During the show, the producer cuts in on occasion. It comes over really distorted and sounds like they're using an intercom of some sort. Anybody know how they do this? Is it a speaker positioned in the studio, away from the mikes? Is it a distoreted effect, or is it some jerry-rigged talk-back button?
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> During the show, the producer cuts in on occasion. It comes
> over really distorted and sounds like they're using an
> intercom of some sort. Anybody know how they do this? Is it
> a speaker positioned in the studio, away from the mikes? Is
> it a distoreted effect, or is it some jerry-rigged talk-back
> button?
>
If you're referring to solely yesterday's show, Glen and company were in Foxboro at Gilette, while Brett and Andy (I'm guessing) remained in Brighton. They were having some problems with some of the equipment at times, and even joked about it. This could have accounted for the sound quality.
> over really distorted and sounds like they're using an
> intercom of some sort. Anybody know how they do this? Is it
> a speaker positioned in the studio, away from the mikes? Is
> it a distoreted effect, or is it some jerry-rigged talk-back
> button?
>
If you're referring to solely yesterday's show, Glen and company were in Foxboro at Gilette, while Brett and Andy (I'm guessing) remained in Brighton. They were having some problems with some of the equipment at times, and even joked about it. This could have accounted for the sound quality.
No, this is an everyday thing...
No, they do this every day that they're in their regular studio. Pops up a lot during the whinerline, when/if they include some boring message, they'll rail on the producer (at least, I think it's the producer) and he'll come back with some wise-ass comment. He also likes making fun of Pete Shepard, but who doesn't? When they use it, you can tell whoever it is using it is outside the studio because it sounds like he's trapped in a tin can. Is it a drive-in movie theater speaker? This is driving me nuts. I want to know how they get it to sound like that, and why they do it that way.
> > During the show, the producer cuts in on occasion. It
> comes
> > over really distorted and sounds like they're using an
> > intercom of some sort. Anybody know how they do this? Is
> it
> > a speaker positioned in the studio, away from the mikes?
> Is
> > it a distoreted effect, or is it some jerry-rigged
> talk-back
> > button?
> >
> If you're referring to solely yesterday's show, Glen and
> company were in Foxboro at Gilette, while Brett and Andy
> (I'm guessing) remained in Brighton. They were having some
> problems with some of the equipment at times, and even joked
> about it. This could have accounted for the sound quality.
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Shelltoe on 10/25/05 01:11 PM.</FONT></P>
No, they do this every day that they're in their regular studio. Pops up a lot during the whinerline, when/if they include some boring message, they'll rail on the producer (at least, I think it's the producer) and he'll come back with some wise-ass comment. He also likes making fun of Pete Shepard, but who doesn't? When they use it, you can tell whoever it is using it is outside the studio because it sounds like he's trapped in a tin can. Is it a drive-in movie theater speaker? This is driving me nuts. I want to know how they get it to sound like that, and why they do it that way.
> > During the show, the producer cuts in on occasion. It
> comes
> > over really distorted and sounds like they're using an
> > intercom of some sort. Anybody know how they do this? Is
> it
> > a speaker positioned in the studio, away from the mikes?
> Is
> > it a distoreted effect, or is it some jerry-rigged
> talk-back
> > button?
> >
> If you're referring to solely yesterday's show, Glen and
> company were in Foxboro at Gilette, while Brett and Andy
> (I'm guessing) remained in Brighton. They were having some
> problems with some of the equipment at times, and even joked
> about it. This could have accounted for the sound quality.
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Shelltoe on 10/25/05 01:11 PM.</FONT></P>
Re: No, this is an everyday thing...
> No, they do this every day that they're in their regular
> studio. Pops up a lot during the whinerline, when/if they
> include some boring message, they'll rail on the producer
> (at least, I think it's the producer) and he'll come back
> with some wise-ass comment. He also likes making fun of Pete
> Shepard, but who doesn't? When they use it, you can tell
> whoever it is using it is outside the studio because it
> sounds like he's trapped in a tin can. Is it a drive-in
> movie theater speaker? This is driving me nuts. I want to
> know how they get it to sound like that, and why they do it
> that way.
Sounds like how VB (and sometimes Sandy) would cut in on Howie's show.
Later they gave a mike to the control room to make it sound better,
I believe.
> No, they do this every day that they're in their regular
> studio. Pops up a lot during the whinerline, when/if they
> include some boring message, they'll rail on the producer
> (at least, I think it's the producer) and he'll come back
> with some wise-ass comment. He also likes making fun of Pete
> Shepard, but who doesn't? When they use it, you can tell
> whoever it is using it is outside the studio because it
> sounds like he's trapped in a tin can. Is it a drive-in
> movie theater speaker? This is driving me nuts. I want to
> know how they get it to sound like that, and why they do it
> that way.
Sounds like how VB (and sometimes Sandy) would cut in on Howie's show.
Later they gave a mike to the control room to make it sound better,
I believe.
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Re: No, this is an everyday thing...
Producers are in a seperate control booth and they are basically chiming in over a small talk back microphone. They purposely have it sound that way to give the effect that they are butting in to the show in a "back door" sort of way. They could easily have the producers on a better mike but then they would just sound like another one of the talk show hosts and not the producers working from another room. With Sandy (not her real name) on Howie Carr's show they chose to have a better sound quality where she is the only other voice besides Howie.
> >
Producers are in a seperate control booth and they are basically chiming in over a small talk back microphone. They purposely have it sound that way to give the effect that they are butting in to the show in a "back door" sort of way. They could easily have the producers on a better mike but then they would just sound like another one of the talk show hosts and not the producers working from another room. With Sandy (not her real name) on Howie Carr's show they chose to have a better sound quality where she is the only other voice besides Howie.
> >
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