STAR is now well into the one week broadcast over Orientation week. The idea of this broadcast being to entice people to join STAR (thus the press tour as well - we're even going to Albany Park).
However, launch has not been without it's problems. For example, our streaming machine (studio6) just seemed to "die" the night before. So we get to the studio to find the machine has had a hardware failure (probably disk controller). Not good 1hr to launch! Kieran and myself got one of our little used machines (studio3) setup to handle streaming. The saviour that is NFS home directories saved us having to redo the settings file.
Also, we are now operating with new microphones in the studio. We're still trying to get the compressor settings right on that one. We've either got people *way* too loud (distortion) or people speaking too quietly, which keeps cutting out the mic (we've got a lower limit set to eliminate background noise). My plan is to go fix that later today.
On a plus side, Kieran has setup MRTG to give us accurate listener figures and pretty graphs. I'll probably post those after the broadcast has finished. So, as the DJs say - "stay tuned for that one".
Oh, and just before I forget. There are rumours that STAR will be attending the Christmas lights switch-on in St. Andrews. This should be an interesting event. And as ever, we've got STAR's music festival thingy to come as well.
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