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<blockquote><center>"I have good taste."</center>
<p align="right">—Mark, speaking for everyone ever's self assessment</p></blockquote>
The first song played at 83c was by Welle:ErdBall from the album Die Wunderwelt der Technik and the song was "23... C=64.". The first song to play at 2169 was "Yippie" by Mouse on Mars.
The first song played at 83c was by Welle:ErdBall from the album Die Wunderwelt der Technik and the song was "23... C=64.". The first song to play at 2169 was "Yippie" by Mouse on Mars.


==Hardware==
==Music, what?==
===Horsy===
Please be considerate of those around you when playing music in the space. Asking before blasting.  
[[Horsy]] is located on top of the library shelf, acting as our [[Media Center]].


It's hooked up to a crazy amp and some crazy speakers sort of against the Mission Street wall near the columns. There's a "Line-In cable hooked up to horsy for mp3 players and what not.
==Hackitorium==
You can Chromecast or AirTunes to the sound system in the Hackitorium. Make sure the mixer is on (power switch on top) and the volume turned up to the right channel, and the input (inside the large black AV box) is switched to the correct device.  


===Zebra===
A RaspberryPi is plugged into the mixer too. It plays [https://somafm.com/ Somafm], most of the time. Sometimes it plays [http://www.nicolascollins.com/peasouptogo/ Pea Soup To Go] a generative sound composition by Nicolas Collins.
[[Zebra]] is located under one of the tall genius tables in front of the dark room.


We've got a nice stereo with 1/8" jack for audio devices, 5x RCA in, 1x SPDIF in, A/B speaker outs. Two Klipsch SB-5 speakers for now; a bit small for the space, but better than a PC laptop speaker.
There is a line in cable coming out of the AV box you can plug into a random music making device. Make sure you turn the mixer up on that channel.


We did a sound test and the amp can go to -11 (ha!) before you can even hear it outside when the windows are closed.
==Turing and Church Classrooms==
You can Chromecast or AirTunes to the sound system in the classrooms. The speakers are always on and turned up to some appropriate volume level. Make sure you switch the switcher in the AV box to the correct device.


There is a sub. The sub will shut on/off automatically. To turn the sub up/down, on the receiver press the CH VOL button until SW is displayed on the screen, then press up/down to alter its state.
There is a line in cable coming out of the AV box you can plug into a random music making device.


==Jukebox==
==Dirty Shop==
===Summary===
There's a speaker system above the shelves. A line in should be dangled near the door.
[[Pony]] holds all the music, [[Zebra]] and [[Horsy]] accesses the music and plays it on the speakers. '''The easiest way to control what music either machine plays is to connect to its web interface at [http://pony.noise/juke http://pony.noise/juke].'''


===Playing Music===
There's a Chromecast plugged into the system but it's a little busted right now, sorry. Hugs.
[[Horsy]] has a mount to [[Pony]]'s music directory (pony.noise:/d2/music). [http://mpd.wikia.com/ MPD] scans this directory and builds up a library based off of its contents. [[Horsy]] can then play back anything form that library through the speakers. In order to tell MPD on [[Horsy]] what to play, you'll need to interface to it with a [http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients client], which is available for many operating systems. Luckily for you a web interface has already been setup on [[Pony]], but if you want more control please look into the clients.


* '''Web:''' [http://pony.noise/juke http://pony.noise/juke] or [http://172.30.0.30/juke http://172.30.0.30/juke]
==Sewing Area==
* '''MPD Client to [[Horsy]]:''' noisebridge-greet.noise or 172.30.0.44 port 6600
There's a Bluetooth enabled speaker sitting near by most of the time.
* '''MPD Client to [[Zebra]]:''' zebra.noise or 172.30.0.41 port 6600


The desktop web interface is [http://relaxx.dirk-hoeschen.de/ relaXX] and the mobile is [http://code.google.com/p/neompc/ NeoMPC].
==Drum Circle==
No.


If you'd like to play files directly from either machine, check the web interface page for shell access.
[[Category:Howto]] [[Category:InTheSpace]]
 
===Getting Music into the Jukebox===
Music content lives on [[Pony]], not [[Horsy]] or [[Zebra]]. You'll need an account on [[Pony]], using your favorite method of putting files on a different machine please place your music in pony.noise:/d2/music. Once there, refresh the MPD library through your favorite client or the web interface.
 
===Streaming to MPD===
====Linux====
Open source is pretty damned awesome because if aliens ever attack us we know from Independence day that they will be using OS9 mac servers and we will be safe from their superior OS 9 hacks.
 
====Mac OSX====
Check out an application called [http://www.rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/ NiceCast]. It's a very quick and simple way to stream the output of iTunes to a Shoutcast server. If you're wondering about the licensing, talk to Rubin110.
 
* Play something from iTunes and start NiceCast up, turn on the stream
* ssh into a machine that runs mpc (media player client)
* $ export MPD_HOST=noisebridge-greet.local
* $ mpc clear
* $ mpc add http://localipaddress:8000/listen
* $ mpc play
 
==AirTunes==
AirTunes is a way to stream audio over the network to speakers via an Apple Airport Express. '''Sadly the Airport Express hasn't been found since the move.''' Please read above on how to get MPD to stream a radio station from your local machine.
 
== Using ESD ==
The easiest way to play music over the jukebox thing from a GNU system:
 
$ ESPEAKER=horsy.noise mplayer -ao esd $FILE
 
== .door ==
At acm.jhu.edu, the computer controlling the mag-stripe card reader that would unlock the door would also play a file in /home/username/.door on the speakers in the room.  Ta-da - entrance music!
 
This should probably be added to the feature requests to be added to our [[AccessSystem]]

Revision as of 12:28, 29 March 2016

"I have good taste."

—Mark, speaking for everyone ever's self assessment

The first song played at 83c was by Welle:ErdBall from the album Die Wunderwelt der Technik and the song was "23... C=64.". The first song to play at 2169 was "Yippie" by Mouse on Mars.

Music, what?

Please be considerate of those around you when playing music in the space. Asking before blasting.

Hackitorium

You can Chromecast or AirTunes to the sound system in the Hackitorium. Make sure the mixer is on (power switch on top) and the volume turned up to the right channel, and the input (inside the large black AV box) is switched to the correct device.

A RaspberryPi is plugged into the mixer too. It plays Somafm, most of the time. Sometimes it plays Pea Soup To Go a generative sound composition by Nicolas Collins.

There is a line in cable coming out of the AV box you can plug into a random music making device. Make sure you turn the mixer up on that channel.

Turing and Church Classrooms

You can Chromecast or AirTunes to the sound system in the classrooms. The speakers are always on and turned up to some appropriate volume level. Make sure you switch the switcher in the AV box to the correct device.

There is a line in cable coming out of the AV box you can plug into a random music making device.

Dirty Shop

There's a speaker system above the shelves. A line in should be dangled near the door.

There's a Chromecast plugged into the system but it's a little busted right now, sorry. Hugs.

Sewing Area

There's a Bluetooth enabled speaker sitting near by most of the time.

Drum Circle

No.