affected -how are stations responding (e.g.: disseminate factual information; avoid hysteria & conspiracy theories) -are there good PSAs already out there that stations can/should be running? If not, then..... Conferences/Trainings Austin Airwaves: Malawi radio project report anything else? Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 ? fax 503-912-7562 From wings at wings.org Mon Mar 9 09:16:35 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 09:16:35 -0700 Subject: [grc] [ADV] Canadian CR protocols for coronavirus precautions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Likely of interest for US, too. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Barry Rooke Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [NCRA-Members] Important: Campus & Community Broadcasters & COVID-19 To: Luke Smith Cc: NCRA Members Hi Everyone The NCRA/ANREC has made some optional PSA's if you wish to air them. Please find the English and French versions attached, they are 1 minute in length. We encourage stations to also make their own local version if these do not work for them. Barry Rooke On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:38 PM Luke Smith wrote: > Hello NCRA/ANREC Members > > We wanted to reach out to you with important information about COVID-19 > (novel Coronavirus). > > As community broadcasters, we have an obligation to keep ourselves, our > volunteers, staff and the public safe, and accurately informed. There are > currently 30 cases of COVID-19 in Canada with Ontario, BC and Quebec > affected. Health Canada currently lists the risks to Canadians is low, but > there is a noted concern about an outbreak in Canada as the virus moves to > more countries. > > The Health Minister has noted that Canadians need to be prepared for > COVID-19 potentially impacting their lives. There are many ways that > stations can help support their community. For example, if one of your > staff or volunteers is sick, or unwell, help ensure they stay home. > Encourage everyone to get the flu shot to help prevent further strain on > the healthcare system. Make sure that you have alcohol-based disinfectant > wipes. We suggest developing protocols for cleaning microphones (or get a > large supply of washable or disposable mic covers), telephones, computer > keyboards, control room equipment, door handles, and common area furniture. > Make sure you have a plentiful supply of soap and antibacterial wipes > available at the station. > > Barry has created a very helpful poster that can be put up in your station > with a lot more tips. The poster is in colour, and black and white, both > JPEG and PDF. In addition is a poster from Health Canada. > > As Broadcasters > > It is incredibly important that as a broadcaster you are providing > accurate and factual information to your community. All of your staff and > volunteers can refer to the factual information being provided by Health > Canada here: > https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html#a2 > > > Or the FAQ here: > https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/frequently-asked-questions.html > > > Or the World Health Organization?s information here: > https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses > > > We have a number of stations who are in communities where cases have been > identified. We would suggest reaching out to your local health authority to > find the latest most accurate information. > > As a piece of light entertainment, here is a great clip from Last Week > Tonight, and their coverage of how Vietnam is tackling COVID-19: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAbDnNlig1A > > > > How has your station been tackling COVID-19? > > Please share some of your best practices here! > > Yours > > Luke & Barry > > > -- > Luke Smith > Learning and Development Officer > National Campus and Community Radio Association/ > l'Association nationale des radios ?tudiantes et communautaires > www.ncra.ca > > 1.866.859.8086 / (613) 321.1440 > Suite 601, 331 Cooper Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 0G5 > luke at ncra.ca > > -- > Please follow the rules of this mailing list as posted on the NCRA website > here: http://ncra.ca/members/email-lists > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NCRA Members" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ncra-members+unsubscribe at ncra.ca. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/ncra.ca/d/msgid/ncra-members/CAOQY6ob6iauszT%3Dknh59z-QtNU6%3DwSjoMD_LMkbK4U%3Dm8JrO7Q%40mail.gmail.com > > . > -- Barry Rooke Executive Director NCRA/ANREC National Campus and Community Radio Association/ Association nationale des radios ?tudiantes et communautaires www.ncra.ca 1.866.859.8086 / (613) 321.1440 barry at ncra.ca *The new mailing/office address (Jan 2020):* NCRA/ANREC 601-331 Cooper Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0G5 Office Hours Follow my industry blog: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn -- Please follow the rules of this mailing list as posted on the NCRA website here: http://ncra.ca/members/email-lists --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NCRA Members" group. 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There are phone #s here, so I imagine you can call and record someone about this. https://sfbayview.com/2020/03/the-grayzone-and-codepink-demand-emergency-international-election-observers-from-the-oas-in-2020-democratic-presidential-primary/ -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From mike at brownbroadcast.com Mon Mar 9 13:11:29 2020 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 13:11:29 -0700 Subject: [grc] Radio For People Conference Call - this Tuesday March 10 Message-ID: <59A45CA3790548E1AE1770EC34BC6E6D@Darth> Radio For People Conference Call 11am PST / 2pm EST - this Tuesday March 10 Dial-in Number: 1 (862) 902-0250 The Participant Access Code is: 339-4164 Agenda: FCC Updates -website functionality glitches lately Stations Update Coronavirus Issues -conferences/events cancelled or otherwise affected -how are stations responding (e.g.: disseminate factual information; avoid hysteria & conspiracy theories) -are there good PSAs already out there that stations can/should be running? If not, then..... Conferences/Trainings Austin Airwaves: Malawi radio project report Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 ? fax 503-912-7562 From anniegarrison at gmail.com Mon Mar 9 19:44:00 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 19:44:00 -0700 Subject: [grc] Urgent call for OAS election observers in Dem primaries Message-ID: I shared this earlier, but the phone number was wrong. It has now been corrected and it's at the top of the press release: https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-codepink-international-election-observers-oas-2020-democratic-primary/amp/. I hope that some here will call and get the story on your air. From mike at brownbroadcast.com Tue Mar 10 02:32:40 2020 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:32:40 -0700 Subject: [grc] FW: Radio For People Conference Call TODAY Message-ID: <0AA799E42DB54611A0DDBAF98BC603C8@Darth> It's 11a PDT and 2pm EDT, of course Dial-in Number: 1 (862) 902-0250 The Participant Access Code is: 339-4164 From anniegarrison at gmail.com Thu Mar 12 11:41:05 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:41:05 -0700 Subject: [grc] Posting Message-ID: I just posted a news story for NewsUp! and it appeared with (hidden) in front of the title: [hidden] Victoire Ingabire and International Women's Day Can anyone tell me how this happened and what I can do about it? I can't seem to see it myself if I get off the site and then return. -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From beatond at yahoo.com Sat Mar 14 08:23:14 2020 From: beatond at yahoo.com (david beaton) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [grc] Our Radio Station Protocol for COVID-19 References: <1198456995.659676.1584199394627.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1198456995.659676.1584199394627@mail.yahoo.com> WSLR+Fogartyville (Volunteer and Paid) Staff Protocol for Dealing with COVID-19 With the emergence and spread of COVID-19 on our continent and in Sarasota, we all need to make adjustments in our actions and expectations. Fogartyville has cancelled all events happening from March 13-March 31. We have cancelled the Staff Development Training planned for Saturday, March 21st.? Management will be putting together an online presentation instead.? Concert cancellations will obviously have a substantial impact on our income, so the Fund Drive and the Giving Partner Challenge will be critical for us.? It is important for all Board members and programmers to view the Training Presentation and be on the same page with messaging and strategy for meeting our goals.?? Listed below are guidelines for all programmers to follow in the coming weeks.? 1.? Read ALL emails that come from WSLR+Fogartyville so that you can be kept abreast of any new developments regarding policy and procedures. 2. Please do not plan to come in to do your show if you meet any of these conditions. - You have any flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, or difficulty breathing. - You returned from travel in the last 3 weeks to an area with sustained local transmission (not just a travel ban/warning). Read the travel advisories from the CDC and Government of Canada. - You have had close physical contact with a person currently under investigation for COVID-19, or who is a confirmed case of COVID-19. ? 3.? No live guests in the studio. Set up any guests to call in by phone to reduce everyone?s exposure.? 4.? We ask you to use hand sanitizer before you start your show.? We are doing our best to locate hand sanitizer and will place it in the studio when it comes available.? Until that time, if you have your own sanitizer, please bring it and use it. 5. Wipe down equipment at the end of your show - microphone, keyboard, mouse and counter with the disinfecting wipes provided. 6.? We understand if you choose not to come to the studio during this time.? Please contact Annie (941-544-6577) if you decide not to come in, so she can schedule programming that is consistent with your program if possible.? If you are able to create a recording of your show remotely and can get it to us through We Transfer or some other online file transfer, we will do our best to get it programmed in for you.? Send the file link to info at wslr.org and annie at wslr.org 7.? Please include one announcement during your show directing people to coronavirus resources.? Here are two you can share:?? Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline and Email:? 866-779-6121 (8am-5pm, Monday-Friday) or COVID-19 at FLhealth.gov Sarasota Memorial Hospital COVID-19 Hotline:? 941-917-8799 Things for you to do: - Wash your hands regularly; avoid touching your face.?? - Minimize social contact.? - If you have to cough, cough into your elbow.? - Get adequate sleep and eat well-balanced meals. Other actions being taken at WSLR+Fogartyville: - All tables, bathroom faucets, studio equipment, and door handles will be thoroughly disinfected on a daily basis and sanitizing wipes will be available.? If you have your own hand sanitizer, please bring it with you and use it.? - We have set up a webpage with information about COVID 19 and will continue to update it:? https://www.criticaltimes.org/covid-19-info Resources to keep you informed: Prevention of respiratory diseases, from the CDC The New York Times Coronavirus page Sign up for a free daily coronavirus briefing from the New York Times here. Florida Department of Health Website Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) Website You can monitor WHO, CDC, Canadian Public Health, and State Health Department for the latest recommendations. From wings at wings.org Sun Mar 15 14:13:45 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 14:13:45 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audacity on Catalina - workaround to record Message-ID: Audacity under macOS 10.15 Catalina Post by waxcylinder ? Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:40 pm In early October Apple released its latest operating system 10.15.x known as Catalina. Audacity is not officially supported yet to run under Catalina. It appears to launch and run fine but it fails to record from the microphone (or external USB device) yielding only a flat-line silent recording. This is a permissions issue regarding access to the microphone (recording input) and something which we need to explore further. Fortunately there is a workaround ... if you have updated to Catalina and still need to use Audacity for recording as well as all its other functionality: 1) Go to Applications > Utilities 2) Launch Terminal.app 3) in the Terminal dialog type the following command following command: open /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity This will open Audacity and then Terminal will actually ask for the correct permissions. this assume that Audacity is stored in your Applications folder. If it is somewhere else, you will need to change the path in the above command: open /*location of audacity*/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity When you first try to record, you will be asked to grant access to the microphone - *similar happened in 1.14 Mojave - but microphone access permissions granted in Mojave do not pass through to Catalina*. Once you have granted this access in Catalina you should not be asked for it again when relaunching Audacity with this workaround method. If you leave Audacity active (black dot) in the bottom dock you can just relaunch from the Audacity logo. If you totally quit Audacity you will need to relaunch from the Terminal app again every time. I have tested this workaround on my MacBook Pro after upgrading to 1.15 Catalina last night - where it now records properly by launching from Terminal. *Finally: credit for providing this useful workaround must go to Forum user noraa - very much appreciated, thanks Noraa.-- Frieda Werden, Series ProducerWINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org * From anniegarrison at gmail.com Mon Mar 16 11:23:06 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:23:06 -0700 Subject: [grc] News story Message-ID: I produced a brief news story about what I was trying to call attention to here last week: Code Pink and the Grayzone demand OAS election observers in US Dem primaries . It's also in NewsUp! on the Audioport. -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From wings at wings.org Fri Mar 20 05:11:48 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 05:11:48 -0700 Subject: [grc] Communication from AMARC Asia-Pacific Message-ID: For those who are not old-timers, AMARC is the French acronym for the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters. Started in Montreal around 1982, it grew into a major force for promoting the legalization and establishment of community radios around the world. Its international office was shut down a few years ago, followed by the demise of its website; but some regions still function, Asia-Pacific being the one region that continues to communicate with North America members. Dear AMARC members, Firstly, on behalf of our President Ram Bhat, all board members and staff of AMARC Asia-Pacific regional office, I wish to convey my warm greetings to you and your family members! The world is passing through a difficult time. Our lifestyle and livelihoods are at risk. Our family members and friends are worried sick for each other. Despite such exceptional challenges, I feel proud of the fact that you have risked your well-being for the service of your communities. Sisters and brothers in community radios across the Asia-Pacific region are working hard to inform, reassure and support communities. I am personally in touch with community broadcasters in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste and other countries and am heartened to know that community radios continue to actively work in the frontline! Our members tell us that they want to do more but there are difficulties and that is understandable. We have no prior experience of dealing with a situation like this. We are also facing consequences of COVID-19 in our social and professional lives. Amidst all this, please make sure that the safety of your colleagues at the station is accorded a high priority. Please follow all possible precautions related to sanitation and health. Providing reliable and factual information is important. We need to be careful not to sensationalize or downplay. Your presence on air can make all the difference in assuaging community members and help them fight the fear! It is also important to remember that women, pregnant women, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, refugees and migrants, those involved in the informal economy, those with inadequate social services, those lacking other sources of information and those with limited capacity to cope and adapt are the more vulnerable ones and we must specially take care of them. In AMARC, we too are trying to figure out how best to deal with the current conditions. The Regional Office is trying to maintain contact with national associations to find out the specific conditions at country levels. Across the region, our governments have not thought about working with community radios. Community radios are among the most effective mode of emergency communication and community engagement. AMARC and national associations of community radios can try and make our governments understand this fact. In this regard, I would like to request you to let me know (here in FB or by email) how you are affected as a station by the current situation and if you have applied any counter measures. We will use this information to strategize for putting in place a larger support net for community radio stations. We will keep in touch! In solidarity and with warm regards, Suman Basnet. (email: sumanbasnet at amarc-ap.org) -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Fri Mar 20 06:19:23 2020 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:19:23 -0500 Subject: [grc] Coronavirus & KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <325090ac-dccf-e2cc-fc16-5ad7605da52a@effectivedefense.org> Hello, All: ????? Below and attached please find instructions from one of the leading volunteers at KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio.? The details are slightly different, but the instructions are similar to what we are hearing from other sources:? If you do not feel well, call the station to arrange a replacement and self-isolate.? If you feel a need to see a physician, call first.[1]? Do phone interviews rather than having guests come into the station.? Where feasible, avoid in-person meetings and use conference calls and videoconferencing. ????? Spencer Graves ????? former Secretary of KKFI's Board [1] I had a different health problem not too long ago.? I called my primary care physician's office and was directed to an emergency room I did not even know existed and was treated instantly;? I likely would have had to wait hours at the one I knew about. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: kkfi-programmers IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ: Station Operations and the Coronavirus Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:44:44 -0500 From: Ladonna Sanders Reply-To: ladonna.sanders29 at gmail.com To: kkfi-programmers at googlegroups com _Programmers,_ KKFI implemented protocols earlier this week to limit the COVID-19 virus in our space.? This was a first step. 1. Sick people should stay home. 2. Disinfectant products (wipes, paper towels with disinfectant spray or liquid) should be made readily available in the studio and other common areas. 3. The daily manager and front desk staff should coordinate efforts to wipe down common surfaces (doorknobs, faucet handles, countertops, etc) daily. 4. People should use disinfectant products before and after touching common surfaces such as keyboards and sound board equipment. (Programmers should use wipes, not spray or liquids, on sound board equipment.) 5. Kleenex should also be made readily available in the studio and other common areas. 6. Reminder signs to raise awareness of protocols should be posted in common areas. Supplies of convenient disinfectant are running?low in our community and it may not always be possible to provide wipes and sprays.? You may wish to bring your own with you when you come to the station.? We can try to have bleach available also which works (see the attached document). TODAY OUR CHIEF OPERATOR Chad Brothers, along with Acting Station Manager?Mike Lytle, and Board President Una Nowling, have additional?recommendations?to further restrict the spread of the virus and handle station operations. * Limit all non-essential staff, volunteers, and guests from coming into the station. This includes guest DJs and front desk staff. * Encourage programmers to conduct phone interviews in place of in-person interviews.? (see Phone Interview Instructions ) * Require any Programmers who don't feel well to stay home. Please try to find a fill-in Programmer for your show. You may contact LaDonna Sanders (ladonna.sanders29 at gmail.com ) for help.? You may wish to develop a buddy system: Programmers who agree to sub for each other--now so that it doesn't become an emergency later. * Remind everyone at the station to continue cleaning common surface areas (keyboards and mice, toilet handle, light switches, faucets, chair arms, coffee pot) around the station. Programmers, don't forget the turntable surfaces, mic arms, phones, CD player buttons, chair arms, desktop, writing instruments, and any other surfaces?you may have touched. * Continue monitoring CDC guidelines closely (see CDC guidelines ). Bill Sundahl has also added a link on our website ?with CDC information, which will be linked on our home page shortly. * Create and air PSAs for our listeners to refer to CDC guidelines ?for direction on how to deal with the outbreak. * It is also suggested that Programmers prepare several?prerecorded?shows and provide them to Chad to load into PAL so that we can air your program in the event you are unable to come in. _A growing concern is:_ How will we continue station operations if/when programmers and volunteers decide it's in their best interest to stay home, or if/when our government instructs the general public to stay home for an extended period of time?? At this point, we are somewhat limited in our ability to automate the station or fully operate remotely.? Some options are: * Replay previously aired shows from the KKFI Archive, etc * Utilize our Pacifica/AudioPort affiliation with airing syndicated content to cover gaps, etc We would need to run regular spots to notify listeners that they are listening to re-broadcasted material when/if that situation becomes reality MORE INFORMATION will be provided to you as decisions?are made or circumstances require. This will be emailed to you and posted in the station.? If you have questions, please let me know (reply to all will not go to all programmers--only to me and others with "manager" level permissions in this google group.) LaDonna Sanders, Programming Committee Chair -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KKFI Programmers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to kkfi-programmers+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/kkfi-programmers/CAGeK%3DrzgmBfDJ-39mrOr%2ByXby1Wvq0su0rz5RxVeAejW8WXfOA%40mail.gmail.com . -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: virus protocol.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 19092 bytes Desc: not available URL: From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Fri Mar 20 06:19:23 2020 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:19:23 -0500 Subject: [grc] [ADV] Coronavirus & KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <325090ac-dccf-e2cc-fc16-5ad7605da52a@effectivedefense.org> Hello, All: ????? Below and attached please find instructions from one of the leading volunteers at KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio.? The details are slightly different, but the instructions are similar to what we are hearing from other sources:? If you do not feel well, call the station to arrange a replacement and self-isolate.? If you feel a need to see a physician, call first.[1]? Do phone interviews rather than having guests come into the station.? Where feasible, avoid in-person meetings and use conference calls and videoconferencing. ????? Spencer Graves ????? former Secretary of KKFI's Board [1] I had a different health problem not too long ago.? I called my primary care physician's office and was directed to an emergency room I did not even know existed and was treated instantly;? I likely would have had to wait hours at the one I knew about. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: kkfi-programmers IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ: Station Operations and the Coronavirus Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:44:44 -0500 From: Ladonna Sanders Reply-To: ladonna.sanders29 at gmail.com To: kkfi-programmers at googlegroups com _Programmers,_ KKFI implemented protocols earlier this week to limit the COVID-19 virus in our space.? This was a first step. 1. Sick people should stay home. 2. Disinfectant products (wipes, paper towels with disinfectant spray or liquid) should be made readily available in the studio and other common areas. 3. The daily manager and front desk staff should coordinate efforts to wipe down common surfaces (doorknobs, faucet handles, countertops, etc) daily. 4. People should use disinfectant products before and after touching common surfaces such as keyboards and sound board equipment. (Programmers should use wipes, not spray or liquids, on sound board equipment.) 5. Kleenex should also be made readily available in the studio and other common areas. 6. Reminder signs to raise awareness of protocols should be posted in common areas. Supplies of convenient disinfectant are running?low in our community and it may not always be possible to provide wipes and sprays.? You may wish to bring your own with you when you come to the station.? We can try to have bleach available also which works (see the attached document). TODAY OUR CHIEF OPERATOR Chad Brothers, along with Acting Station Manager?Mike Lytle, and Board President Una Nowling, have additional?recommendations?to further restrict the spread of the virus and handle station operations. * Limit all non-essential staff, volunteers, and guests from coming into the station. This includes guest DJs and front desk staff. * Encourage programmers to conduct phone interviews in place of in-person interviews.? (see Phone Interview Instructions ) * Require any Programmers who don't feel well to stay home. Please try to find a fill-in Programmer for your show. You may contact LaDonna Sanders (ladonna.sanders29 at gmail.com ) for help.? You may wish to develop a buddy system: Programmers who agree to sub for each other--now so that it doesn't become an emergency later. * Remind everyone at the station to continue cleaning common surface areas (keyboards and mice, toilet handle, light switches, faucets, chair arms, coffee pot) around the station. Programmers, don't forget the turntable surfaces, mic arms, phones, CD player buttons, chair arms, desktop, writing instruments, and any other surfaces?you may have touched. * Continue monitoring CDC guidelines closely (see CDC guidelines ). Bill Sundahl has also added a link on our website ?with CDC information, which will be linked on our home page shortly. * Create and air PSAs for our listeners to refer to CDC guidelines ?for direction on how to deal with the outbreak. * It is also suggested that Programmers prepare several?prerecorded?shows and provide them to Chad to load into PAL so that we can air your program in the event you are unable to come in. _A growing concern is:_ How will we continue station operations if/when programmers and volunteers decide it's in their best interest to stay home, or if/when our government instructs the general public to stay home for an extended period of time?? At this point, we are somewhat limited in our ability to automate the station or fully operate remotely.? Some options are: * Replay previously aired shows from the KKFI Archive, etc * Utilize our Pacifica/AudioPort affiliation with airing syndicated content to cover gaps, etc We would need to run regular spots to notify listeners that they are listening to re-broadcasted material when/if that situation becomes reality MORE INFORMATION will be provided to you as decisions?are made or circumstances require. This will be emailed to you and posted in the station.? If you have questions, please let me know (reply to all will not go to all programmers--only to me and others with "manager" level permissions in this google group.) LaDonna Sanders, Programming Committee Chair -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KKFI Programmers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to kkfi-programmers+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/kkfi-programmers/CAGeK%3DrzgmBfDJ-39mrOr%2ByXby1Wvq0su0rz5RxVeAejW8WXfOA%40mail.gmail.com . -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: virus protocol.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 19092 bytes Desc: not available URL: From michael.white at gemair.com Fri Mar 20 06:37:49 2020 From: michael.white at gemair.com (Michael J White) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:37:49 -0500 Subject: [grc] Coronavirus In-Reply-To: <325090ac-dccf-e2cc-fc16-5ad7605da52a@effectivedefense.org> References: <325090ac-dccf-e2cc-fc16-5ad7605da52a@effectivedefense.org> Message-ID: Hello All I produce Baroque and Beyond ... which is why I'm on this list. I am also a physician and also running for local office (none of you can vote for me!) -- County Board of Supervisors.? One of the reasons I'm running is to provide even more support for our Health Department. I put the attached generic advice together for the voters in my district.? Feel Free to distribute broadly.? Also, please see the letter I wrote to my colleagues in China. As it turns out, the letter was fairly widely published in each of the two provinces.? Dr. Zhang had now sent back a response, expressing support for all of us in the USA. The response from Dr. Zhang is below.? I have only edited grammar mistakes. Dear Michael, It is my obligation to share your letter with Chinese doctors! The epidemic in your State and country now ?is just as the situation ?in Jinan and other parts of China in the early February this year. The epidemic broke out in Wuhan at the end of January. Wuhan?was locked down at midnight on Jan 23.?This is the time of Chinese New year. People all over the country are required not go to gathering, just staying at home.? The centralgovernment??has a strong will to control the epidemic and take concrete measures to find patients, and manage patient infectiousness, and care for patients.? Resources from all of the country are assembled and allocated to Wuhan.? At the same time, local government?of other cities and provinces respond?immediately and take two main measures?to control the epidemic--prevent imported cases from other provinces (transportation?control) and confine the spread of the epidemic in local areas (admit patient to the hospital and isolate close contact of the patient,cancel?all gathering events). The whole country is involved?in this ?anti-epidemic campaign. Four of my colleagues?in this skin disease hospital went to Wuhan to work with the local doctors shoulder by shoulder. This is an emergency?time. Everybody should bear its responsibility to fight against the epidemic.Officials?who do not take his or her legal obligation for this campaign will be fired. After 45 days hardworking, the epidemic in China is controlled. In my opinion,China's experience of confining the epidemic ?is as followings? 1. The Centralgovernment?has a strong will and is able to motivate the whole country?s? resource to fight against the epidemic. 2. People all over the country follow the government?instructions of anti-epidemic actions.? 33 Support?from international community.? At the beginning?of the epidemic, Wuhan not only got lot of resources from Japan, Korea and other parts of the world, but also got messages, letters and??encouragement from international community to show support?and sympathy?to Chinese people.? Your letter deeplymotivatedustofight?against the epidemicand gave us a great supportin this special time. My colleagues all over the country?and I will remember your support?forever! US has much more resources, you have the best health care professionals, best scientists?and the most powerful motivation abilities in the world. ?I learned?that the federal government?has taken strong ?measures to confine the epidemic. I ?believe the epidemic in US and other parts of the world will be?controlled soon. Michael, Please take care of yourself?and your families, hoping everything goes well! Have a good weekend Furen Zhang MDPhD Vice President?of ShandongFirst MedicalUniversity On 3/20/20 8:19 AM, Spencer Graves via grc wrote: > Hello, All: > > > ????? Below and attached please find instructions from one of the > leading volunteers at KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio.? The details > are slightly different, but the instructions are similar to what we > are hearing from other sources:? If you do not feel well, call the > station to arrange a replacement and self-isolate. If you feel a need > to see a physician, call first.[1]? Do phone interviews rather than > having guests come into the station.? Where feasible, avoid in-person > meetings and use conference calls and videoconferencing. > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Coronavirus Generic Advice Poster.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 44116 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Letter to Chinese colleagues.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 75714 bytes Desc: not available URL: From undercurrentsradio at gmail.com Sun Mar 22 18:04:30 2020 From: undercurrentsradio at gmail.com (UnderCurrents Radio) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:04:30 -0700 Subject: [grc] Free Music Programming Message-ID: <59004124-E20D-4631-8314-0EB469CB680E@gmail.com> Greetings: UnderCurrents is an eclectic alternative music mix now heard on over 190 stations via Native Voice One. We distribute 4 hours daily, each self-contained and automation-ready. In collaboration with our distributor, Native Voice One, we are offering the show free to new stations during this pandemic to help cover airshafts when staff and volunteers must be away. We think your listeners will love it. Files come down via PRSS or FTP. Just contact nola at nv1.org and she?ll set you up. Wash your hands! ;-) Gregg McVicar Host/Producer UnderCurrents www.undercurrentsradio.net Playlists, streaming, and more... From annie at wslr.org Sun Mar 22 18:17:52 2020 From: annie at wslr.org (Annie Murphy) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:17:52 -0400 Subject: [grc] Free Music Programming In-Reply-To: <59004124-E20D-4631-8314-0EB469CB680E@gmail.com> References: <59004124-E20D-4631-8314-0EB469CB680E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi, This is great timing. I was forwarded your info regarding this free offer and I sent an email to nola at nv1.org this afternoon. I immediately received a reply that my message was blocked. Any help to get the RSS feed and any other pertinent instructions would be greatly appreciated. Annie Murphy WSLR-LP 96.5 FM Sarasota, FL On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM UnderCurrents Radio via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > Greetings: > > UnderCurrents is an eclectic alternative music mix now heard on over 190 > stations via Native Voice One. We distribute 4 hours daily, each > self-contained and automation-ready. In collaboration with our > distributor, Native Voice One, we are offering the show free to new > stations during this pandemic to help cover airshafts when staff and > volunteers must be away. We think your listeners will love it. Files come > down via PRSS or FTP. Just contact nola at nv1.org > and she?ll set you up. > > Wash your hands! ;-) > > Gregg McVicar > Host/Producer > UnderCurrents > www.undercurrentsradio.net > Playlists, streaming, and more... > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- *Annie* Murphy Management *Team* *WSLR+Fogartyville* Sarasota, FL *(941) 894-6469 office* From pierce at mediasanctuary.org Mon Mar 23 11:49:45 2020 From: pierce at mediasanctuary.org (Steve Pierce) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:49:45 -0400 Subject: [grc] =?utf-8?q?Broadcaster=E2=80=99s_E=26O_insurance?= Message-ID: <9002DA01-2D45-48F0-BB58-1CAA00E5B65D@mediasanctuary.org> Hi-- The company quoting our liability coverage want us to get Broadcaster?s E&O (errors and omissions) insurance separately. Do any of the stations on this list have E&O coverage? If so, and you're willing to compare notes, please contact me directly. Thanks! --Steve Steve Pierce pierce at mediasanctuary.org 518-207-6264 www.mediasanctuary.org The Sanctuary for Independent Media PO Box 35 / 3361 6th Avenue Troy NY 12181 Home of: WOOC 105.3 FM | NATURE Lab | Collard City Growers | Uptown Summer | Freedom Square From zoesull at gmail.com Mon Mar 23 11:55:15 2020 From: zoesull at gmail.com (Zoe Sullivan) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:55:15 -0500 Subject: [grc] =?utf-8?q?Broadcaster=E2=80=99s_E=26O_insurance?= In-Reply-To: <9002DA01-2D45-48F0-BB58-1CAA00E5B65D@mediasanctuary.org> References: <9002DA01-2D45-48F0-BB58-1CAA00E5B65D@mediasanctuary.org> Message-ID: That seems strange, doesn't it? On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:49 PM Steve Pierce via grc wrote: > Hi-- > > The company quoting our liability coverage want us to get Broadcaster?s > E&O (errors and omissions) insurance separately. Do any of the stations on > this list have E&O coverage? If so, and you're willing to compare notes, > please contact me directly. > > Thanks! > > --Steve > > > > > Steve Pierce > pierce at mediasanctuary.org > 518-207-6264 > > www.mediasanctuary.org > > The Sanctuary for Independent Media > PO Box 35 / 3361 6th Avenue > Troy NY 12181 > > Home of: > WOOC 105.3 FM | NATURE Lab | Collard City Growers | Uptown Summer | > Freedom Square > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Whatsapp +1-917-608-2674 www.zoesull.com "I have lived a great deal among grown ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them." The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery From philiptymon at gmail.com Mon Mar 23 11:55:44 2020 From: philiptymon at gmail.com (Philip Tymon) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:55:44 -0700 Subject: [grc] =?utf-8?q?Broadcaster=E2=80=99s_E=26O_insurance?= In-Reply-To: <9002DA01-2D45-48F0-BB58-1CAA00E5B65D@mediasanctuary.org> References: <9002DA01-2D45-48F0-BB58-1CAA00E5B65D@mediasanctuary.org> Message-ID: Steve, I am no longer affiliated with a station, but when I was we had E & O and it came in very handy. We were sued by a disgruntled (and very mentally ill IMHO) volunteer programmer and if we had not had the insurance, we would have been in big trouble. On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:49 AM Steve Pierce via grc wrote: > Hi-- > > The company quoting our liability coverage want us to get Broadcaster?s > E&O (errors and omissions) insurance separately. Do any of the stations on > this list have E&O coverage? If so, and you're willing to compare notes, > please contact me directly. > > Thanks! > > --Steve > > > > > Steve Pierce > pierce at mediasanctuary.org > 518-207-6264 > > www.mediasanctuary.org > > The Sanctuary for Independent Media > PO Box 35 / 3361 6th Avenue > Troy NY 12181 > > Home of: > WOOC 105.3 FM | NATURE Lab | Collard City Growers | Uptown Summer | > Freedom Square > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Mon Mar 23 12:30:54 2020 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer Graves) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:30:54 -0500 Subject: [grc] =?utf-8?q?Broadcaster=E2=80=99s_E=26O_insurance?= In-Reply-To: References: <9002DA01-2D45-48F0-BB58-1CAA00E5B65D@mediasanctuary.org> Message-ID: <0ffb9eb3-51e3-f92c-4e2d-d657ab8a5673@effectivedefense.org> ????? I think you need Directors and Officers insurance as well as errors and omissions. ????? I'm with KKFI in Kansas City.? I'm not aware of any E&O suits, but KKFI has been sued or threatened with lawsuits recently. The suits occupied time of KKFI's Board and legal council, but never went to court.? Roughly 30 years ago shortly after KKFI went on the air, a couple of disgruntled volunteers used profanity on the air and were banned from the? station.? Then they started coming in repeatedly demanding to see the Public File.? I was not with the station at the time, but I heard that it became serious harassment. Then they asked for something that KKFI was not required to have, and someone with the station refused to comply.? They then complained to the FCC, which imposed a find that was something like $10,000.? After KKFI complained that they were not required to produce whatever it was, the FCC cut the fine in half.? KKFI paid that, because fighting it would have been more expensive. ????? Best Wishes, ????? Spencer On 2020-03-23 13:55, Philip Tymon via grc wrote: > Steve, > > I am no longer affiliated with a station, but when I was we had E & O and > it came in very handy. > > We were sued by a disgruntled (and very mentally ill IMHO) volunteer > programmer and if we had not had the insurance, we would have been in big > trouble. > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:49 AM Steve Pierce via grc > wrote: > >> Hi-- >> >> The company quoting our liability coverage want us to get Broadcaster?s >> E&O (errors and omissions) insurance separately. Do any of the stations on >> this list have E&O coverage? If so, and you're willing to compare notes, >> please contact me directly. >> >> Thanks! >> >> --Steve >> >> >> >> >> Steve Pierce >> pierce at mediasanctuary.org >> 518-207-6264 >> >> www.mediasanctuary.org >> >> The Sanctuary for Independent Media >> PO Box 35 / 3361 6th Avenue >> Troy NY 12181 >> >> Home of: >> WOOC 105.3 FM | NATURE Lab | Collard City Growers | Uptown Summer | >> Freedom Square >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From anniegarrison at gmail.com Sat Mar 28 13:09:51 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:09:51 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind Message-ID: I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me this error message: *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and the file again. More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From anniegarrison at gmail.com Sat Mar 28 13:09:51 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:09:51 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind Message-ID: I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me this error message: *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and the file again. More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From rio_sun at yahoo.com Sat Mar 28 13:20:24 2020 From: rio_sun at yahoo.com (Luther Rosebaro Jr.) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56357666.265815.1585426824745@mail.yahoo.com> HI Ann,? If you want to send me the file via wetransfer I can fix it and get it back to you in 5 mins. On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:10 PM, Ann Garrison via grc wrote: I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind.? It keeps giving me this error message: *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or 64kpbs?)? Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still not working.? I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and the file again. More info: I recorded this on Zoom.? PLEASE HELP!!!! -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 _______________________________________________ grc mailing list grc at maillist.peak.org http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From rio_sun at yahoo.com Sat Mar 28 13:20:24 2020 From: rio_sun at yahoo.com (Luther Rosebaro Jr.) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56357666.265815.1585426824745@mail.yahoo.com> HI Ann,? If you want to send me the file via wetransfer I can fix it and get it back to you in 5 mins. On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:10 PM, Ann Garrison via grc wrote: I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind.? It keeps giving me this error message: *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or 64kpbs?)? Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still not working.? I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and the file again. More info: I recorded this on Zoom.? PLEASE HELP!!!! -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 _______________________________________________ grc mailing list grc at maillist.peak.org http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From rio_sun at yahoo.com Sat Mar 28 13:20:24 2020 From: rio_sun at yahoo.com (Luther Rosebaro Jr.) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56357666.265815.1585426824745@mail.yahoo.com> HI Ann,? If you want to send me the file via wetransfer I can fix it and get it back to you in 5 mins. On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:10 PM, Ann Garrison via grc wrote: I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind.? It keeps giving me this error message: *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or 64kpbs?)? Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still not working.? I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and the file again. More info: I recorded this on Zoom.? PLEASE HELP!!!! -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 _______________________________________________ grc mailing list grc at maillist.peak.org http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From wings at wings.org Sun Mar 29 07:01:00 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:01:00 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You can change the sample rate to the correct one in your audio editing software. I often get files from contributing producers that are at 48mHz. The trick I use is to first open a segment that is at the correct rate in Audacity and next import the segment that is at the wrong rate. When I then select the offending segment and export it, it comes out at 44mHz. On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to > Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me > this error message: > > *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * > > *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* > > > Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's > sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or > 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have > gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still > not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and > the file again. > > > More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! > > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From wings at wings.org Sun Mar 29 07:01:00 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:01:00 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You can change the sample rate to the correct one in your audio editing software. I often get files from contributing producers that are at 48mHz. The trick I use is to first open a segment that is at the correct rate in Audacity and next import the segment that is at the wrong rate. When I then select the offending segment and export it, it comes out at 44mHz. On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to > Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me > this error message: > > *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * > > *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* > > > Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's > sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or > 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have > gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still > not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and > the file again. > > > More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! > > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From anniegarrison at gmail.com Sun Mar 29 08:21:26 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:21:26 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was finally able to change from 4800 to 4400Hz in Audacity by: 1) Clicking on "Select All" under "Select" in the menu bar and selecting all the audio. (In Audacity.) 2) Choosing "Resample" under "Tracks." 3) Changing 48000 to 44100 in the "Reset Sample" box that appears. I'm sure there are other ways of doing it, and Luther Rosebaro Jr. changed my mp3 file from 4800 to 44100 for me using one of them. But when I was trying to change my wav file from 4800 to 44100, that was the 1-2-3 method that worked for me. Thanks for everyone's help. ? On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:01 AM Frieda Werden wrote: > You can change the sample rate to the correct one in your audio editing > software. I often get files from contributing producers that are at > 48mHz. The trick I use is to first open a segment that is at the correct > rate in Audacity and next import the segment that is at the wrong rate. > When I then select the offending segment and export it, it comes out at > 44mHz. > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc < > grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > >> I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to >> Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me >> this error message: >> >> *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * >> >> *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* >> >> >> Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's >> sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or >> 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have >> gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still >> not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and >> the file again. >> >> >> More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> @AnnGarrison >> Independent Journalist, >> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland >> 415-503-7487 >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> > > > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From anniegarrison at gmail.com Sun Mar 29 08:21:26 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:21:26 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was finally able to change from 4800 to 4400Hz in Audacity by: 1) Clicking on "Select All" under "Select" in the menu bar and selecting all the audio. (In Audacity.) 2) Choosing "Resample" under "Tracks." 3) Changing 48000 to 44100 in the "Reset Sample" box that appears. I'm sure there are other ways of doing it, and Luther Rosebaro Jr. changed my mp3 file from 4800 to 44100 for me using one of them. But when I was trying to change my wav file from 4800 to 44100, that was the 1-2-3 method that worked for me. Thanks for everyone's help. ? On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:01 AM Frieda Werden wrote: > You can change the sample rate to the correct one in your audio editing > software. I often get files from contributing producers that are at > 48mHz. The trick I use is to first open a segment that is at the correct > rate in Audacity and next import the segment that is at the wrong rate. > When I then select the offending segment and export it, it comes out at > 44mHz. > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc < > grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > >> I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to >> Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me >> this error message: >> >> *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * >> >> *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* >> >> >> Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's >> sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or >> 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have >> gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still >> not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and >> the file again. >> >> >> More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> @AnnGarrison >> Independent Journalist, >> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland >> 415-503-7487 >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> > > > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From anniegarrison at gmail.com Sun Mar 29 10:07:39 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:07:39 -0700 Subject: [grc] More mysteries in Audacity Message-ID: First, if anyone learns that it's been updated to work with Mac OS Catalina, please let me know. I'm opening the old version from the terminal, by typing or pasting this in: open /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity In the meantime, can anyone tell me how to undo an envelope if creating it wasn't the last thing you did. (In which case you can go to "Edit" in the menu bar and choosing "Undo Envelope." I have been accidentally creating envelopes without knowing how. It doesn't seem to matter unless I further manipulate the envelope, but it's annoying. I may not have this problem again, because I've now figured out that I can select "Undo Envelope" under edit when I accidentally create an envelope by scrolling over the icon with the line through it: [image: image.png] However, I still wonder whether there's a way to undo it even if creating it is not the last thing you did. The majority of problems I have with Audacity and computers in general occur when I accidentally trigger some action and then can't figure out how to undo it. 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I have been accidentally creating envelopes without knowing how. It doesn't seem to matter unless I further manipulate the envelope, but it's annoying. I may not have this problem again, because I've now figured out that I can select "Undo Envelope" under edit when I accidentally create an envelope by scrolling over the icon with the line through it: [image: image.png] However, I still wonder whether there's a way to undo it even if creating it is not the last thing you did. The majority of problems I have with Audacity and computers in general occur when I accidentally trigger some action and then can't figure out how to undo it. This problem was named "featuritist"?more features than anyone can use and quite a few one can trip over?when it first appeared. -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 5486 bytes Desc: not available URL: From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Sun Mar 29 10:56:38 2020 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer Graves) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:56:38 -0500 Subject: [grc] More mysteries in Audacity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <481148cb-9adc-1608-4f4b-cd2d073a4283@effectivedefense.org> ????? What version of Audacity? ????? I'm using Audacity 2.3.2 on Catalina 10.15.4;? the current version of Audacity is 2.3.3.? I'm not a heavy user, but I haven't noticed substantive problems recently. ????? Spencer Graves On 2020-03-29 12:07, Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > First, if anyone learns that it's been updated to work with Mac OS > Catalina, please let me know. I'm opening the old version from the > terminal, by typing or pasting this in: > open /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity > > In the meantime, can anyone tell me how to undo an envelope if creating it > wasn't the last thing you did. (In which case you can go to "Edit" in the > menu bar and choosing "Undo Envelope." I have been accidentally creating > envelopes without knowing how. It doesn't seem to matter unless I further > manipulate the envelope, but it's annoying. I may not have this problem > again, because I've now figured out that I can select "Undo Envelope" under > edit when I accidentally create an envelope by scrolling over the icon with > the line through it: > [image: image.png] > > However, I still wonder whether there's a way to undo it even if creating > it is not the last thing you did. > > The majority of problems I have with Audacity and computers in general > occur when I accidentally trigger some action and then can't figure out how > to undo it. This problem was named "featuritist"?more features than anyone > can use and quite a few one can trip over?when it first appeared. > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From wings at wings.org Sun Mar 29 12:15:50 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:15:50 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oh,thanks. Iwilllook forthat On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:21 AM Ann Garrison wrote: > I was finally able to change from 4800 to 4400Hz in Audacity by: > > 1) Clicking on "Select All" under "Select" in the menu bar and selecting > all the audio. (In Audacity.) > > 2) Choosing "Resample" under "Tracks." > > 3) Changing 48000 to 44100 in the "Reset Sample" box that appears. > > I'm sure there are other ways of doing it, and Luther Rosebaro Jr. changed > my mp3 file from 4800 to 44100 for me using one of them. But when I was > trying to change my wav file from 4800 to 44100, that was the 1-2-3 method > that worked for me. > > Thanks for everyone's help. ? > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:01 AM Frieda Werden wrote: > >> You can change the sample rate to the correct one in your audio editing >> software. I often get files from contributing producers that are at >> 48mHz. The trick I use is to first open a segment that is at the correct >> rate in Audacity and next import the segment that is at the wrong rate. >> When I then select the offending segment and export it, it comes out at >> 44mHz. >> >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc < >> grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: >> >>> I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to >>> Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me >>> this error message: >>> >>> *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * >>> >>> *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* >>> >>> >>> Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's >>> sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or >>> 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have >>> gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still >>> not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and >>> the file again. >>> >>> >>> More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sincerely, >>> @AnnGarrison >>> Independent Journalist, >>> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland >>> 415-503-7487 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grc mailing list >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>> >> >> >> -- >> Frieda Werden, Series Producer >> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org >> > > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From wings at wings.org Sun Mar 29 12:15:50 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:15:50 -0700 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oh,thanks. Iwilllook forthat On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:21 AM Ann Garrison wrote: > I was finally able to change from 4800 to 4400Hz in Audacity by: > > 1) Clicking on "Select All" under "Select" in the menu bar and selecting > all the audio. (In Audacity.) > > 2) Choosing "Resample" under "Tracks." > > 3) Changing 48000 to 44100 in the "Reset Sample" box that appears. > > I'm sure there are other ways of doing it, and Luther Rosebaro Jr. changed > my mp3 file from 4800 to 44100 for me using one of them. But when I was > trying to change my wav file from 4800 to 44100, that was the 1-2-3 method > that worked for me. > > Thanks for everyone's help. ? > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:01 AM Frieda Werden wrote: > >> You can change the sample rate to the correct one in your audio editing >> software. I often get files from contributing producers that are at >> 48mHz. The trick I use is to first open a segment that is at the correct >> rate in Audacity and next import the segment that is at the wrong rate. >> When I then select the offending segment and export it, it comes out at >> 44mHz. >> >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc < >> grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: >> >>> I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to >>> Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me >>> this error message: >>> >>> *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * >>> >>> *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* >>> >>> >>> Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's >>> sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or >>> 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have >>> gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still >>> not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and >>> the file again. >>> >>> >>> More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sincerely, >>> @AnnGarrison >>> Independent Journalist, >>> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland >>> 415-503-7487 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grc mailing list >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>> >> >> >> -- >> Frieda Werden, Series Producer >> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org >> > > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From pierce at mediasanctuary.org Sun Mar 29 13:14:33 2020 From: pierce at mediasanctuary.org (Steve Pierce) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:14:33 -0400 Subject: [grc] NY Times 3-29-20 "Community Radio Fights to Stay Live (and Weird) Despite Coronavirus" Message-ID: <00EDB5D7-B205-4C46-9117-59FB19E16589@mediasanctuary.org> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/arts/music/coronavirus-community-radio.html Local stations have cut down on D.J.s coming to the studio, but playlists and personalities are holding strong as small stations get a chance to build bigger audiences. By Brett Sokol ?Greetings, virus people!? The on-air patter was hardly what you would expect from a radio D.J. addressing his listeners during a pandemic last week. But Ken Freedman, the station manager and program director at Jersey City?s WFMU 91.1 and 91.9 FM ? broadcasting to the greater New York City area, ?Your station from the epicenter!? ? sounded practically chipper. Like the rest of the country?s noncommercial, community radio programmers, Freedman has been forced into hastily improvising a response to the growing spread of Covid-19. Staffed largely by volunteer D.J.s taking time away from paying jobs as teachers, bartenders and everything in between, these scrappy local stations have had little in the way of either precedent or outside resources to fall back on. Operating independently of both National Public Radio?s networked affiliates, as well as the rigidly formatted music stations owned by corporate chains like iHeartMedia, they?ve been left to figure out the changed media landscape for themselves. Some have adopted a ?keep calm and carry on? philosophy. Others have taken a decidedly different tack. Indeed, Freedman?s jarring salutation was only a warm-up. He soon segued into disturbing aural collages, no less lyrically foreboding songs from John Cale and Big Blood and tongue-in-cheek announcements (?Tomorrow in Bushwick, the Millennial Bodily Fluids Festival has been canceled!?). For three hours, it was anything but sonic comfort food. ?That?s the nature of WFMU as a New Jersey institution,? Freedman explained over the phone last week. ?We do have a real gallows sense of humor, an irreverence.? Which isn?t to say he hasn?t been taking the coronavirus seriously. After one D.J. with symptoms self-quarantined while others seemed too cavalier about the risks of infection, Freedman felt forced to create a makeshift lockdown. Of the station?s weekly rotation of 60 D.J.s, a self-described skeleton crew of nine, several of whom already live together (and all of whom are pictured on the station?s website as, yes, skeletons running the radio equipment) are now the only ones allowed inside WFMU?s studios, with no more than three ever in the building together. A few more are broadcasting from remote locations, others are pre-recording their shows at home and archival programming fills out the rest of the schedule. ?This is the situation that so many broadcasters dream of!? Freedman said. ?You have a global, captive audience, and everyone can share and commiserate their experiences. But it?s not safe to go to the station!? That potentially sprawling audience isn?t just wishful thinking. New Orleans?s renowned live music scene has come to a screeching halt, but the city?s jazz and old-school R&B-focused WWOZ is more popular than ever. ?I?m looking out my window at the Mississippi River right now,? said Beth Arroyo Utterback, WWOZ?s general manager, speaking by phone from her station?s studio in the heart of the normally raucous French Quarter. ?There?s not a soul in sight. Just a single barge. It?s surreal!? But Utterback can look at the server that feeds the station?s signal online and see that listenership has jumped globally in the past week from 32,000 to 40,000. That?s in addition to the 80,000 people stuck inside and tuning in locally via 90.7 FM, up from 70,000 according to a recent Nielsen study. About a quarter of WWOZ?s D.J.s are coming into the studios to do their shows live, she noted: ?We?re still manning the turntables, but everybody gets their own microphone cover now.? If WWOZ is aiming for, as Utterback put it, ?normalcy, as much as possible,? other community stations are embracing the otherworldliness of the moment. At dublab, the electronic dance music-flavored station in Los Angeles, each broadcast day now begins with a new episode of ?The Quarantine Tapes?: short phone interviews with hunkered-down artists including the former Black Flag singer and author Henry Rollins and the filmmaker Werner Herzog. Out in San Francisco, the eclectic KXSF is barely 18 months old, one of a recent wave of newly licensed low-power stations. Born out of a sense of crisis ? members of its core team were previously volunteer D.J.s at the University of San Francisco?s station until the school?s administration suddenly locked them out and sold its license to a classical music network for $3.75 million ? KXSF is relishing the challenge of staying live on the air at 102.5 FM. For Carolyn Keddy, one of KXSF?s co-founders, that?s meant plenty of disinfecting wipes, but not a second thought given to changing up her own show?s steady diet of discordant punk and garage rock. Songs like the Weirdos? bruising ?Solitary Confinement? and Noxeema?s no less agitated ?Don?t Touch Me? hardly seemed designed to soothe the frazzled nerves of those self-isolating. Which Keddy said was the point: ?I know a lot of my listeners live by themselves. They?re bored, they?re scared, or both. This is what?s happening to us.? Alison ?Tex? Clark has been striking a similarly wry note on her show on XRAY, out of Portland, Ore., (107.1 and 91.1 FM). Was her airing of Mudhoney?s fuzzed-out 1988 singalong ?Touch Me, I?m Sick? in poor taste? ?Good taste is overrated,? she quipped. Turning earnest, Clark explained that she actually derives as much benefit from doing her radio show as any of her listeners. After years of religiously listening to deafening bands perform into the wee hours, she was diagnosed in 2012 with multiple sclerosis, ending her late-night club-hopping. ?Becoming a D.J. at XRAY, being able to take my love of music and my love of being social with people and transfer it all into radio, has become a really important part of my life,? she said. The emergence of the coronavirus immediately posed a problem for her. ?Being on the radio is a very tactile thing: Your face is right up against the mic, you?re touching all the buttons. I?m immuno-compromised. I?m someone without a lot of margin for risk,? she said. So she went online and gave herself a crash course in audio production, quickly buying some relatively affordable gear. The result isn?t quite a home studio, ?more like a chair in my bedroom with the mic propped up on the armrest,? she laughed. ?But it sounds all right!? Now pre-recording her weekly show, she?s still reaching her regular audience. Yet, as more community radio becomes prerecorded out of a health necessity, there?s a growing fear that the very essence of radio ? the shared, in-the-moment experience between a D.J. and a listener ? will be lost. With the flood of podcasts on one side, and the rise of computer-generated streaming algorithms on the other, truly inspired community radio has already been under siege. Will Covid-19 be its death knell? That has been precisely the concern over the past few weeks at Provincetown?s WOMR, which broadcasts out of a quaint old schoolhouse on the outermost tip of Massachusetts?s Cape Cod (and where I have been a past volunteer). With programming steeped in roots music and folk, the idea of being ?on tape? seemed anathema to many of the D.J.s. ?There was a worry that it would turn into a Pandora playlist,? explained the WOMR operations manager Matthew Dunn. ?Yes, we can talk to each other on Facebook, but there?s something very different, very human, about hearing each other?s voices in real time.? In the end, with Provincetown declaring a state of emergency, WOMR?s move to a mix of new prerecorded and archival shows was deemed the only responsible action. For now, D.J.s email their files to Dunn, whose own computer feeds into the station?s transmitter, which then blankets the entire Cape on 92.1 and 91.3 FM. ?It?s not ideal,? he admitted, but he?s no longer afraid of WOMR?s programming becoming homogenized. ?As long as we have individual, independent, amateur citizens making our content, we?re going to be weird,? he added warmly. Yes, he continued, ?you lose some of the immediacy by pre-recording. But listeners are so grateful that we?re able to do anything. They?re terrified right now!? He pointed to his own afternoon show, where uplifting funk records ? already a mainstay ? are getting even more spins. ?As much as anything else, this is an opportunity to spread joy at a time when people really need it,? he said. ?We?ve had some things taken away from us, but radio is not one of them.? From eric.howland at gmail.com Sun Mar 29 13:17:57 2020 From: eric.howland at gmail.com (Eric Howland) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:17:57 -0500 Subject: [grc] More mysteries in Audacity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There must be a better way. But if you grab the white markers that are made by the envelope tool, you can slide them all the way off the end of the track. At that point their effects disappear. This works with my current version, Linux 2.2.2, and the mac versions I used a few years ago. On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 12:07 PM Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > First, if anyone learns that it's been updated to work with Mac OS > Catalina, please let me know. I'm opening the old version from the > terminal, by typing or pasting this in: > open /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity > > In the meantime, can anyone tell me how to undo an envelope if creating it > wasn't the last thing you did. (In which case you can go to "Edit" in the > menu bar and choosing "Undo Envelope." I have been accidentally creating > envelopes without knowing how. It doesn't seem to matter unless I further > manipulate the envelope, but it's annoying. I may not have this problem > again, because I've now figured out that I can select "Undo Envelope" under > edit when I accidentally create an envelope by scrolling over the icon with > the line through it: > [image: image.png] > > However, I still wonder whether there's a way to undo it even if creating > it is not the last thing you did. > > The majority of problems I have with Audacity and computers in general > occur when I accidentally trigger some action and then can't figure out how > to undo it. This problem was named "featuritist"?more features than anyone > can use and quite a few one can trip over?when it first appeared. > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From eric.howland at gmail.com Sun Mar 29 13:17:57 2020 From: eric.howland at gmail.com (Eric Howland) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:17:57 -0500 Subject: [grc] More mysteries in Audacity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There must be a better way. But if you grab the white markers that are made by the envelope tool, you can slide them all the way off the end of the track. At that point their effects disappear. This works with my current version, Linux 2.2.2, and the mac versions I used a few years ago. On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 12:07 PM Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > First, if anyone learns that it's been updated to work with Mac OS > Catalina, please let me know. I'm opening the old version from the > terminal, by typing or pasting this in: > open /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity > > In the meantime, can anyone tell me how to undo an envelope if creating it > wasn't the last thing you did. (In which case you can go to "Edit" in the > menu bar and choosing "Undo Envelope." I have been accidentally creating > envelopes without knowing how. It doesn't seem to matter unless I further > manipulate the envelope, but it's annoying. I may not have this problem > again, because I've now figured out that I can select "Undo Envelope" under > edit when I accidentally create an envelope by scrolling over the icon with > the line through it: > [image: image.png] > > However, I still wonder whether there's a way to undo it even if creating > it is not the last thing you did. > > The majority of problems I have with Audacity and computers in general > occur when I accidentally trigger some action and then can't figure out how > to undo it. This problem was named "featuritist"?more features than anyone > can use and quite a few one can trip over?when it first appeared. > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From ursula at pacifica.org Mon Mar 30 08:22:33 2020 From: ursula at pacifica.org (Ursula Ruedenberg) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:22:33 -0500 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ann, I noticed on my computer that the recent versions of Audacity makes 4800 the default sample rate, for some reason. Audacity used to default to 4100 and so I never had any objections from Audioport and never had to think about this before, but now I get that problem too, if I don't remember to set the sample rate to 4100. When you have Audacity open while editing, go to the bottom left hand side of the screen and you will see that you can set the sample rate ("Project Rate") to 4100 before exporting your sound file. Ursula On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 3:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to > Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me > this error message: > > *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * > > *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* > > > Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's > sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or > 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have > gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still > not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and > the file again. > > > More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! > > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Ursula Ruedenberg Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager 510-812-7989 pacificanetwork.org From ursula at pacifica.org Mon Mar 30 08:22:33 2020 From: ursula at pacifica.org (Ursula Ruedenberg) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:22:33 -0500 Subject: [grc] Audio file format problem driving me out of my mind In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ann, I noticed on my computer that the recent versions of Audacity makes 4800 the default sample rate, for some reason. Audacity used to default to 4100 and so I never had any objections from Audioport and never had to think about this before, but now I get that problem too, if I don't remember to set the sample rate to 4100. When you have Audacity open while editing, go to the bottom left hand side of the screen and you will see that you can set the sample rate ("Project Rate") to 4100 before exporting your sound file. Ursula On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 3:10 PM Ann Garrison via grc wrote: > I've been trying to upload a story about COVID-19 in the US military to > Audioport and it's driving me right out of my mind. It keeps giving me > this error message: > > *Your sample rate is 48000 Hz. * > > *Sample rate must be 44100 Hz.* > > > Audioport has never asked me to adjust the sample rate, although it's > sometimes asked me to adjust the kpbs. (Is that supposed to be 128 or > 64kpbs?) Getting back to the sample rate, I am using Audacity, so I have > gone into "Preferences" and selected 44100 as the default, but it's still > not working. I even turned off the computer and then opened Audacity and > the file again. > > > More info: I recorded this on Zoom. PLEASE HELP!!!! > > > -- > Sincerely, > @AnnGarrison > Independent Journalist, > SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland > 415-503-7487 > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Ursula Ruedenberg Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager 510-812-7989 pacificanetwork.org From wings at wings.org Mon Mar 30 16:22:24 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:22:24 -0700 Subject: [grc] While waiting for the Pacifica podcast service Message-ID: I didn't know about this - happened to run across it on Quora: https://www.quora.com/How-does-one-upload-their-podcast-to-iTunes [image: Steve Wilkinson] Steve Wilkinson , works at cgWerks Answered Mar 8 Question Answered: How do you upload a podcast to iTunes? The simple answer: *you don?t!* Apple?s iTunes (now Apple Podcasts) is a podcast directory, not a podcast host/source. It is the biggest and most prominent place to *list* your podcast, and their player app is one of the most used apps to download and listen to podcasts, but you don?t (as a podcast producer) put or upload your podcast there. To get your podcast *listed* in Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), you need to host it somewhere else and then setup an account with Apple and submit a link to your valid RSS feed. (Note: you can also submit that link to *some*other services/directories, though the majority of other podcast directories pull the lists directly from Apple.) So, where do you upload your podcast episodes? Technically, it can be any internet accessible place that supports the proper file formats and data transmission specs. *BUT*, you?re likely to run into big problems doing so anywhere but a properly setup podcast hosting solution. I highly recommend services like Libsyn or Blubrry. Also note, that many people think they are downloading podcasts from Apple when listening, but they are actually looking up a location from (or subscribing to) that RSS feed mentioned earlier, which points at the file being downloaded. In fact, once you?re subscribed to a podcast (or know about the podcast host?s website), Apple could go away and your listeners could keep getting your content. *Question answered*: "*How do you upload a podcast to iTunes?*" -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From jeff at davismedia.org Tue Mar 31 17:43:55 2020 From: jeff at davismedia.org (Jeff Shaw) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:43:55 -0700 Subject: [grc] zoom meeting recording Message-ID: <17c14809-dcb9-b38a-53d1-43e57d6b2326@davismedia.org> Anybody recording Zoom meetings locally on a Windows machine? If so, any particular software you like? Asking for some of our programmers. I know Zoom records video MP4s. Looking for some other workflows. thanks for any advice! From anniegarrison at gmail.com Tue Mar 31 17:51:16 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:51:16 -0700 Subject: [grc] zoom meeting recording In-Reply-To: <17c14809-dcb9-b38a-53d1-43e57d6b2326@davismedia.org> References: <17c14809-dcb9-b38a-53d1-43e57d6b2326@davismedia.org> Message-ID: I used Zoom to record a conversation with Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in space on Saturday. His voice was good, but I had to re-record mine after our conversation. Next time I'm going to try plugging in the microphone that I later used to re-record my part of the conversation. Then I found a free online conversion tool that converted the mp4 to wav.. I had to resample from 4800 to 4100 for KPFA's broadcast protocols. On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 5:44 PM Jeff Shaw via grc wrote: > Anybody recording Zoom meetings locally on a Windows machine? > > If so, any particular software you like? > > Asking for some of our programmers. > > I know Zoom records video MP4s. > > Looking for some other workflows. > > thanks for any advice! > > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From christoff at resist.ca Tue Mar 31 18:57:38 2020 From: christoff at resist.ca (christoff at resist.ca) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:57:38 -0700 Subject: [grc] online tool to record from within computer to audacity ? Message-ID: <2d34faef49c1330975bff333f0cca3bb@mail.resist.ca> hope that you are all doing well friends. wondering about any online free tools to allow you to record conversations on messenger, or skype, or zoom, directly onto your computer, into audacity. CKUT radio in Montreal is closed, trying to record at home. thanks in advance. take care. From undercurrentsradio at gmail.com Tue Mar 31 19:06:24 2020 From: undercurrentsradio at gmail.com (UnderCurrents Radio) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:06:24 -0700 Subject: [grc] online tool to record from within computer to audacity ? In-Reply-To: <2d34faef49c1330975bff333f0cca3bb@mail.resist.ca> References: <2d34faef49c1330975bff333f0cca3bb@mail.resist.ca> Message-ID: <3E0AAA3B-D0A1-44E8-A48C-75C7E29B2A9F@gmail.com> Hi Cristoff: If you?re on macOS, Loopback will route anything-to-anything, or Audio Hijack (also from Rogue Amoeba) will capture any source to a file. https://www.rogueamoeba.com Gregg > On Mar 31, 2020, at 6:57 PM, christoff--- via grc wrote: > > > hope that you are all doing well friends. > > wondering about any online free tools to allow you to record conversations on > messenger, or skype, or zoom, directly onto your computer, into audacity. > > CKUT radio in Montreal is closed, trying to record at home. > > thanks in advance. take care. > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From jeff at davismedia.org Tue Mar 31 19:20:50 2020 From: jeff at davismedia.org (Jeff Shaw) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:20:50 -0700 Subject: [grc] online tool to record from within computer to audacity ? In-Reply-To: <3E0AAA3B-D0A1-44E8-A48C-75C7E29B2A9F@gmail.com> References: <2d34faef49c1330975bff333f0cca3bb@mail.resist.ca> <3E0AAA3B-D0A1-44E8-A48C-75C7E29B2A9F@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5d3ad10b-70e1-8845-1025-8f8e47282c3c@davismedia.org> Same question, but for Windoze, if anybody knows of anything equivalent to Loopback or Hijack. Lotsa recording at home these days.... On 3/31/20 7:06 PM, UnderCurrents Radio via grc wrote: > Hi Cristoff: > > If you?re on macOS, Loopback will route anything-to-anything, or Audio Hijack (also from Rogue Amoeba) will capture any source to a file. > > https://www.rogueamoeba.com > > Gregg > >> On Mar 31, 2020, at 6:57 PM, christoff--- via grc wrote: >> >> >> hope that you are all doing well friends. >> >> wondering about any online free tools to allow you to record conversations on >> messenger, or skype, or zoom, directly onto your computer, into audacity. >> >> CKUT radio in Montreal is closed, trying to record at home. >> >> thanks in advance. take care. >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc