[SBE] Hybrid issues.

[Edwin Bukont]

Or callers on handsfree cell fone kitsEdwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT Comm-Struction and Services LLC V- 410.879.5567 F- 410.272.5750 C- 240.417.2475 ebukont at msn.com A Harris Broadcast Channel Partner > From: radioresearch_field_operations at yahoo.com> To: sbe at sbe.org> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:25:56 +0430> Subject: Re: [SBE] Hybrid issues.> > I think you win the cigar, Chris! That would have been my first guess too.> The statement by the jock is kinda defining.> > Whatever the resolution, please keep us posted. It would be interesting to> know what could have caused it besides the obvious.> > Al Muick, CBRE> Kabul, Afghanistan> > -----Original Message-----> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of> chscherer at everestkc.net> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:36 PM> To: sbe member discussion mail list> Subject: Re: [SBE] Hybrid issues.> > Curt said:> "One jock claims it only happens on live calls, not on pre-recorded calls."> > Is it this simple:> Are the problem callers not turning their radios off?> > ----- Original Message -----> From: Chris Tarr <chris at broadcastdoc.net>> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:59 am> Subject: Re: [SBE] Hybrid issues.> > > Curt-> > > > I may be reading that wrong, but wouldn't you want "mics only" to feed> > the hybrid? Not sure what the "hybrid out" feed would do (except> > maybe offer an option to send audio form the audition channel down the> > line) but the only thing that should feed the hybrid on a regular> > basis is the microphones. While an echo is indicative of poor> > cancellation, it seems like maybe the caller audio is getting fed back> > down the line.> > > > -Chris> > > > Christopher "Doc" Tarr CBRE, CBNT, DRB> > Director of Engineering/IT> > Entercom Milwaukee/Entercom Madison> > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Curt Yengst > > <cyengst at star991fm.com> wrote:> > > Dear partners in crime:> > >> > > I'm in the process of troubleshooting a complaint from some of > > our jocks.> > > When they take calls on our Telos 2x12, sometimes the call will > > have a bit> > > of feedback/echo under the caller. If the jock pots down the > > 2x12 output at> > > the console, it can be somewhat controlled, but then the > > complaint is that> > > the caller audio is too low in level (duh!). It doesn't happen > > on every> > > call, but it's enough to irritate them. We have the Telos 2x12 > > connected to> > > a Wheatstone D-75 audio console, using their SP-75 "Superphone" > > input> module, which has its own mix-minus. It also has the > > ability to generate> > > separate outputs for hybrid out, "mics only" out (everything but the> > > caller), and "callers only" out. We're using the hybrid outs to > > feed the> > > 2x12 inputs. The Caller 1 output of the 2x12 (which gets used > > almost> exclusively) is split with a Y-cable, with one side going > > to the caller> > > input on the Superphone module and the other side going directly > > to the> > > caller side of our VoxPro workstation. One jock claims it only > > happens on> > > live calls, not on pre-recorded calls.> > >> > > I e-mailed Telos, and the answer was basically that it was a > > phone company> > > issue (poor echo cancellation), and since it was coming into the > > station> sounding that way to begin with, there was nothing we > > could do about it.> > > Wheatstone basically said the only way their equipment would > > possibly> exhibit this issue was if caller conferencing wasn't > > properly set up. Since> > > the problem happens with single callers, this is moot.> > >> > > Any thoughts?> > >> > > Curt Yengst, CSRE> > > WAWZ> _______________________________________________> The SBE Roundtable, SBE at sbe.org> To unsubscribe, go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/options/sbe> > http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe> > _______________________________________________> The SBE Roundtable, SBE at sbe.org> To unsubscribe, go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/options/sbe> > http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe
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