Studio
One in Port Elizabeth records
Siyaya Disabled choir for international
artist.
The Siyaya Disabled Choir from
Uitenhage (pictured below) in
conjunction with a local group
called Key Note had the opportunity
to participate in providing
backing vocals for the re-mix
of the international artist,
Justin Hines' song "Say
what you will" for Canada
and Europe. The re-mix is being
done in RBF's Port Elizabeth
music studio, Studio One. The
song will be made available
to websites and one rand from
each download will be donated
to the Choir. They should finish
mixing and mastering by mid-March
2010.
About Justin Hines: He is a
Canadian singer-songwriter who
was born in Newmarket, Ontario.
Hines has a rare genetic joint
condition called Larsen's syndrome
and uses a wheelchair. He is
a strong supporter of charity
and has performed at many fund
raising events. He founded the
Justin Hines Foundation, a charitable
foundation for people with disabilities.
DTT
Roll-out
Mr Gelfand Kausiyo (GK): GM:
RBF last week jetted off to
Brazil as part of a Department
of Communications' (DoC) delegation
to investigate the roll out
of DTT in that country. He will
be sharing his experiences from
this investigative trip with
the staff from Technology at
a function to be held later
this month..
Above: The DoC's delegation
was led by the Director General
(DG) Ms Mamodupi Mohlala. The
DG is the one in black, with
books covering her head from
the drizzling rain they encountered.
Gelfand Kausiyo is seen standing
in the background with other
members of the DoC that included
the two Deputy DG's, the Chief
Director and the Minister of
Communications' spokesperson.
Above: The delegation walked
down the Stair-case at the Electronics
Valley in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
RBF GM, Gelfand Kausiyo is the
one smiling at the camera.
Above: What the DTT Screen
looks like in Brazil. Note all
the DTT interactive features
on the screen.
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Above: Picture of the DTT Studio
to Transmitter Link (STL) at
one of the TV Studios in Brazil.
RBF
Challenge Workshops
As part of the RBF's ongoing
drive to uplift and support
local musical talent, workshops
were held on Saturday mornings
between 09:00 and 12:00 in one
of RBF's music studios in Johannesburg
during February and March 2010.
These workshops were free of
charge and open to all the bands,
soloists and groups that
participated in the RBF Challenge
during 2009.
Different topics will be discussed
each week like: 1) a talk about
the recording process and pre-production;
2) what it takes to perform
overseas; 3) music publishing;
4) dealing with the press (press
releases etc) and PR; 5) the
song writing process; 6) what
SAMRO has to offer bands.
ABOVE: Participants listening
to Darryl Torr during the RBF
Challenge Workshops.
It is
the year 2010
A year
that holds a lot of promises
for all South Africans. We have
all been waiting in anticipation
for it to arrive. It is the
year of the FIFA Soccer World
cup to be hosted here in South
Africa. New stadiums have been
built all over South Africa,
the hotel and transport industries
spent millions to be able to
cater for the influx of people
to South Africa.
In Radio
Broadcast Facilities (RBF) it
is no different. We have been
planning for this event since
South Africa was announced as
the host for the FIFA Soccer
World cup.
Some interesting facts
about RBF's plans:
§ SABC holds the title
of Official Broadcaster
§ SABC is a rights holding
media organisation
§ A total of 64 matches
will be played over a period
of 25 match days from 11 June
to 11 July in 9 Host cities
§ In SA, Radio is the
only medium that millions of
people have access to
§ RBF endeavours to put
technology in place to enhance
the TV viewing experience by
“simulcasting” radio
signals with terrestrial SABC
1. This means that viewers will
be able to tune into their Radio
Stations and listen to the match
in a language of their choice
whilst viewing it on terrestrial
TV
§ A Technology Plan for
Radio is in place to meet the
live production requirements
of 11 PBS stations (9 ALS, RSG
and Radio 2000)
§ Radio 2000 will broadcast
all 64 matches live from the
stadia
§ The other 10 stations
will broadcast selected matches
from the stadia and the rest
from the off-tube commentary
facility at Radiopark
§ RBF is responsible for
equipping ALL the SABC Radio
stadia positions, the distribution
of the crowd effects as well
as providing manpower to monitor
these positions.
§ In addition to the stadia,
RBF is responsible for equipping
and manning the centralized
off-tube commentary facilities
at Radiopark (RBC = Radio Broadcast
Centre)
§ All audio signals originate
from the stadia and are routed
to the RBC. At the RBC the signals
are combined with the analysts
and other audio contributions
before being sent to the respective
regions via IP for broadcast.
§ All the mentioned 11
PBS stations as well as Metro
FM, SAFM and TruFM will also
be covering events on a presentation
basis from 47 PVAs (Public Viewing
Areas) and 10 FIFA Fan Fest
Venues. Coverage will be on
a regional basis using the stations
RBF operated Broadcast Mobiles.
§ A total of 27 RBF technical
producers will assist the Radio
Stations with all their stadia
technical requirements (Many
of the other non-stadia RBF
technical producers will assist
either at the RBC or on the
PVA / Fan Fest OB’s)
RBF and its staff will do more
than its best to bring the soccer
action to all the radio listeners.
Above: A typical RBF Outside
broadcasting set up that was
used during the SA-England cricket
tour will also be used for the
Soccer World Cup
RBF
Free-State
It was a busy year in the RBF
facilities with M1 music studio
(and the newly revamped S5)
successfully used to complete
various commercial projects.
A few of the highlights were:
A DVD recording for Cobus Potgieter;
which was completed over five
days. Cobus is a Youtube drumming
phenomenon hailing from Bloemfontein.
His Youtube account has almost
eighty-thousand subscribers
with twenty-eight million views
of his video covers in total.
Bhudaza Mapafane recorded his
third studio album in 2009 and
the whole project was completed
in the M1 and S5 studios. His
first single ‘Babelasi’
is receiving extensive airplay
on local and national stations.
‘Die Straatligkinders’
used the M1 to record drums
for their new album; the M1’s
Amek Rembrandt Console and its
range of vintage Neumann K100
microphones played a big role
in dialing the sound that engineer
Ewald Janse van Rensburg (ex-guitarist
Soul Proxy) was looking for.
RBF Free-State successfully
hosted a training program that
saw eight prospective engineers
take part in training in M1
music studio, S5 and Drama facilities.
These individuals are now equipped
to complete a production from
pre-production to basic mastering
utilizing the RBF facilities.
As part of the training, in
conjunction with Lesedi FM,
each student was given a complete
recording and production assignment.
These songs are to receive airplay
on Lesedi FM as part of their
community responsibility program.
The
13th annual RBF Challenge drew
to a close this year when the
finals took place at Theatre
of Marcellus, Emperors Palace
on Sunday the 4th of October
2009.
This year saw the most diverse
musical line up of all time
with bands performing - pop,
rock, hardcore, metal, acoustic,
jazz as well as hip hop mixed
with jazz/rock and soul. Bands
played their best two songs
on the fantastic live music
stage of Theatre of Marcellus
which was designed for big sound
and big lights.
Bands in action on the day
were:
Cry Out Riot; Sunburn; Morrison;
Still Sung; Break My Fall; Acoustic
Liquid; Die the Betrayer; The
Action Thrillers; Octanium;
Sonsteek; Scarlet Street; Erand
is Blomme; Travellin Blak; One
Way Avenue; The Stella’s;
El Koi; Black Jacket; Hour of
Blight; One Days Notice; New
Beginnings; Avenge the Angels;
Die Brandwag (Klerksdorp); Colour
Blind (Bloem); Red Light Stereo
(Durban); Checked Zebras (Cape
Town).
And the winning band on the
day were Sonsteek (pictured
below). Sonsteek rose to the
occassion performing to a packed
Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors
Palace during the national finals
of the 13th RBF Challenge.
On the day 25 bands were in
action but it was Sonsteek that
impressed the judges the most
playing themselves to winning
recording time courtesy of Radio
Broadcast Facilities (RBF) at
the SABC.
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