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Sl1pm0de

What is Hacker Radio?

Is the spreading of information, awareness and ideas. It provides a forum of discussion about the topics that we face in the technological world of today. Hacker Radio is audio, usually distributed over the Internet or radio.

Hacker Radio:

Ham and shortwave radio

Bulletin Boards

Websites

Mailing lists

News servers

E-Zines, textfiles, magazines and printed materials

Forums and news sites

Where did it all start?

Hackers, in general like to spread information and awarenessHackers are one of the first to discover important subjects such as how technology affects our lives and our futureHackers help to develop important survival techniques within our technological societyHackers develop innovation through existing technologies or by creating new ones

Why do hackers cover this type of information?

The world of hackingThe world of phone phreakingDiscussion of social and legal issues that have to do with the impact of technology on our worldDiscussion of new technologiesDiscussion of technical companies and the impact that corporate politics can haveEnlightening and educational topics having anything to do with technology and process

What are some of the topics Hacker Radio covers?

Why not the news media to cover such topics?

What type of content will you have in your show?How often are you going to do your show?Is your show going to be live or pre-recorded?How are you going to spread the word about your show?Will your show have capabilities such as call ins, listener E-mail, live IRC chat, telephone conferences, etc.

Things to consider in Hacker Radio

What recording equipment do we use?

What software do we use to record the audio?

What audio format will the show be in?

How will the show be distributed?

The technicalities of the show

The most common way to record is to use your computer’s sound card microphone and speaker phoneMore advanced recording can be done with a mixer, multiple microphones, head phone amp with headphones for all the show guests and a CD player or other device for background music and effectsYou can also record yourself and guests by recording the audio from your VOIP calls on your computer or by making a phone call with your modemIf your lucky you can actually use a radio studio to do your show

What recording equipment do we use?

Support Open Source and use Open Source audio programs

What software do we use to record the audio?

ReZound aims to be a stable, open source, and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system.

Tip: Follow these steps to save your audio to 16Kbps MP3 format

File > Save as

Check “Use LAME options”

type -h -mm -b 16 --resample 16

Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Echo, Change Tempo, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST and LADSPA plug-in effects.

The most popular audio format is MP3. MP3 is not an open standard

Ogg Vorbis - Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source

What audio format will the show be in?

Archived files of shows on the web

Live streams of your show

Distributed media server and other media outlets

How will the show be distributed?

Hackermedia.net

In The Now

Radio Freek America

Binary Revolution

Default Radio

Daily Default

Off The Hook

Uberleeto

DTMF

Some of the shows that are out there now

Hacker Video

Documentaries

Shows

What's else is out there?

Hack T.V.

The Broken

Doug T.V.

Whitesword T.V.

Take your own initiative on issues and educating others in your daily life

Support groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation or develop a group for your cause

Participate in local events and groups

Exercise your own intelligence throughout your life

What are other methods to spread awareness?

The idea is to be aware of the ever changing world we live in and the problems that may occur if technology is abused

If you feel like you want to participate in something like Hacker Radio, I hope my presentation has given you some ideas on how you can make that happen

What would I like you to walk away with from this talk?

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