Ukulele Union of Boston

It's like a meeting without the meeting! Bring your uke and sing us a song -- or just sit in and enjoy. The meeting will NOT be recorded. This is for our enjoyment in real time. Theme for the night: INTERNATIONAL -- interpret as you will. SCHEDULE: 6:45 - doors open, mics and cameras on for chat and cocktails 7:00 - songs start 8:00ish: awkward log-off HOW IT WORKS: We'll be using the extremely easy-to-use Zoom meeting software, which allows us all to share a virtual room and to see and hear each other -- very much like real life, only without the viruses. (You can turn your camera and mic on or off, as you wish.) Zoom has changed the rules! Please register with Zoom ahead of time to get the passcode for the meeting. (You only need to register once for for the next 20 meetings.): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkd-itrDsrGNaTvgTlOOaDi46LyrUjcHsG PERFORMANCE ROSTER: If you know you want to do a song, let me know in the comments below. You can also chime in real-time. Hope to see you there!

STARTING NOW, NOVEMBER 27, THRU DECEMBER 8. MEETUP IS NOT MAKING THIS EASY!!! I was naive in thinking that by running it for two weeks, I could add people as spaces opened. Nope! Once the Meetup started, I couldn't even view the wait list!!! So, my apologies if you were on that list. Sign up again here where I will be able to update the list as spaces open! THIS IS NOT A STANDARD MEETUP! IT IS FOR INSTALLING JAMULUS, SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PLAY TOGETHER...SIMULTANEOUSLY! This Meetup is sort of capped. When someone is set up properly or it feels like there's room, the number of places will be increased people from the waiting list will be added. AFTER SIGNING UP, please * INSTALL THE SOFTWARE (see below) and * SEND ME AN EMAIL at jerry at dallal dot org so that we can schedule a 30 minute time slot to get the software working properly. YOU WILL NEED TWO DEVICES--A COMPUTER FOR JAMULUS, ANYTHING ELSE FOR ZOOM. The good news is that Zoom works on just about anything else. YOU MUST USE HEADPHONES/EARBUDS!!! If you don't use headphones, you will introduce echoes that make the system unusable for everyone. Earbuds might work, but the jury is still out. If the earbuds have a mic attached, it may result in two live microphones (earbuds and computer) that will make the system unusable. A WIRED (ETHERNET) CONNECTION IS ESSENTIAL. Wireless connections almost always introduce too much latency (delay) to be usable. ** ** ** INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ** ** ** WINDOWS 7 OR NEWER: If you do not have an audio interface with its own ASIO driver OR you do not understand what that means, download and install ASIO4ALL from http://www.asio4all.org/downloads_11/ASIO4ALL_2_14_English.exe An audio interface for uke and vocals is not necessary. However, an audio interface with its own ASIO driver makes life MUCH easier. EVERYONE: Download and install Jamulus from https://sourceforge.net/projects/llcon/ When the program asks for permissions, click on Allow. MAC USERS: The Mac may not automatically install Jamulus, saying Jamulus is from an unknown developer. If that happens, control click to install the program and explicitly give permission to install it anyways. (Thanks Mai B.!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMERS!!! I'll do my best but... I am not a Mac user. I'm unable to provide technical assistance if there are issues. My sense of Windows computers is that any trouble (if there is any) can be reversed by uninstalling the software....but I can't guarantee it. Worst case is that it might take some time and effort to get the soundcard working properly again.

[This is NOT a Meetup to help participants install Jamulus and/or get it up and running. ** It assumes everyone has already used Jamulus to connect with someone, anyone. ** The purpose of this Meetup is to see what happens when a dozen people try to play together.] After announcing this Meetup, I'll work with people one-on-one to see whether the two of us can play together successfully (*). This meetup is to bring us all together. All participants MUST have headphones/earbuds and, unless we've spoken in advance, a wired (ethernet) connection, but you know that if you've already used Jamulus THE ZOOM SESSION IS ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES like all of us getting disconnected or something prompting a move to another server. DO NOT GO THERE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECCESSARY. We'll use the Uke in the Afternoon songbook and "go around the circle", defined by the order in which participants register, just as we would at Uke in the Afternoon in Robbins Library. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5x6isqxnezup32l/UitA%203rd%20edition.pdf?dl=0 (view/display) or https://www.dropbox.com/s/5x6isqxnezup32l/UitA%203rd%20edition.pdf?dl=1 (direct download) More details to follow. --Jerry (*) Send me an email at jerry at dallal dot org if you'd like to set something up.

[Song sheets are not displayed during the meetup. Please download the songbook. Links to the songbook and Meetup appear further down in the Details. You may have to click on "Read more..." to see them. Thanks!] Uke In The Afternoon: An afternoon ukulele Meetup and...we've gone weekly! It's the nature of online conferencing that we won't be able to sing together. We hear something a fraction of a second after it's sung/spoken. It's not a problem when speaking with each other, but deadly when trying to sing together. So, each song has a leader and the rest sing along while muted. We usually work out of a fixed songbook. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5x6isqxnezup32l/UitA%203rd%20edition.pdf?dl=0 (view/display) or https://www.dropbox.com/s/5x6isqxnezup32l/UitA%203rd%20edition.pdf?dl=1 (direct download) The songbook has live links! Clicking on a song title in the Table of Contents takes you to the song sheet. Clicking on "ToC" in the upper right hand corner of the page returns you to the Table of Contents. A proposed set list will appear in the comments shortly, if it is not already there. If anyone has a particular song from the book, even if not in the list, that s/he would like to lead, please name it in the Comments. There is time for 16 songs. Anyone who wishes may choose either a song to lead or one of up to 3 open mic slots, first come, first served. When choosing a song, please also choose a slot in the set list to determine the order in which the songs will be led. I will do my best to provide a PDF containing only the songs in the order in which they'll be led. Once again, information will appear in the Comments. Please have your selection in by 11 a.m. the day of the Meetup, the earlier the better. I MAY be able to accommodate the occasional last minute request, but I rarely have time to check my email after Noon on the day of the Meetup. Before choosing a song, please check requests that have come in below the song list. They will have priority. When making a request, please make it below the song list. Don't make it as a Reply to an earlier Comment, because I might not see it. The Zoom Meeting Number is[masked] There will be a password that will be sent to everyone who RSVPd "Yes". However, all those who register will see a link with the password built-in.