[BC] Your favorite TieLine

[Hingsbergen, John E.]

> Does this thing have to have all kinds of hybrid work done, ans such,
> like 'real' telephone - or can I just feed it clean audio from whatever
> source, and let the talent turn it up/down on their end (can I just send
>the finished console out for their air monitor on the far end..?)
>
>I'll  bet I can, but I've not had the chance to fiddle with one before,
> so I ask before I play...

[John Hingsbergen writes:] 

Maybe this is a bit too basic but the one piece of advice I would offer very strongly is to make sure you send a mix-minus feed on the return to talent....NOT a full mix or "Program" output.

There is nothing more disconcerting or disruptive for talent than to hear their own voice coming back on the circuit delayed by a second or so.  (Assuming about a half second delay inbound to the studio and then multiplied by a factor of two when it comes back on the return.)

Send your remote talent everything BUT themselves.  They can do an on-site mix with local and return audio for headphones, monitor, PA, etc.

>From my experience, the mix-minus thing is often forgotten...until the first broadcast when everyone scramble to figure out what the H*** that echo is all about!!!
 

John E. Hingsbergen
Program Director in Exile
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WMUB, Oxford

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> Thanks!
> Jason R.