Ratios back in focus as international data prompts questions about staffing, safety and quality
New international data has renewed debate about educator-to-child ratios, workforce pressures, child safety and whether current staffing models remain fit for purpose in early childhood education and care.

Educator-to-child ratios have long been one of the most closely watched measures of quality and safety in early childhood education and care (ECEC), but growing workforce pressure, child safety concerns and increasing complexity in childrenâs needs are prompting renewed discussion about whether minimum staffing requirements remain enough to support contemporary practice.
Pitch transitions along the time axis in recording data of an Uguisu's improvisational song.
(FFT 96kHz 8192bins 11.71875Hz/bin)
[0:00:225]
(3199Hz 273/160 fluctuation)
3281Hz 7/4
[0:00:325]
2590Hz 69/50
(2625Hz 7/5)
[0:00:425]
2777Hz 40/27 Maximum peak
(2813Hz 3/2 is the target?)
(5391Hz 2nd harmonic of 23/16)
(5556Hz, which corresponds to the 2nd harmonic of 40/27, is the trough of the peak)
[0:00:525]
1969Hz 21/20
(2027Hz 13/12)
[0:00:63]
2344Hz 5/4 Clear peak
(4688 between 4652 and 4723, 5/4 harmonic)
[0:00:78]
(2438Hz 13/10 Fluctuation)
2496Hz 4/3
(2812Hz Low peak also in 3/2. Resonance?)
(5637Hz Harmonic peak. Strong in 3/2)
[0:00:95]
1887Hză161/160ăClear peak
(2508Hz Low peak also in 4/3. Reverberation?)
[0:01:06]
(1887Hz 161/160 Low peak. Reverberation?)
(2256.1Hz 77/64 Candidate 2)
2273Hz 40/33?
(2355Hz Pitch aiming for 5/4, Peak 2)
[0:01:08]
2320Hză161/130
This is also probably a pitch aiming for 5/4
(4676Hz 2nd harmonic of 2338Hz)
(6973Hz 3rd harmonic of 2324Hz)
(11672Hz 5th harmonic of 2334Hz)
[0:01:225]
2402,2414,2426Hz Ratio unspecified, Unstable Peak
(2531Hz 27/20 Slightly lower peak 2)
(2473Hz Around 21/16 Low peak 3)
(4805Hz 2nd harmonic of 2402Hz)
(5496Hz 2nd harmonic of 2748Hz)
[0:01:375]
1852Hz 80/81 Fluctuation of the tonic
(1863Hz 160/161 Fluctuation of the tonic)
[0:01:54]
2344Hz 5/4 Clear peak
(4641,4711 2nd Harmonic of 5/4, 4688 is sandwiched between peaks and becomes a valley)
[0:01:72]
2613,2566 Unstable peak
(2578Hz 11/8, Pitch 1 in the valley)
(2587Hz 69/50, Pitch 2 in the valley)
[0:01:875]
1863Hz 160/161 Fluctuation of the tonic
(Around 2602Hz 69/50 Low peak 2)
[0:02:075]
Around 3000Hz 8/5 Many peaks
(3579Hz 21/11 Peak 2 around here)
[0:02:375]
2227Hz 19/16
(Also a peak around 2168Hz 23/20)
[0:02:575]
Many peaks between 3000-3457
(Roughly speaking, a 7/4 fluctuation?)
[0:02:745]
2555Hz 15/11 Clear peak
[0:03:225]
2918Hz 14/9
[0:03:475]
2250Hz Around 6/5 Plateau-shaped peak
(2227Hz 19/16)
(2256Hz 77/64)
[0:03:626]
2348,2344 Around 5/4 Plateau-shaped peak
(2362Hz 63/50)
[0:03:875]
2576,2543 Around 15/11 Plateau-shaped peak
(2431Hz 27/20)
[0:04:025]
1934Hz 33/32
[0:04:32]
3586Hz 21/11(or 44/23)
3000Hz 8/5
5168Hz 69/25 Highest
[0:04:34]
2918Hz 14/9 2nd peak
3000Hz 8/5 1st peak
[0:04:375]
5191Hz Around 69/25
(5156Hz 11/4)
[0:04:575]
4500Hz 12/5 Maximum peak
3000Hz 8/5 3rd peak
2227Hz Around 19/16 Plateau-shaped 2nd peak
[0:04:7]
2531,2484 4/3 Second peak
5047 Almost 2nd harmonic of 4/3, Maximum peak
[0:04:95]
1535Hz 9/11 Low peak
2930Hz 25/16 2nd peak
4875Hz 2nd harmonic of 13/10
6013Hz almost the 2nd harmonic of 25/16, maximum peak
[0:05]
2578Hz 11/8 clear peak
5168Hz almost the 2nd harmonic of 11/8, maximum peak
[0:05:21]
1863Hz 160/161 clear peak
[0:05:45]
3012Hz around 8/5 2nd peak
4488Hz around 12/5 3rd peak
5906Hz almost the 2nd harmonic of 8/5? Largest Peak
[0:05:75]
(2272.96...Hz 40/33)
2297Hz 1st Peak
(3068.509...Hz 18/11)
3094Hz 5th Peak
4280Hz 2nd peak in the same range
4547Hz 2nd harmonic of 40/33, 2nd peak in the same range
5766Hz 2nd peak in the same range
[0:06:12]
3293Hz Almost 7/4 Clear Peak
[0:06:275]
2555Hz 15/11 Largest Peak
(2461.2Hz 21/16 A plateau-like peak is also present around this area)
5098Hz Almost 2nd harmonic of 15/11, 3rd peak
5754Hz unspecified, 2nd peak
[0:06:4]
2707,2695 23/16 clear peak
5449 Almost 2nd harmonic, similar dB level
[0:06:575]
(1933.8Hz, 33/32, candidate)
1945Hz, 2nd peak
(1968.96Hz, 21/20, candidate)
(2695.6Hz 23/16, Candidate)
2719Hz 4th peak
3891Hz 5th peak
5777Hz 2nd peak in the same range
6141Hz 36/11 Largest peak
[0:07]
2848Hz Unspecified, Largest peak
2953Hz 63/40, Peak in the trough of the peak
3070Hz 18/11 2nd peak
5930Hz Almost the 2nd harmonic of 63/40
[0:07:3]
2168Hz 23/20 1st Peak
2953Hz 63/40 Low peak
3117Hz Unspecified, Low peak
4324,4441,4477: Almost 2nd harmonic of 23/20
5602-6023 Plateau-shaped peak Undeterminable
[0:07:62]
3188Hz 17/10 1st Peak
(3223Hz 55/32 Candidate 2)
5988Hz Near the 2nd harmonic, 2nd peak
9715Hz Near the 3rd harmonic, 5th peak
[0:07:9]
2156Hz 23/20 Clear peak
5812Hz Near the 2nd harmonic of 14/9
[ [0:08:175]
3352Hz 161/90 3354.5...Hz
3281Hz 7/4 is the target
5297-5988 Peak in a plateau shape, impossible to pinpoint
9645Hz Low peak near the 3rd harmonic
[0:08:4]
2262Hz 77/64 Largest peak
(2250Hz Is 6/5 the target?)
4465,4535 In the valley 12/5, 77/32 3rd peak
[0:08:7]
3188Hz 17/10 Largest peak
3281, 3293 7/4 Second peak
[0:09]
2156Hz 23/20 Clear peak
4324Hz Almost 2nd harmonic, Third peak
5742Hz 49/16 2nd peak
[0:09:275]
2379,2391-2566 Plateau-like peak around 4/3
5145-5168 Largest peak around 11/4
[0:09:6]
2484,2543,2578 Around 11/8 Maximum peak
2836Hz Close to 3/2 2nd peak
5719Hz Near the 2nd harmonic of 3/2 Distributed in a plateau-like pattern
[0:09:875]
1875Hz 1/1
1887Hz 161/160 2nd peak
5625Hz 3rd harmonic of 1/1 Maximum peak

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- French: ratio
- German: das VerhÀltnis
- Italian: proporzione
- Portuguese: razĂŁo
- Spanish: proporciĂłn
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7032A CD Mix
A long time ago I thought was a good Idea to get a simple DJ mixer to control that very simple sound source. Of course I changed my mind after a while, because I missed my full control that I have on my fully featured mixing consoles.
Because there is no way to control {compress} the signal coming in from a microphone, I had to speak very carefully because my voice can reach enormously high levels of decibels which would of course distort at the diaphragm.
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Peavy makes sturdy PA audio equipment. Their B class amps were so robust, you would need to pour liquid into them before you could blow their end stages
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