[Hpr] Theme - was "Possible cause and solution to subscriber attrition(trying again without encryption)"

[Ken Fallon]

On 2021-10-28 14:22:04, Ken Fallon wrote:
> On 2021-10-27 20:03:47, dnt wrote:
>> Hi, this lurker would like to come out of the woodwork and say that 
>> the discussion started from a perceived concern about a plateau in 
>> subscribers and one of the defining things about HPR, it seems to me, 
>> is its focus on attracting contributors, rather than listeners. 
>> Therefore, I think it would be very important to retain the outro, 
>> specifically the part about "this episode was contributed by an HPR 
>> listener like yourself, if you want to find out how easy it really is" 
>> etc. Apparently not easy enough for me! But still, I find it important 
>> for the invitation to be there in case someone is tuning in for the 
>> first time, and for someone who has been tuning in for a while and 
>> still hasn't converted, it's a welcome reminder.
>>
>> -dnt
> 
> Valid point - as is the show license declaration.
> 

We have recorded a show to read out all these comments, so that the 
community as a whole can come with feedback.

The show itself
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3461

It includes a first attempt at new branding based on the comments here 
and on the HPR Matrix channel.

This is to give it an airing and see what people think. It's open to 
change resulting from the feedback.

The general layout would be to use a shorter quieter theme for the intro 
and outro. This is approximately 1 minute 10 seconds in total to the 
show itself, shaving about 1½ minutes off the current branding.

The computer text to speech (although hated by some) was liked by more. 
So for this test we're going to keep it as a voice over on the intro. 
The outro is much reduced and has the addition of thanking the sponsors. 
We'll rerecord it once it's agreed what the final format is.

Show hpr3461 was edited manually while show hpr3463 has been done 
automatically.
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3463

An attempt has been made to tackle the loudness but I'm still looking 
for how to run an audacity filter via the cli.

Please tell us what you think.

-- 
Regards,

Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
http://kenfallon.com
http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30