[BC] Your favorite TieLine

[Evan Elrod]

Something I've been experimenting with is sending the 'studio' feed back
down the line.
What this does is still send the 'air' feed, and also allow for the
'talkback' button/fuction to actually do it's job for once!
Then I set up the tieline channel to 'studio mute' whenever it's turned on
so it's not feeding the same thing down.  This works pretty well unless your
studio talent turns on the channel before they cue the remote talent.  But
typically there's a radio on pretty close as well, so they can hear that.
Or the studio talent can remember to press the talkback button right when
they're cueing them, etc.

Every console and setup is different obviously, but for the few times I've
tried it in this configuration, it's worked pretty well.
Just an idea.

Evan Elrod

-----Original Message-----

From: Jason R.

I appreciate the input on this.  What make me wonder about fighting with a
mix minus arrangement is the fact that the entire feed is actually delayed
from the  remote persons viewpoint... so.. since we're planning to do
longform stuff (football, etc.) I may just PNP it for now, and build a
mix-minus arrangement for it as the budget allows...

  Means I'll have to build it our of Henry boxes or such, as the POTS mix
minus stuff I have around would probably limit the audio to <3k, right...?

Jason