The official Head Case broadcast thread

Dusty Chalk · May 16, 2020

Best wishes! Stay safe!

*Knuckledragger* · May 23, 2020

After a two week hiatus, Test Tone @ Home is live on the internets right now! https://mixlr.com/illuminator/

*Knuckledragger* · May 23, 2020

Doing this show on equipment that's not been entirely tested post power outage/power surge, so this could get interesting.

Dusty Chalk · May 23, 2020

Break a leg. I’m watching a livestream of one of my favourite bands ever, so I’ll have to catch it on a showreel.

*Knuckledragger* · May 25, 2020

Trying something different, I uploaded last Friday's set to Mixcloud. First upload I've made there since 2012(!)

Tracklisting included.

Dusty Chalk · May 26, 2020

Listening for the 3rd time via Mixcloud...

*Knuckledragger* · May 28, 2020

Maybe it's because I hadn't eaten much in 24 hours, but I hard a crazy idea last night. Reddit, "The front page of the internet" or whatever they're calling themselves this week have an "RPAN" (Reddit Public Access Network) streaming service ...and it's free to use. There's even a specific music RPAN subreddit and DJs are specifically allowed. I want to try it out. There are some major hurdles: It's mobile only (ewww) and sessions are limited to 45 minutes unless a viewer gives the streamer an award (silly reddit thing.)

I can overcome the former by coughing up for some hardware. Android and iOs can both use class compliant USB audio interfaces. I'm in the market for one of those anyway (see my story about the power outage and following power surge, above.) I'd also need a Lightning to USB adapter and a powered USB3 hub. Depending on the cost of the interface (ranging from oh, $50 to as much as one wants to spend I estimate this harebrained scheme will cost $250-500. The good news is that I can use the USB audio interface for things besides the iPhone and obviously I will. I'm also considering getting an Android "set top box." There's a legion of these things for sale on Amazon. They're all Chinesium, and range in size of a Mac Mini to a Raspberry Pi. Many a loaded with crapware and spyware, but some are actually quite good units. An Android TV box would be a later purchase, something I'd only go after if I had some success on RPAN.

This nice fella put together a video on how to get good audio in to an iOS device:

The only part that's unclear to me is if RPAN (and the iPhone in general) can handle stereo. It'd be a serious bummer if the whole thing was mono only.

Dusty Chalk · May 28, 2020

I’d be happy to sign up to give you an award (I hardly ever give them) so you can go over 45 minutes.

crappyjones123 · May 28, 2020

I don't know if a rodecaster pro would fit your needs. It is $99 out of your budget and quite a versatile device. Not enough gain for my mic so it is going back to B&H but I'd imagine you could do most of if not all of what you are trying to do.

*Knuckledragger* · May 29, 2020

Just uploaded Test Tone 12-06-19 to Mixcloud:

This is an impressively slow and persnicketty process.

*Knuckledragger* · May 29, 2020

July 19, 2019 is up.

*Knuckledragger* · May 29, 2020

Dec 13, 2012 uploaded. Mixcloud kind of sucks. At the end of an upload, I get "It looks like there was a problem with your connection, we're automatically trying your upload again." more often than not, meaning I had to reupload the whole damn thing.

Dusty Chalk · May 29, 2020

Gah!

*Knuckledragger* · May 29, 2020

^ That set took 3 tries. However, it appears to be up in completion. If there's any problems with any of the sets, please let me know.

Dusty Chalk · May 29, 2020

So far so good

05-23-20

07-19-19

np: 12-06-19

*Knuckledragger* · May 29, 2020

02-22-19 is up.

*Knuckledragger* · May 29, 2020

More shows are up. Mixcloud continues to be a pile of shit, but it works. Mostly. 15 Feb 2019 is going to be delayed for some time until I sort out an error with the tracklist. I helpfully wrote "Ennio Morricone - Doricamente (Tommy Hools Remix) somewhere" but never fixed that. I have to sort out the tracklist before I upload it to Mixcloud, because that's one of their requirements.