[BC] Doing remotes in 2007

[Bernie Courtney]

Low latency is relative.  EVDO latency is usually between 200 and 500ms, so that's roughly about a second round trip on top of the encode/decode delay on both ends.

Bernie

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From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Dana Puopolo
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 11:47 PM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: [BC] Doing remotes in 2007

Here's a great way of doing remotes (soon to be part of an article I'm wrting
for Barry).

Take a laptop. Get Sprint EVDO Internet for it. Install SKYPE on it.

Use this midrophone and a headphone (Skype works as a two way connection)

http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1810

The mike costs about 75 bucks.

Install Skype on a computer in the control room.

It turns out that Skype to Skype calls have a frequency response of about 30
Hz - 8 kHx, low latence, and sound GREAT on air. The USB microphone allows you
to be digital from the mike capsule all the way to the station.

Plus, being a two way call, you can send pre-delay/IFB back to the remote -
great for talk show or IBOC remotes.

Try it - you'll LOVE it!

-D