Pirch Sound Exchange was/is an IRC chat channel that was started
back in 1997. Pirch chat client had a media player and the interface was used
during chat to play sound files to everybody in the chatroom. It was fun and in
a short period of time you would find that your collection of midi and waves had
grown on your harddrive. We had several regulars that visited the chatroom every
day and some were known to be there almost 24/7. For some reason, we let the
Pirch Sound Exchange channel die after a few years. Back then it was dialup and
slow transfer rates. Sharing the sound files took time, but we all enjoyed the
laughs they provided. Nowdays with broadband, one would assume that PSE would be
even more fun than ever. A new channel has been registered on starchat. So, get
out there and download the PIRCH client, enable the events for sound sharing,
and log in to start enjoying it. Who knows some of the old PSE users might find
us someday.
You can download a client from starchat that has some of the entries needed
already there. In order to see any channels on that server, you will have to
register your nick and verify your email address. So don't give up.
We are out there!
We have the sound files.
Its up to you to find us!
For help setting up PircH, please read below for step by step instructions.
PSE Op CAVEMAN
My Favorite Web Sites
Pirch Homepage
Starchat Homepage
Java interface
to get to #Pirch_Sound_Exchange
Vortec IRC Client
KEYWORDS
IRC
Chat
Sound Files
Waves
Midi
funny sound clips
Pirchat
Step 1
Download the StarPircH version of the IRC client and install it on your computer.
Step 2
Setting up the program.
Fill out your name and email address and nicknames.
Make sure you have startchat selected in the IRC network box.
Then hit connect
Once you connect to starchat, you will have to register your
nickname.
to do this you will have to type this with your real email and a password to
use.
/ns register youremail@youremail.com password
Once you do this, check your email for a message from starchat.
Follow theinstructions on how to activate your nick.
After your nick is activated, you must identify yourself to
the server.
To do this you will type the following:
/ns identify password
The password is the same one you used when you registered. Dont forget this password!
Step 3
Once you are logged into the server, you will need to check
your events to make sure they are correct.
Here is a sample of my events.
Here they are in text form so you can copy any you may want.
=== example automated sound gets & sends
==============================================
ON NOSOUND:*.*:#:/notice $nick !DCCSEND $filename
ON TEXT:!CaveClanFam*:#:/dcc send $nick $soundpath $+ $2
ON NOTICE:!DCCSEND*:*:/dcc send $nick $soundpath $+ $2
ON DCCDONE:*.wav;*.mid;*.rmi;*.avi;*.mp3:/playmedia $fullfilename
;ON SOUND:*.*:*:/display > *Info \-11 $nick \-2 $filename \-2 $address ( $+
$time $+ )
;ON SOUND:*.*:#: /display > *sound* \-4 $host \-11 \-2 Now Playing: \-2
$filename was played by \-2 \-31 $nick \-31 \-2
ON SOUND:*.*:#:/display > $activewin \-11 \-3 Sound: \-3 \-2 \-31 $filename
played by $nick \-2 \-31
;=== example auto greet
==============================================================
ON JOIN:#:/notice $nick Hi there. Welcome to # !| /playmedia ringout.wav
;VERSION:/ctcp $nick versionreply $me is using the new StarChat PIRCH
Make sure to change the one line where !CaveClanFam is found
to your nick.
Also make sure the enabled checkbox is checked. Then click the
checkmark on the top left.
Step 4
Make sure your sounds are enabled in the Options window.
Step 5
You are ready to join a chat channel now. In the server window type
/join #pirch_sound_exchange
or get a channel listing by clicking on the channels button
and doubleclick a room to join.
Have fun!
