TiBB Radio / Radiotion

[zotler.]

So, I recall a thread being made last week about the possibility of (re)creating "TiBB Radio".

So, I made a radio. Of course, I didn't put TiBB into the domain or anything because making it a TiBB Radio was really only an idea, I wanted to make a radio nontheless. But, I would like it to involve TiBB. I would be prepared to link TiBB on the site, and what not. The domain is set up, so is the radio server. All we really need is you.

I'm looking for mixed genre DJs, having a Radio focusing on one main genre is boring. I know a few people are interested, and my only request regarding genres would be that if the music you intended to play was heavy, then I would prefer it if you DJed during the night, and by that I mean anytime after 9/10pm really. I think it makes more sense that way.

Only a few requirements to DJ, really. You need music. I'd like it if you had a microphone, but if you're too shy then don't worry about using a microphone, you can tell when someone is uncomfortable talking on mic, because they get all giggly and mumble a lot and it makes whoever is listening think "Gosh, just play the next song already".

The bigger your music database, the better. I think 800-1000+ songs is a fair minimum because you'll end up repeating a lot of songs and it gets a bit boring. The fun thing is about online Radio is that the music doesn't have to be mainstream and new, you can play pretty much anything.

Don't know how to broadcast? I don't mind teaching people how to use SAM, but if I'm honest, I can't be bothered with explaining how to use Winamp, I prefer SAM because it does most of the stuff for you. Winamp is a lot more manual, but there's plenty of guides online on how to use Winamp online. There is also VirtualDJ, but you have to do everything on there completely by yourself and I find it a bit tedious as you have to focus on it a lot. Experience isn't needed, everyone's gotta start off somewhere.

Internet connection is important too, ideally, I'd like you to be able to stream at 128 kb/s, but if that's too high then please nothing below 64 kb/s. The quality starts to get horrible and the delay HUGE. Goto www.speedtest.net and see if your internet is above 1 mb... If not, then I don't really think your internet can handle streaming.

If you want to simply host a talk show or something like that and know how to hook Skype up to SAM, that's fine too, just let me know that you want to only talk on air.

Sorry if that seems like a bit much, but it's not really.
- 1000+ songs and preferably a microphone, but not necessary.
- Need to download a broadcasting program.
- Need a fair internet connection.

If you're interested, reply to this thread, PM me or whatever.

Feel free to ask me anything else you might wanna know.

[Twilight]

I'd love to do this, do you know any good broadcasting programs i could use?

[zotler.]

I'd love to do this, do you know any good broadcasting programs i could use?
Yuh, SAM Broadcaster, Winamp, Virtual DJ, lol.

[Twilight]

Oh yeah i missed that bit:P

[zotler.]

So Em, you have my MSN and Facebook and whatever. I'll message you about it next time I see you online. :).

[Jessica.]

Yay Radiotion is go!

[CaraRawr]

I'd be happy to help with this, going to download SAM.

[zotler.]

Ah, awesome! :).

[MeMyselfAndI]

put leona lewis on thanks and Taylor Swift and Diana Vickers and Miley Cyrus and Ellie Goulding :)

[InOne]

Hmmmm, yeah I could do, might need to get a few more songs though as my last lot were wiped.

[Loukas]

I wouldn't mind doing it..

[zotler.]

Ah, great! :D. Site will be finished this week, so I'll keep bumping this up and get in contact with people who mentioned they were interested. :)

[Novo]

How Gay.

[Firewire]

I'd like to do it!

[Enid]

I expressed my interest last night in being part of this. I don't have a mic (at least not on my main PC) but I do have a sh!t load of music, all a wide range of genres and styles.

I downloaded SAM. So far I only understand how to queue tracks up. Everything else is foreign to me.

[Lewis.]

I'd love to get involved!

[MeMyselfAndI]

I'd love to get involved!

dont forget to play leona songs

[Jessica.]

dont forget to play leona songs

:rolleyes:

[Callum]

This has been done before.

[Maia]

I'd be interested in doing this!

[Stu]

I have about 16,000 songs alright, but that begs the question why I would want to listen to other people play their songs.

I'm not into the whole centralized power thing either, with everyone falling under certain rules and whatnot. Solo members doing their own thing with TiBB talkshows and whatnot sounds like a riot though. A unified TiBB radio is a recepie for disaster though.

[Jessica.]

This has been done before.

It has not been done before! They made a few useless youtube videos.
This is actual DJing, hosted on a purpose made domain, live radio!

[Beastie]

Stu should be the host!

[Stu]

It has not been done before! They made a few useless youtube videos.
This is actual DJing, hosted on a purpose made domain, live radio!
That's what TiBB Radio was going to be too.

Was going to be being the operative phrase. It never worked out because these things never do.

If members wanted to go ahead and do their own shows independently, heck, throw it up on YouTube even, it would be much easier.

Got an audio in line? Got Hypercam? Congratulations, you got TiBB Watch, live on YouTube every week.

Much easier. Much more entertaining. Nobody is going to listen to Radio Jonathan for more than twenty minutes before it all gets a bit old.

[setanta]

That's what TiBB Radio was going to be too.

Was going to be being the operative phrase. It never worked out because these things never do.

If members wanted to go ahead and do their own shows independently, heck, throw it up on YouTube even, it would be much easier.

Got an audio in line? Got Hypercam? Congratulations, you got TiBB Watch, live on YouTube every week.

Much easier. Much more entertaining. Nobody is going to listen to Radio Jonathan for more than twenty minutes before it all gets a bit old.

You're right, and plus with a scenario like that the quality of the show would be raised because like you said, if it's broadcast live it'll be an absolute disaster. At least with a half hour or 20 mins show people can give it some thought and actually script the whole thing out, rather than the inevitable winging that would go on during a 24 hour broadcast.

[Stu]

You're right, and plus with a scenario like that the quality of the show would be raised because like you said, if it's broadcast live it'll be an absolute disaster. At least with a half hour or 20 mins show people can give it some thought and actually script the whole thing out, rather than the inevitable winging that would go on during a 24 hour broadcast.
Hey, inevitable winging is my middle name! :wink:

Also, I can't in good conscious be a part of anything with the name 'Radiotion'.

[Callum]

It has not been done before! They made a few useless youtube videos.
This is actual DJing, hosted on a purpose made domain, live radio!

Well they were good at the time but I do see where your coming from. Good point Jessica. :thumbs:

[Stu]

For the record. And the lulz.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TiBBRadio

Also I fondly remember Matt and me spending way too long trying to get a TiBB radio up three years ago for some Apprentice style task. Oh how that flopped. Our grandiose vision extended as far as, but never reached, a public domain website with live phone in competitions.

[setanta]

Hey, inevitable winging is my middle name! :wink:

Also, I can't in good conscious be a part of anything with the name 'Radiotion'.

Nah, on a live radio thingy winging it would be an absolute disaster. I mean, can you imagine having to listen to it? Doubt anyone would, but if everybody just recorded their own slot and posted it on youtube or whatever it could be really interesting and funny.

[Stu]

Nah, on a live radio thingy winging it would be an absolute disaster. I mean, can you imagine having to listen to it? Doubt anyone would, but if everybody just recorded their own slot and posted it on youtube or whatever it could be really interesting and funny.
I would just wing it, to be honest. Depends who you are and what your up to, I guess. I find it impossible to sit with a sheet and a pen and paper and try and contructively be funny.

Obviously I would plan segments, but I would just let the lip loose in them.

[Beastie]

Nah, on a live radio thingy winging it would be an absolute disaster. I mean, can you imagine having to listen to it? Doubt anyone would, but if everybody just recorded their own slot and posted it on youtube or whatever it could be really interesting and funny.

Yes James.. very very funny indeed. Roll titles.

[setanta]

I would just wing it, to be honest. Depends who you are and what your up to, I guess. I find it impossible to sit with a sheet and a pen and paper and try and contructively be funny.

Obviously I would plan segments, but I would just let the lip loose in them.

Nah, but you would have some kinda structure to it if it were 20 mins long, you know?

Anyway, how do you record to youtube? lol. I'm such a clutz on these things.

Are you still off the fags?

[Stu]

Nah, but you would have some kinda structure to it if it were 20 mins long, you know?

Anyway, how do you record to youtube? lol. I'm such a clutz on these things.

Are you still off the fags?
Well I have it easy because I have a built in webcam and all sorts of audio line in's, but you could always get a webcam or just record the screen with Hypercam, buy a mic and record in Audacity, put the audio clip on a blank video in movie maker or some more advanced suite, endless options really.

I'm alternating right now. I go out and have a fag in the morning then curse myself for doing something so inherently pointless and damaging. I think I will stick with it. Fags keep me straight and narrow a lot of the time. It's like I have to have one addiction I can constantly feed or else I will have other ones, and this one is the cheapest and it's a non intoxicant. They keep me stable in this really dumb end unto themselves way.

[setanta]

Oh, I have a mic and webcam and all that stuff; just wondering how you record, save and then throw it all onto youtube, that's all. Anyway, I should just google it rather than look like a tool on the forum!

[Stu]

Oh, I have a mic and webcam and all that stuff; just wondering how you record, save and then throw it all onto youtube, that's all. Anyway, I should just google it rather than look like a tool on the forum!
Well you should have an internal webcam recorder you can do your videos on and if you just want to upload that raw footage then bam, straight on to YouTube. Most if not all video editing software has a webcam and mic recording facility too.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/kingofthering/Untitled-44.png

[Vicky.]

Sound quite interesting actually :)

[setanta]

Well you should have an internal webcam recorder you can do your videos on and if you just want to upload that raw footage then bam, straight on to YouTube. Most if not all video editing software has a webcam and mic recording facility too.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/kingofthering/Untitled-44.png

The fecking head on ya! Yeah, now I'm thinking about ideas. Love anything creative.

[Stu]

Yeah you kind of started me off on one.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/kingofthering/Untitled-47.jpg

Paradox skillz.

[setanta]

I wish I had a pic of Wombai to replace on of them with!

[Stu]

I wish I had a pic of Wombai to replace on of them with!
But which one :wink:.

[setanta]

But which one :wink:.

Ah, now that would be saying, wouldn't it? I wish I could post two pics of her in the same poses so that you could be both strangling each other in an endless and continuing circle.

[Stu]

Ah, now that would be saying, wouldn't it? I wish I could post two pics of her in the same poses so that you could be both strangling each other in an endless and continuing circle.
This whole webcam + PRTSC recycling idea has given me endless scenarios to think about.

I have to do some right dirty ones tommorow, I do.

[setanta]

This whole webcam + PRTSC recycling idea has given me endless scenarios to think about.

I have to do some right dirty ones tommorow, I do.

Yeah, but I'm shi%e at photoshop.

[setanta]

I really would like to do caricatures of people though.

[Stu]

Yeah, but I'm shi%e at photoshop.
I didn't photoshop. I screencapped the webcam application once, then opened the picture and opened the webcam application again on top of the picture that already showed an open webcam. Genius skillz. Photoshopping is easy though. You can do loads just by learning how to use the magic wand to pick sections of color and remove backrounds from photos/put them onto other backgrounds etc. That's all I can do on the thing and I can churn out some okay stuff.

[zotler.]

...If you're not interested, then don't listen to it, simple as. As I said, it wasn't a TiBB radio per se anyway, simply a radio that involved TiBB. People find DJing fun, and people find listening to the radio fun. If that's not your thing, then so be it. Anyway, for the people who are interested and would like to have a go at broadcasting before it opens, contact me. :D. If you're confident you can do it without trying it out first, then whatever. :).

[Stu]

No, it is my thing, I just rather professional DJ's.

[zotler.]

Just bumping this, as we're nearly finished with the site. If you're interested in DJing and I haven't spoken to you already or whatever, just post here. :D

[Shaun]

Who's lined up so far?

I would be interested but find all the technology side of it very confusing.

[zotler.]

Not sure Shaun, as I haven't really spoken to anyone about it for a good month, but Enid, InOne, Cara and I think Patrick all tried it out and were interested in DJing, and a few others off the forum.
It seems confusing, but it's really not, if you download SAM everything is basically laid out for you, and you don't really have to do anything manually except turning on the microphone, queueing the songs, and checking the DJ panel on the website.

[CaraRawr]

I was just thinking about this the other day actually, I'm still interested fo sho.

[InOne]

I was the best DJ.

[zotler.]

Of course, Joe. :P and great Cara! I'll let you both know when the opening date is when it's decided.