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| + | An in-definitive list of all URY Memes and in jokes. |
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| − | |brief=Maintains URY's audio and broadcast hardware. Also oversees building infrastructure and general maintenance.
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| − | |teammail=engineering@ury.org.uk
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| − | '''Engineering Team''' is the URY team responsible for maintaining URY's broadcast equipment and providing suitable set-ups for outside broadcasting, live sessions, or anything else you can think of really. If it handles analogue or digital audio and isn't a computer, its probably ours!
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| − | | + | |+[[URY Memes|Memes]] |
| − | ==What do we do?==
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| − | From the moment a sound leaves anything (a computer, vinyl, human, cassette, instrument, etc) to the moment it goes in to a computer for streaming, we are responsible for it! Whether that's in the studio, a session recording, the transmission (Tx) cupboard in stores or at an Outside Broadcast (OB), it's our issue.
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| − | | + | ! Explanation |
| − | ===[[Studio 1]]===
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| − | The main broadcasting studio, S1 was last re-built in 2011 with the support of Alumni funding (YuFund). The mixing desk is a [[Sonifex S2]] split-chassis broadcast desk. There are: 5 mics; 2 vinyl decks; 2 CDJs; 2 CD players; 4 aux inputs; a telephone channel with jack input (for a smartphone); 3 BAPs channels (from the presenter PC); a guest PC input; a presenter PC input. For visualisation, there are also 2 HD ready cameras and 2 LED lights.
| + | | Christmas on my Face (A terrible case of Xmas) |
| − | | + | | A smash hit URY christmas single from 2008 written by Rob Watts and Steve Gardner [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVICvXorh-s] |
| − | S1 is home to the Tardis. This contains all the outboard stuff used in the studio, including a RedNet 2; compression; patch panels; headphone distribution; Wil's Black Box; sonifex power; black magic (visualisation); speaker amps.
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| − | | + | | [[Christmas Endeavours]] in general |
| − | ===[[Studio 2]]===
| + | | They are so numerous there's a whole page about them. Basically we embarrass ourselves every year in the name of Xmas |
| − | Primarily used for recording, S2 was last re-built in 2012. The mixing desk is a Sonifex Sovereign broadcasting desk with custom modifications. There are: 3 mic; 2 aux inputs; 3 BAPs channels (from the presenter PC); a disconnected telephone channel.
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| − | | + | | 'There's no News' |
| − | S2 is home to the Blue Box. This contains a RedNet 2 (under construction); compression; patch panels; sonifex power; a speaker amp.
| + | | [quoting Anthony Williams] 'Came from a Roses where the news fader had been re-purposed for something. Helen M came in to do handover to the OB (this is when you had to read out the news intro text yourself), and it went something like this... "*this* is URY News.... there's no news!" |
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| − | ===[[Production Office]]===
| + | | Wives |
| − | | + | | The name given for our roll up banners. Originally known as 'Station Manager's Wife' as it is the only thing an SM can be trusted with at an OB |
| − | The production office is also the main office of URY. Day-to-day it is used by any member of the station as a space to plan shows, meet with other members or get some work done. At the far end is a production PC and mixing desk. These can be used for recording sessions, jingles, clips, etc. The desk is a Yamaha 01v96i digital sound desk with a MY-16AUD Dante expansion card. This is connected via USB and analogue cabling to the PC. It also has inputs from both office wall-PCs, the studios, the CD player, and a patch panel in S2.
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| − | | + | | DO YOU LIKE VANBRUGH JAZZ? |
| − | ===Transmission===
| + | | From a failed OB of Vanbrugh Jazz in 2014 where Alex Light accosted innocent people |
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| − | URY is broadcast across campus on 1350AM. Our output is also streamed online at ury.org.uk, on radio player, iTunes radio, etc. The engineering team is responsible for getting the audio output to 1350AM and to the stream server for [[computing]] to stream. This all happens in the transmission (Tx) cupboard located in stores. Access to this is restricted to only the Head of Computing and Chief Engineer due to our licence, however, they can grant access to anyone except the station manager.
| + | | 'Black Christmas' |
| − | | + | | At the same Vanbrugh Jazz OB as 'DO YOU LIKE VANBRUGH JAZZ' the jazz band decided to do a rendition of 'White Christmas' but reworked as 'Black Christmas'. It was a bit racist. We had to fade down the feed. |
| − | The Tx cupboard contains a Radica transmitter and compressor, some outboard compression, a RedNet 3 and a Scarlett 18i20 (USB audio interface). It also contains a number of servers and computers.
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| − | | + | | 'News is Happening' |
| − | The transmitter is connected underground to a Radica tuner and the antenna (out the back of Vanbrugh Kitchen).
| + | | How every News and Sport update must begin at Station Meetings, started by George Lane. |
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| − | ===The bits between them all...===
| + | | Superb Owl |
| − | | + | | Live coverage of Super Bowls, by people who do not know anything about American Football. Usually involves way too much nudity that is generally acceptable for radio. |
| − | A digital audio over IP system is used to connect the studios, office, juxebox and Tx rack together. The system sits within the URY network, managed by [[Computing]]. We are using a protocol called [https://www.audinate.com/solutions/dante-overview Dante], which is developed by [https://www.audinate.com/ Audinate]. In order to access this network, we have a number of [http://uk.focusrite.com/ethernet-audio-interfaces/rednet RedNet] devices spread throughout the building. The Yamaha desk in the office is also Dante enabled.
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| − | | + | | Alex Light |
| − | ====RedNet 2====
| + | | The biggest meme of all |
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| − | Placed in S1 and S2, the '2' is a 16 in, 16 out A-D and D-A.
| + | | Talkback |
| − | | + | | Someone will finish this eight year old engineering project so we can talk to the office and studio 2 from studio 1 soon, I promise. In the meantime, mad, occasionally violent gesturing through the window will have to suffice. |
| − | ====RedNet 3====
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| − | | + | | Anthony William's Flute |
| − | Located in the Tx cupboard, the '3' is a digital interface, with up to 32 channels via ADAT fibre optical, AES or SPDIF. This is connected to a Scarlett 18i20 to interface with the servers, loggers and AM transmission.
| + | | From an infamous Alex Light house party where Anthony consumed way too much alcohol through a flute. |
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| − | ====RedNet 4====
| + | | Ainsley Harriot |
| − | | + | | A station wide obsession instigated by Qumarth Jash. Ainsley's face would frequently appear as the background to guest pc and an emoji was even made for him when we made a ury slack. |
| − | Floating between S2 and OBs, the '4' is an 8 channel mic pre.
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| − | | + | | Biscuit News |
| − | ====More Detail====
| + | | How did this win an award? |
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| − | This network can be controlled using [[Dante Controller]] and the RedNet devices are controlled with [[RedNet Control]]. There is also a page further detailing our set-up at URY: [[URY's Dante Network]].
| + | | Unbelievable Scenes |
| − | | + | | A phrase constantly said by Joshua Kerr to describe sport, antics and anything happening at all, ever |
| − | ===Outside Broadcasts===
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| − | | + | | Other [insert branded item here] are available |
| − | Our Outside Broadcast (OB) kit is ever-changing, and varies for every OB to suit the needs of the event. The main part is a Rhino wheeled flight case with table sides. Inside this is the majority of kit required for a simple studio style set up. This includes: a Soundcraft Spirit M12 mixing desk; Focusrite OctoPre (donated by [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] in 2015); T.Bone Radio Mic Receivers; a Behringer 4-chan Headphone Amp; a Behringer 4-chan Compressor; OB PCs; speaker amplification. The rhino was originally conceived by [[Tom Haines]] in 2011/12. It has been reorganised a number of times since then.
| + | | We take impartiality very seriously here at URY |
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| − | Also included in a standard OB are 3 dynamic microphones; 2 speakers and various mic and speaker stands. Finally, there are 3 banners and 2 wife's (floor standing banners). They are the wife of the station manager.
| + | | EWA (Engineers Without Attitude) |
| − | | + | | When a band bailed on URY Sessions, Jed Fulwell, Marco Bolt, Peter Rogers and Sam Merryweather stepped up to the plate and performed arguably the worst/best session in URY history. They also returned for a surprisingly excellent come-back at the Cover Your Ears event. |
| − | ===Stores===
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| − | Stores contains a variety of kit, some of which is currently in use, some of which is ancient and doesn't work. There is a lot of history in this room. To the left is the music store, which contains a library of records and CDs which the [[Music]] team is responsible for. The main section contains the URY rolling shelves. These were acquired from CS when it moved to Hes East. The rear shelf is reserved for computing hardware. The rest is Engineering. the very back shelf also has some paints and can be accessed by one person getting into the Tx cupboard, another rolling the shelf as far forward as possible (with no stuff in the way) and the Tx cupboard door being opened again (this will now be behind the shelf).
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| − | ==Broadcast Engineering==
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| − | Many of the engineers that come through URY will have experience in live or studio audio engineering (although not having any is not a problem!). Whilst broadcast is not very different from these, there are a few minor differences to be aware of.
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| − | ====Broadcast Desks====
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| − | Whilst on a standard mixing desk, the fader will go from -∞ to either +4 or +10, a broadcast desk will max at 0, and further adjustment should be done using the trim knob. This is to make it so, when presenting, the fader can be opened to 'full' quickly and easily by the presenter without causing distortion issues.
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| − | The broadcast desks in URY are modular, so each channel strip is its own individual module. This allows for custom layout and input design. The modules are connected together using a ribbon cable. The 2 desks are the [[Sonifex S2]] and [[Sonifex Sovereign]].
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| − | Broadcast desks usually use PPM meters to measure the audio level. The target should be 6PPM, with clipping occuring above 8PPM. Broadcast systems are usually set up for unity gain (input level = output level) with some compression and processing in the middle (URY does not currently do this).
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| − | ==Recent History==
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| − | ==Members (past and present)==
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| − | ===Chief Engineers===
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| − | * ''2017 - present'': [[Neave Spikings]]
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| − | * ''2016 - 2017'': [[Marco Bolt]]
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| − | * ''2015 - 2016'': [[James Rudge]]
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| − | * ''2014 - 2015'': [[Adam Brain]]
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| − | * ''2013 - 2014'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
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| − | * ''2012 - 2013'': [[Tom Haines]]
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| − | * ''2012 (summer)'': [[Wil Bennet]]
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| − | * ''2010 - 2012'': [[Luke Sarjant]] & [[Wil Bennet]]
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| − | * ''2009 - 2010'': [[Clement Sun]]
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| − | * ''2008 - 2009'': [[Dylan Jones]]
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| − | * ''2006 - 2008'': [[Matt Gray]]
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| − | * ''2006 (spring)'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
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| − | * ''2004 - 2006'': [[Iain Kelly]]
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| − | * ''2003 - 2004'': [[Matt Fullerton]]
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| − | * ''2003'': [[Terence Withers]]
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| − | * ''2001 - 2003'': [[Philip Stewart]]
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| − | * ''1997 - 2000'': [[Jonathan Ledbury]]
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| − | * ''1996 - 1998'': [[Paul Burns]]
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| − | * ''1996 - 1997'': [[Dave Stevenson]]
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| − | * ''1993 - 1994'': [[Mark Patrick]]
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| − | * ''1993 - 1994'': [[Alistair MacDonald]]
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| − | ===Assistant Chief Engineers===
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| − | * ''2017 - present'': [[Sam Merryweather]] & [[Jack McPoland]]
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| − | * ''2017 (summer)'': [[Toby Fox]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]
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| − | * "2016 - 2017": [[Neave Spikings]] & [[Jed Fulwell]]
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| − | * ''2016 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]
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| − | * ''2015 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Marco Bolt]]
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| − | * ''2014 - 2015'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[James Rudge]]
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| − | * ''2013 - 2014'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Tom Haines]]
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| − | * ''2013 (summer)'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
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| − | * ''2012 - 2013'': [[Wil Bennet]] & [[Andy Durant]]
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| − | * ''2011 - 2012'': [[Tom Haines]] & [[Jonathan Rees]]
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| − | * ''2010 - 2011'': [[Launrence Hobden]]
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| − | * ''2006 (summer)'': [[Matt Gray]]
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| − | * ''2004 - 2005'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
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| − | * ''2003 - 2004'': [[Terence Withers]]
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| − | * ''2002 - 2003'': [[Matt Fullerton]]
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| − | * ''2001 - 2002'': [[Adam Leith]] & [[Jonathan Aitken]]
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| − | * ''1995 - 1996'': [[Wim Roose]]
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