There are three session planned, one purely technical (inn lab), one “baseline” session and one experimental session.

• The technical session should ensure equipment sonfiguration gives stable operation.
• The “baseline” session should give both choir and technical personnel an opportunity to get familiar with the experiment location and technical equipment in full operation. The choir should after the rehearsal feel comfortable with room.
• The experimental session challenges choir and conductor with introducing physical distance and technical equipment between them. Choir and conductors impressions are evaluated.

Other general details

• Time slots
  • Tuesday 2011-11-05, 11:00 - 12:00 (10-11 FCCN-time)
  • Thursday 2011-11-07, 18:00 - 22:00 (17-22 FCCN-time)
  • Thursday 2011-11-24, 18:00 - 22:00 (17-22 FCCN-time)
• Place in Norway: Totalrommet, 2nd floor, hovedbygget, NTNU, Gløshaugen.
• Place in Portugal: FCCN's studio, FCCN premises
• People involved:
  • Otto J Wittner, UNINETT
  • Rui Ribeiro and Claudio Silva, FCCN
  • Michael Oelmann, Hitatchi High-Technologies (HHT)
  • Leif Arne Rønningen, Dep. of telematics (ITEM), NTNU
  • Kåre Bjørkøy, Dep . of music, NTNU
  • Torleif Weydahl, Conductor, Domkoret
  • Vivianne Sydnes, Conductor, Domkoret, Musikkhøyskolen
  • Choir members (30 persons), Domkoret

• HHT (Michael) ensures that a pair of HU-200 decoder and encoder is available at UNINETT and one pair at FCCN no later than 3 days before November 17.

• 11:00-12:00 (10-11 FCCN-time)
  • FCCN and UNINETT configures and connects encoder and decoder as close to backbone network as possible (2 sw + 1 router hop). Full gigabit path is required.
  • IP addresses of decoders are exchanged.
    • Note: UNINETT will operate with one address for lab test
  • Necessary AV-equipment is configured to enable video-conference (VC) over the HTT-units.
  • Different bitrat-configs are tested.
  • FCCN loops video and audio signal from decoder to encoder. UNINETT measures round-trip visual delay.

• Live stream!

• 18:00 -19:00 (17-18 FCCN-time)
  • Totalrommet, NTNU: UNINETT and ITEM prepares room and installs AV-equipment.
  • FCCN studio: FCCN ensures HHT-encoder and decoder is operational and that the mediastream is looped.
  • UNINETT measures round-trip delay
• 19:00 - 19:30: Totalrommet
  • Choir and conductors arrives and starts warm-up exercises.
  • Technical sound and image check, live streaming and recording started.
  • PR-team visits to inspect the overall scene.
  • Vivianne demonstrates further exercises and session repertory to be rehearsed
  • Repertory: Händel's Messiah, “Since by man came death og Hallelujah.”
  • Exercises:
    • Choir clapps on beat 4/4 while conductor accelerates and retardates.
    • Sound test: Choir sings different vowels in given tone, conductor listens for overtones.
• 19:30 - 20:00: Totalrommet
  • Torleif conducts exercises and repertory.
  • UNINETT records video and audio streams, both in camera and live stream.
• 20:00 - 20:15: Totalrommet
  • 15 groups of choir members complete questionnaire about experienced quality of the rehearsal
    • According to interview guide, but with freedom add additional comments
• 20:15 - 22:00: Totalrommet
  • Choir continues normal rehearsal.
  • UNINETT removes technical equipment

• Live stream!

• 17:00 (16:00 FCCN-time)
  • Torleif arrives at FCCN premises and meets Rui
  • FCCN make some foetage of conductor

• 18:00 -19:00 (17-18 FCCN-time)
  • Totalrommet, NTNU: UNINETT and ITEM prepares room and (re)installs AV-equipment and HHT-en/decoders.
  • FCCN studio: FCCN Prepares AV-equipment and HHT-en/decoders.
  • Mediastream is temporarely looped, UNINETT measures round-trip delay
  • PR-team and press-representatives make necessary preparations.
• 19:00 - 19:30: Totalrommet
  • Choir and Vivianne arrives and starts warm-up exercises.
  • Torleif listens and watches from FCCN. Sound and image adjustents, live streaming and recording started.
  • PR-team and press captures event.
  • Vivianne (re-)demonstrates further exercises and session repertory to be rehearsed
  • Repertory: Händel's Messiah, “Since by man came death og Hallelujah.”
  • Exercises:
    • Choir clapps on beat 4/4 while conductor accelerates and retardates.
    • Sound test: Choir sings different vowels in given tone, conductor listens for overtones.
• 19:30 - 20:00: Totalrommet
  • Torleif is projected on screen in totalrommet
  • Torleif conducts, over IP, exercises and repertory.
  • UNINETT records video and audio stream,
    • Choir with camera,
    • Choir and conductor from live streams.
  • FCCN makes footage
• 20:00 - 20:15: Totalrommet
  • 15 groups of choir members complete questionnaire about experienced quality of the rehearsal
    • According to interview guide, but with freedom add additional comments
  • PR-team and press interview selected people
• 20:15 - 22:00: Totalrommet
  • Choir continues normal rehearsal with Vivianne as conductor.
    • Optionally: If the choir finds remote conducting interesting, Torleif may continue conducting.
  • UNINETT removes technical equipment (when no longer needed).

• FCCN and UNINETT return HHT-en/decoders to Hitatch-HT according to instructions from Michael.
• FCCN and PR-team cooperates in producing footage for PR-purposes.