Sunday, 31 December 2006

WNKR on 1476 new years eve through to new years day, also streaming on the world wide web usual streams check the web site for info, http://here.is/wnkr

dave

Cheviot Slymey <...> said:
How many functioning ears do you have? Same number as
me as i recall, so HURRAH! for mono.

The "two ears" approach perhaps supports an argument for BINAURAL STEREO which was used for a number of Radio 4 plays.

See: http://www.binaural.com/binfaq.html#anchor663121

Any stereo other than binaural is surely an electronic creation. The recorder makes a decision about what each ear should hear and records accrodingly.

What is the closest to real life, electronically created stereo or mono?

For a bit of fun listen here to a stereo remake of the 1910 record, Casey Jones. You should be able to work out how it was done.

http://www.archive.org/download/AmericanQuartetWithBillyMurray/AmericanQuartetWithBillyMurray-CaseyJones1910StereoRemake.mp3

Steve Martin wrote...

Good luck with the broadcast guys. I have got the stream on now<

Ditto, and ditto.

Andy

Quoting a previous Sterling Times contribution:-

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The "two ears" approach perhaps supports an argument for BINAURAL STEREO
which was used for a number of Radio 4 plays.

I remember those 'heads'. I guess the nearest this got to portability was the creation of 'stereo microphones', but even those weren't actually 'binaural' – well, unless you are a small rodent of course.

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What is the closest to real life, electronically created stereo or mono?

Lordy. Remember all those 1970s 'stereo' albums that just sounded like someone had left a bad reverb on? I think the only time they sounded ok was if you sat right in the middle of the image. Dare move a centimetre to the left or right and it was gone!

But the BBC used dummy human heads with the microphones fitted in the ears.

My father used to be very proud of his Edmundo Ros: Strings latino Phase 4 stereo .

He felt that he was at the leading edge of technology with his Hacker record player and extension speaker. It's Phase 4 he used to tell his friends.

Nobody ever seemed to know exactly what "Phase 4" meant but it sounded good!

It came into my mind today that Christopher England used to be slightly obsessed with a record called "Little Birdie".

I never heard it before and have never heard anyone play it again since.

Do you still play it to yourself Christopher?

Christopher England <...> said:
So, you don't think GCap are trying something different?

Erm, well, no.

saying that things are actually t'other way round to the way you're
saying they are. I'm saying there's surely nothing wrong with what GCap
are doing, because the result continues to be more choice of high
quality entertainment content for the potential listener. Am I wrong?

You must be putting me on!

The poll "Most of the UK's analogue AM radio broadcasters will have switched off by" has been closed. The results are:

 2010: 3 votes
 2013: 2 votes
 2016: 2 votes
 2019: 0 votes
 2022: 0 votes
 2025: 1 votes
 Never!: 3 votes
 Dunno: 2 votes

The total number of votes cast was 13.

Anoraks and their New Year's Resolutions

If the aerial has survived the strong winds Enigma TKR are hoping to be on 846 kHz on New Years Day from 9am to 3pm GMT.

Web stream in aacPlus format available during these same hours:-

http://skeleton.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls
or
http://skeleton.servemp3.com:8000

Enigma TKR is a friendly radio station which greatly appreciates response and feedback from those who listen, and there is usually a lovely lady on the end of the phone line.