On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> IIMT Radio 90.4 FM (Community Radio) at Meerut (NCR) is one of the few FM > stations which use FOSS for their production and post production. I am not sure this is entirely true. Quite a number of community radio broadcasters use free software like Audacity for their programme production, though we should probably encourage more to follow suit. However, as some of my more tech-savvy community radio associates point out, some of the free software (listed below) require a geek-level understanding of FOSS, and that's simply not going to work in in most CR stations, especially in rural India. > > As its Director Mr. Braham Prakash Yadav told us, the focus is on 100% FOSS > based community radio station. This is a very focused requirement and he is > looking for FOSS Radio automation system/studio which can replace the > non-free version. This is very good news. I hope Dr. Yadav will be able to test out some of the software listed below and share his experience with us. > > Googling helped him know about 'VANYA' community radio of Madhya Pradesh > Adiwasi Women, but he has not been able to find proper FOSS tools beyond > Audacity and Avidemux. Well, 'Vanya' isn't really a community radio station -- they had applied for a license a year ago, but there was some issue about Vanya being a government-NGO and therefore not eligible for a CR license. > > He also wants to help VANYA and the like to do better with FOSS. Can we > help him get properly tested FOSS products for his specific needs? I am not sure all the products listed below have been properly tested yet -- it would be great if someone could do so. To start with, there are quite a number of free software for audio listed on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_software_for_audio Here's some of they stuff that may be particularly useful for audio production and play-out (though one should also look for free software for other purposes like audio logging as well). *Audacity:* Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ *Campcaster: *Campcaster is a free and open source radio management software. It has been designed for a Linux environment, but could possibly be used on other platforms in future. http://www.campware.org/en/ camp/campcaster_news/605/ *ZaraRadio: *ZaraRadio is a free radio automation system (a 'playout' system). It operates on Windows (but not on Vista). It's not stated whether it works on Mac OS or Linux. http://www.zararadio.com/ index.php?centro=main.php&lang=en *NGO-in-a-Box:* Offers a variety of FOSS audio software. http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/?q=taxonomy/term/142 *Pro Tools: *Pro Tools Free is a free version of Pro Tools for Mac. It is a digital audio workstation used for music production, post production etc. http://www.download.com/Pro-Tools-Free/3000-2182_4-3296394.html *Ardour: *Ardour is an open source digital audio workstation and can be used to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. http://ardour.org/ *Sweep: *Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool for GNU/Linux, BSD and compatible systems. http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html *Rivendell:* It* *is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content for GNU/Linux operating system. http://www.rivendellaudio.org/ *ReSound: *ReZound is an open source and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system. http://rezound.sourceforge. <http://rezound.sourceforge.net/>net/<http://rezound.sourceforge.net/> Sajan > > > Regards, > > MS > >
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