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Audio/Video for Cable

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RGeek

I am looking at setting up a local cable channel to run audio from a local radio station 24/7, but also be able to run local church and civic events on weekends, etc.

My goals are:
(1) Professional Sound
(2) Professional video (a crispy clean picture)
(3) Ease of operation

What type of tuner works best for feed from the station or would a direct line be better? I would also like to split the audio and video signals but with so many of the local churches and organizations using VHS I am wondering just what is the best route to take to make that happen.

Suggestions would be greatly appreciated and anyone that could be avail. or lend a helping hand to assist me with the project offline would also be appreciated. I have worked exclusively with audio. This is my first venture in both directions.
 
> What type of tuner works best for feed from the station or
> would a direct line be better? I would also like to split
> the audio and video signals but with so many of the local
> churches and organizations using VHS I am wondering just
> what is the best route to take to make that happen.

Wireline is the best.

What would you run when the radio station is on the air? If it's some sort of a "CBB" type of thing, you could get away with Power Point and a scan converter. This is how Marquette's station is running on cable. They have a channel modulator in the equip racks that takes a direct line from their air console (running through some very basic processing and limiting since student DJs tend to think the meteres always need to be pegged to the right) and then an old 486 DX/2 66 running Windows 95 & Powerpoint 95 which goes into a scan converter.

As for the rest.. You'd need some sort of switching gear to switch from radio/powerpoint to a playback deck (or decks). If you're stuck w/ VHS get pro decks. That's what MUTV had. It still looked like VHS but it was acceptable. They also used some inexpensive MiniDV decks from Panasonic for playback as well. (All the studio stuff was on DV, commercials and news tapes were on VHS).

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</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RockManAC on 12/07/05 07:06 PM.</FONT></P>
 
hey Rgeek I've been doing this for 11 years be glad to help
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> I am looking at setting up a local cable channel to run
> audio from a local radio station 24/7, but also be able to
> run local church and civic events on weekends, etc.
>
> My goals are:
> (1) Professional Sound
> (2) Professional video (a crispy clean picture)
> (3) Ease of operation
>
> What type of tuner works best for feed from the station or
> would a direct line be better? I would also like to split
> the audio and video signals but with so many of the local
> churches and organizations using VHS I am wondering just
> what is the best route to take to make that happen.
>
> Suggestions would be greatly appreciated and anyone that
> could be avail. or lend a helping hand to assist me with the
> project offline would also be appreciated. I have worked
> exclusively with audio. This is my first venture in both
> directions.
>
 
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