Im in Florida and i have 2 station in texas that are interested in my doing their 7-12 night shift even if its from my current location whats the best way to broadcast on those stations and still sounding like im local and even if i was only doing one station how would i be able to do the commercial breaks with out needing a board op? whats the most cost effecient way?
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Prophet. LOL Many other systems don't play well with trying that stunt. With Prophet it's pretty damn simple.
The trick of using something like PC anywhwere or VNC would be that you'd also have to get audio there in real-time and run your audio into the switcher so you could turn you're mic on and off, etc. I suppose you could just have them leave it up and you kill it on your end, but that's not the best way really. The next problem is digital delay. You'd have to be able to hear what you're doing in near-real-time to do a good show of course. If you used low latency ISDN settings on something like a telos zepher or comrex you might be able to pull it off. I just don't see it being all that easy for you really. The best thing is to get an automation system to do it for you instead of trying to re-invent things.
With all that being said, could you get away (formattically) with just having them give you a playlist, you jock it with dry breaks that are sent one-at-a-time to them via email and someone back at the staiton rolls it into the system? Maybe that would be the cheapest, easiest way.
With all that being said, could you get away (formattically) with just having them give you a playlist, you jock it with dry breaks that are sent one-at-a-time to them via email and someone back at the staiton rolls it into the system? Maybe that would be the cheapest, easiest way.
well their using Simmian and i happen to have a copy and a kew to simmian so i have a automated systes the question is whats the best way to get my audio to them and still making it sound good? i figure i could have them send me a log every day with also a copy of the commercials so they will be in my systes and my automation would take the brakes they would take up their! so whats the way to go? internet? isdn dls? t1?
We are just East of indy and use gotomypc.
You can use Cool Edit or Adobe Audition to record the voice tracks. Then, send them to the remote pc with the transfer utility in gotomypc.
Important : Must have high speed.
Wouldn't try real time as this has so many ways to wreck the whole process. You "could" use comrex over a phone line with go to my pc but because of the delay don't expect it to be tight.
Use the log to do the tracks and send them to a production computer at the target station. You can send them to on-air but the prod computer should be mirroring the on-air anyway.
Works very well with high speed connections.
Good luck
You can use Cool Edit or Adobe Audition to record the voice tracks. Then, send them to the remote pc with the transfer utility in gotomypc.
Important : Must have high speed.
Wouldn't try real time as this has so many ways to wreck the whole process. You "could" use comrex over a phone line with go to my pc but because of the delay don't expect it to be tight.
Use the log to do the tracks and send them to a production computer at the target station. You can send them to on-air but the prod computer should be mirroring the on-air anyway.
Works very well with high speed connections.
Good luck
ChiefEngineer said:Wouldn't try real time as this has so many ways to wreck the whole process. You "could" use comrex over a phone line with go to my pc but because of the delay don't expect it to be tight.
Actually the Comrex Codec route sounds like the best option. The only drawback is, the equipment is mono only. All of the regular programming remains on the station's computer, except for the content used by the remote broadcaster.
POTS Codecs like the Comrex Matrix / Vector units have very little delay. Since they are two-way transmission devices, the remote b-caster would simply need returrn audio to monitor breaks. I believe the Comrex gear can also send contact closures, which can be wired to the automation system as a rapid fire play command.
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That hits the original problem on the head...delay.
First, you're mono so you can't send the stereo audio on the unit so it is played, cued, etc remotely.
Even the Hotline has delay enough to keep it from sounding tight.
Monitor the Hotline at your transmission location and talking up intro's or being tight is out by listening.
Most jocks doing this I am told simply send the liners and a production person at the victim station massages the music with the liners.
Haven't seen DJB Prophet or others with capability to play segs remotely work. With such a system your VT is being inserted in theory at the same place you hear it when you record it.
For cost and simplicity recording the VT's as liners and transporting them to the remote site with adobe or your brand of recording software makes sense. Anyone at clear channel or cumulus care to comment?
First, you're mono so you can't send the stereo audio on the unit so it is played, cued, etc remotely.
Even the Hotline has delay enough to keep it from sounding tight.
Monitor the Hotline at your transmission location and talking up intro's or being tight is out by listening.
Most jocks doing this I am told simply send the liners and a production person at the victim station massages the music with the liners.
Haven't seen DJB Prophet or others with capability to play segs remotely work. With such a system your VT is being inserted in theory at the same place you hear it when you record it.
For cost and simplicity recording the VT's as liners and transporting them to the remote site with adobe or your brand of recording software makes sense. Anyone at clear channel or cumulus care to comment?
The delay on the Comrex Vector / Matrix units is listed as 100 ms. That's really not enough delay to cause a major issue, but you have to use the mix minus program audio as return audio, not the off-air signal. We use this stuff all the time for live sports b-casts.
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