[Lnc-business] record & stream next LNC meeting

Joshua Katz planning4liberty at gmail.com
Mon Sep 1 20:17:16 EDT 2014


I apologize for that mishap.  I'm not sure how that happened.

It seems to me that we're making a bit too much of this.  Are we likely to
get perfect audio?  Of course not.  That doesn't preclude transmitting
imperfect audio, does it?  What is harmed by transmitting subpar audio?  If
people have trouble hearing, there were members of the LNC who would prefer
we not livestream the meeting in the first place - including Dr. Lieberman.
 In essence, what is gained by doing nothing over transmitting audio that
may be less than perfect?

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>
> If Mr. Katz did not intend to send the e-mail from Mr. Olsen to
> lnc-business – sorry – it’s too late…
>
> I am sure that the Banquet and Meetings personnel at hotels that are vying
> to hold our LNC Sessions know the dbA levels in their meeting rooms.
>
> And if you believe that, I have a nice bridge that runs from Brooklyn to
> Manhattan that I would like to sell you.
>
>
>
> If we really need to pursue that angle, perhaps an electronically literate
> LP member in the candidate citiy can bring a db meter to the hotels in
> question and actually measure the ambient noise levels in the meeting rooms
> that the hotel is offering to us.
>
> However – do we really want to add yet another constraint that LPHQ staff
> has to take into account while they are looking for a suitable hotel to
> hold an LNC Session?
>
> Are we LNC members willing to pay $20 more per room night just to get an
> acoustically quiet meeting room?
>
>
>
> It looks successfully transmitting the audio is not going to be easy…
>
> I bet Mr. Olsen is not only LNC member who has heard of Shure:
>
>
> http://cdn.shure.com/publication/upload/398/us_pro_audio_for_meetings_ea.pdf
>
>
>
> “In addition to interference problems, the use of multiple microphones
> creates other potential difficulties.
>
> One of these is due to the fact that  as the number of active microphones
> in a sound system increases, the overall
>
> potential for feedback also increases . And of course, each active
> microphone is adding more ambient noise
>
> pickup to the system.  This leads to a final general rule for microphone
> use: Always use the minimum number of microphones.
>
> If additional microphones are not needed, they may actually degrade the
> sound system. If the application can
>
> be satisfied with one microphone, use one microphone!”
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>    Scott Lieberman
>
>
>
>
> GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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>
>
> “To assist in analyzing sound quality, I have attached two sample audio
> files.  The first is from the Chicago meeting which was held in a
> relatively small and quiet room, and  the second from the Westin Alexandria
> meeting, a relatively large and noisy room (and also exhibits the constant
> tweaking necessary to obtain usable results).  The same equipment was used
> in both cases.  The differences are significant.  In selecting venues for
> LNC meetings in the future, we should insist on quiet rooms (ambient noise
> level at 35 dbA or less), and arrange for the “rectangular table array” to
> be of the smaller dimensions as was the case in Chicago.
>
>      Norman T Olsen”
>
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