HPR4241: HPR Community News for October 2024

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Dave Lee (thelovebug) says: Dave's buzzing

RE: hpr4241::2024-11-04 HPR Community News for October 2024 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:35:30 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hey Dave (perloid)

I've had a listen to the OGG file, and - like the MP3 I got from the feed on my podcatcher - there is a definite buzzing (possibly mains hum?) behind your audio.

Dave (thelovebug)

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Dave Morriss says: Buzzing?

RE: hpr4241::2024-11-04 HPR Community News for October 2024 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:35:30 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hi Torin Doyle,

As the "English Guy" on the team, and having listened to the show using the version available from the OGG feed, I heard nothing that could be described as "buzzing".

Which format were you listening to?

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Dave Morriss says: The buzzing of the brain

RE: hpr4241::2024-11-04 HPR Community News for October 2024 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:35:30 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Thanks to Dave and Torin,

I am now aware of a thing that I can't actually hear! I developed tinnitus about 20 years ago, and, though it doesn't bother me very much, it does mean I can't hear sounds in certain ranges.

I think my microphone (a Samson C01U) is picking up the mains hum, maybe from my (now old) desktop or the fridge-freezer nearby. I recently moved the mic stand to the other end of the (shelf over the) desk, but although it seems to have fixed other distortions, it didn't do enough. I plan to remodel everything as soon as I can (probably over Christmas).

When I record my own shows I usually use my Zoom H3n recorder on a boom, and it doesn't seem to get much interference. I do sometimes use it for the Community News recordings, but I dropped it recently and broke the tripod mounting thread in the base, so it's not easy to use. I've 3D printed a possible fix, but haven't tested it yet.

I tend to run all my recordings through the noise removal filter in Audacity, but this particular show came from Ken's recording of the Mumble stream, so it would probably have been very difficult to clean up.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback (as it were).

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Torin Doyle says: Hunting, Buzzing

RE: hpr4241::2024-11-04 HPR Community News for October 2024 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:35:30 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hi Ken et al.

Please don't encourage hunting. I heard the Scottish guy [sorry I don't recall his name] mention hunting.

There was a very noticeable buzzing from the English guys audio [sorry I don't recall his name].

A great show as usual.

Thanks, guys.

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Torin Doyle says: Re: Buzzing (more like a hum) in the audio for Dave Morriss.

RE: hpr4241::2024-11-04 HPR Community News for October 2024 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:35:30 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hi Dave. My ancient MP3 player only accepts .mp3 files so I went with that [I much prefer .ogg files]. I just listened to the audio again here on this webpage and it's actually more like a low hum than a buzzing but it's certainly quite noticeable when using earphones.

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