M.Ted

I am hoping to start just such a site. I've installed the server (helix) but because it is a university project I have a lot of techy/security things to address and I'm presently off work medium term so I can't get to grips with it.

The project is based around the Paul Graney archive which I've been working with. He recorded on quarter inch tape and then cassette. Unfortunately his notes were lost when he died in 1982 and some of the recordings need identifying. If only quarter inch tape had had space for metadata!!!!!

The other issue is that I don't want to create myself a huge task uploading other people's recordings, I can't put a YouTube type thing in place thanks to university restrictions and the university also has expectations regarding copyright - so it's not a straightforward task (and it's extra to my normal duties and spare time isn't limitless as we all know).

As well as the Paul Graney recordings I've also got some other recorded collections which have come to me, mostly folk club recordings.

There is a meeting of the Traditional Song Forum in January at a northern university to discuss an embryonic project group to further this sort of archive.

On the other point, I'll report on the surround sound as soon as I can get some done. Apparently the two recordings can be resolved to 5.1 stereo but it probably needs a PC and I'm a Mac user. Also, I've no 5.1 capability at home.

J