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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!

'''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, then it's probably ours!

==What do we do?==

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The rack, located to the left of the desk, houses an all new patch bay, new DBX mic compressors, a Samson Headphone Amp, M-Audio USB Audio Interface, Sonifex Power Supply and RedNet 2. A new 'Magic BAPS box' was also built by [[Matthew Stratford]].

'''Past'''

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====Audinate AVIO====

Installed in the Spring of 2019, The AVIO is a 2 in, 2 out AES3 interface. At the moment, the AVIO is connected to a Tandberg Satellite receiver which replaced a cheap set top box that had a habit of crashing. As a result of the installation of the AVIO, the last regularly used analogue run around the station was eliminated.

Installed in the Spring of 2019, The AVIO is a 2 in, 2 out AES3 interface. At the moment, the AVIO is connected to a Tandberg Satellite receiver (IRN news receiver) which replaced a cheap set top box that had a habit of crashing as well as feeding AES3 audio into a first generation Blackmagic ATEM vision mixer for visualisation. As a result of the installation of the AVIO, the last regularly used analogue run around the station was eliminated and studios can be visualised independently of eachother.

====More Detail====

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===Outside Broadcasts===

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, ~~most recently~~ by ACE Sam Merryweather in October 2018.

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 several pieces of new equipment, an Allen and Heath Zed 18 Mixing Desk, two brand new Sennheiser ew100 G4 E band wireless mic receivers, a Behringer X32 rack for mics processing, the OB PC, speaker amplifiers, and a 4 channel Behringer Headphone amp.

It previously (prior to early 2020) consisted of: 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, by ACE Sam Merryweather in October 2018 as most recently by Alice Milburn, Harry Smith and Jess Schofield in Spring 2020 with assistance of other eng team members.

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.

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|wives]] (floor standing banners). They are the [[wife]] of the station manager.

===Stores===

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).

Stores contains a variety of kit, some of which is currently in use, and 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 Campus 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).

==Broadcast Engineering==

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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.

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]].

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 two desks are the [[Sonifex S2]] and [[Sonifex Sovereign]].

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).

Broadcast desks usually use PPM meters to measure the audio level. The target should be 6PPM, with clipping occurring 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).

==Recent History==

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===Chief Engineers===

* ''2019 - ~~present~~'': [[Morgan McKay]]

Dates and members before 2003 are inconsistent.

* ''2026 - Present'': [[Kate Cox]]

* ''2025 - 2026'': [[Alex Nimmo]]

* ''2024 - 2025'': [[Alyx Bruno-Bamford]]

* ''2024(apr) - 2024(oct)'': unknown member(s)

* ''2023 - 2024'': [[Harry Smith]]

* ''2022 - 2023'': [[Kathy Morrall]]

* ''2021 - 2022'': [[Ben Allen]]

* ''2020 - 2021'': [[Jessica Schofield]]

* ''2019 - 2020'': [[Jessica Schofield]]

* ''2019 - 2019'': [[Morgan McKay]]

* ''2018 - 2019'': [[Jack McPoland]]

* ''2017 - 2018'': [[Neave Spikings]]

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* ''2013 - 2014'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]

* ''2012 - 2013'': [[Tom Haines]]

* ''2012 ~~(summer)~~'': [[Wil Bennet]]

* ''2012 - 2012'': [[Wil Bennet]]

* ''2010 - 2012'': [[Luke Sarjant]] & [[Wil Bennet]]

* ''2009 - 2010'': [[Clement Sun]]

* ''2008 - 2009'': [[Dylan Jones]]

* ''2006 - 2008'': [[Matt Gray]]

* ''2006 ~~(spring)~~'': [[Jonny Hardman]]

* ''2006 - 2006'': [[Jonny Hardman]]

* ''2004 - 2006'': [[Iain Kelly]]

* ''2003 - 2004'': [[Matt Fullerton]]

* ''2003'': [[Terence Withers]]

* ''2003 - 2003'': [[Terence Withers]]

* ''2001 - 2003'': [[Philip Stewart]]

* ''1997 - 2000'': [[Jonathan Ledbury]]

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===Assistant Chief Engineers===

* ''~~summer~~ 2019 - ~~present~~'': [[Jacob Dicker]]

* ''2020 - 2021'': [[Harry Smith]] & [[Alice Milburn]]

* ''2018 - ~~summer~~ 2019'': [[Jacob Dicker]] & [[Morgan McKay]]

* ''2019 - 2020'': [[Harry Smith]] & [[Alice Milburn]]

* ''2019 - 2019'': [[Jacob Dicker]]

* ''2018 - 2019'': [[Jacob Dicker]] & [[Morgan McKay]]

* ''2017 - 2018'': [[Sam Merryweather]] & [[Jack McPoland]]

* ''2017 ~~(summer)~~'': [[Toby Fox]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]

* ''2017 - 2017'': [[Toby Fox]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]

* "2016 - 2017": [[Neave Spikings]] & [[Jed Fulwell]]

* ''2016 - 2017'': [[Neave Spikings]] & [[Jed Fulwell]]

* ''2016 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]

* ''2015 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Marco Bolt]]

* ''2014 - 2015'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[James Rudge]]

* ''2013 - 2014'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Tom Haines]]

* ''2013 ~~(summer)~~'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]

* ''2013 - 2013'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]

* ''2012 - 2013'': [[Wil Bennet]] & [[Andy Durant]]

* ''2011 - 2012'': [[Tom Haines]] & [[Jonathan Rees]]

* ''2010 - 2011'': [[~~Launrence~~ Hobden]]

* ''2010 - 2011'': [[Laurence Hobden]]

* ''2006 (~~summer~~)'': [[Matt Gray]]

* ''2006 - 2010'': unknown member(s)

* ''2006 - 2006'': [[Matt Gray]]

* ''2004 - 2005'': [[Jonny Hardman]]

* ''2003 - 2004'': [[Terence Withers]]

* ''2002 - 2003'': [[Matt Fullerton]]

* ''2001 - 2002'': [[Adam Leith]] & [[Jonathan Aitken]]

* ''1996 - 2001'': unknown member(s)

* ''1995 - 1996'': [[Wim Roose]]

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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!
+'''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, then it's probably ours!
 ==What do we do?==
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 The rack, located to the left of the desk, houses an all new patch bay, new DBX mic compressors, a Samson Headphone Amp, M-Audio USB Audio Interface, Sonifex Power Supply and RedNet 2. A new 'Magic BAPS box' was also built by [[Matthew Stratford]].
 '''Past'''
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 ====Audinate AVIO====
-Installed in the Spring of 2019, The AVIO is a 2 in, 2 out AES3 interface. At the moment, the AVIO is connected to a Tandberg Satellite receiver which replaced a cheap set top box that had a habit of crashing. As a result of the installation of the AVIO, the last regularly used analogue run around the station was eliminated.
+Installed in the Spring of 2019, The AVIO is a 2 in, 2 out AES3 interface. At the moment, the AVIO is connected to a Tandberg Satellite receiver (IRN news receiver) which replaced a cheap set top box that had a habit of crashing as well as feeding AES3 audio into a first generation Blackmagic ATEM vision mixer for visualisation. As a result of the installation of the AVIO, the last regularly used analogue run around the station was eliminated and studios can be visualised independently of eachother.
 ====More Detail====
@@ Line 73: / Line 72: @@
 ===Outside Broadcasts===
-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, most recently by ACE Sam Merryweather in October 2018.
+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 several pieces of new equipment, an Allen and Heath Zed 18 Mixing Desk, two brand new Sennheiser ew100 G4 E band wireless mic receivers, a Behringer X32 rack for mics processing, the OB PC, speaker amplifiers, and a 4 channel Behringer Headphone amp.
+It previously (prior to early 2020) consisted of: 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, by ACE Sam Merryweather in October 2018 as most recently by Alice Milburn, Harry Smith and Jess Schofield in Spring 2020 with assistance of other eng team members.
-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.
+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|wives]] (floor standing banners). They are the [[wife]] of the station manager.
 ===Stores===
-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).
+Stores contains a variety of kit, some of which is currently in use, and 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 Campus 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).
 ==Broadcast Engineering==
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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.
-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]].
+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 two desks are the [[Sonifex S2]] and [[Sonifex Sovereign]].
-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).
+Broadcast desks usually use PPM meters to measure the audio level. The target should be 6PPM, with clipping occurring 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).
 ==Recent History==
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 ===Chief Engineers===
-* ''2019 - present'': [[Morgan McKay]]
+Dates and members before 2003 are inconsistent.
+* ''2026 - Present'': [[Kate Cox]]
+* ''2025 - 2026'': [[Alex Nimmo]]
+* ''2024 - 2025'': [[Alyx Bruno-Bamford]]
+* ''2024(apr) - 2024(oct)'': unknown member(s)
+* ''2023 - 2024'': [[Harry Smith]]
+* ''2022 - 2023'': [[Kathy Morrall]]
+* ''2021 - 2022'': [[Ben Allen]]
+* ''2020 - 2021'': [[Jessica Schofield]]
+* ''2019 - 2020'': [[Jessica Schofield]]
+* ''2019 - 2019'': [[Morgan McKay]]
 * ''2018 - 2019'': [[Jack McPoland]]
 * ''2017 - 2018'': [[Neave Spikings]]
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 * ''2013 - 2014'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
 * ''2012 - 2013'': [[Tom Haines]]
-* ''2012 (summer)'': [[Wil Bennet]]
+* ''2012 - 2012'': [[Wil Bennet]]
 * ''2010 - 2012'': [[Luke Sarjant]] & [[Wil Bennet]]
 * ''2009 - 2010'': [[Clement Sun]]
 * ''2008 - 2009'': [[Dylan Jones]]
 * ''2006 - 2008'': [[Matt Gray]]
-* ''2006 (spring)'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
+* ''2006 - 2006'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
 * ''2004 - 2006'': [[Iain Kelly]]
 * ''2003 - 2004'': [[Matt Fullerton]]
-* ''2003'': [[Terence Withers]]
+* ''2003 - 2003'': [[Terence Withers]]
 * ''2001 - 2003'': [[Philip Stewart]]
 * ''1997 - 2000'': [[Jonathan Ledbury]]
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 ===Assistant Chief Engineers===
-* ''summer 2019 - present'': [[Jacob Dicker]]
+* ''2020 - 2021'': [[Harry Smith]] & [[Alice Milburn]]
-* ''2018 - summer 2019'': [[Jacob Dicker]] & [[Morgan McKay]]
+* ''2019 - 2020'': [[Harry Smith]] & [[Alice Milburn]]
+* ''2019 - 2019'': [[Jacob Dicker]]
+* ''2018 - 2019'': [[Jacob Dicker]] & [[Morgan McKay]]
 * ''2017 - 2018'': [[Sam Merryweather]] & [[Jack McPoland]]
-* ''2017 (summer)'': [[Toby Fox]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]
+* ''2017 - 2017'': [[Toby Fox]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]
-* "2016 - 2017": [[Neave Spikings]] & [[Jed Fulwell]]
+* ''2016 - 2017'': [[Neave Spikings]] & [[Jed Fulwell]]
 * ''2016 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]
 * ''2015 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Marco Bolt]]
 * ''2014 - 2015'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[James Rudge]]
 * ''2013 - 2014'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Tom Haines]]
-* ''2013 (summer)'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
+* ''2013 - 2013'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
 * ''2012 - 2013'': [[Wil Bennet]] & [[Andy Durant]]
 * ''2011 - 2012'': [[Tom Haines]] & [[Jonathan Rees]]
-* ''2010 - 2011'': [[Launrence Hobden]]
+* ''2010 - 2011'': [[Laurence Hobden]]
-* ''2006 (summer)'': [[Matt Gray]]
+* ''2006 - 2010'': unknown member(s)
+* ''2006 - 2006'': [[Matt Gray]]
 * ''2004 - 2005'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
 * ''2003 - 2004'': [[Terence Withers]]
 * ''2002 - 2003'': [[Matt Fullerton]]
 * ''2001 - 2002'': [[Adam Leith]] & [[Jonathan Aitken]]
+* ''1996 - 2001'': unknown member(s)
 * ''1995 - 1996'': [[Wim Roose]]