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Would you all be so kind to recommend a good phone patch? Both to record
conversations and to patch my studio to the line for approvals. So far, I've heard good comments about http://www.jkaudio.com products. Thanks a lot...! JL |
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In article , JL wrote:
Would you all be so kind to recommend a good phone patch? Both to record conversations and to patch my studio to the line for approvals. So far, I've heard good comments about http://www.jkaudio.com products. I'd recommend the Gentner stuff, although there are an awful lot of good ones out there. You will find that having a real hybrid turns out to be handy in the long run. If you don't mind doing some tweaking and twiddling on each call, the older analogue hybrid types are fine. What the fancy new digital gear gives you is the ability to put a caller on the air instantly without having to peak everything for maximum return rejection, and in your application you really don't care about that. Call your local broadcast supply house. They all have old hybrids lying around. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article , JL wrote:
Would you all be so kind to recommend a good phone patch? Both to record conversations and to patch my studio to the line for approvals. So far, I've heard good comments about http://www.jkaudio.com products. I'd recommend the Gentner stuff, although there are an awful lot of good ones out there. You will find that having a real hybrid turns out to be handy in the long run. If you don't mind doing some tweaking and twiddling on each call, the older analogue hybrid types are fine. What the fancy new digital gear gives you is the ability to put a caller on the air instantly without having to peak everything for maximum return rejection, and in your application you really don't care about that. Call your local broadcast supply house. They all have old hybrids lying around. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... In article , JL wrote: If you don't mind doing some tweaking and twiddling on each call, the older analogue hybrid types are fine. What the fancy new digital gear gives you is the ability to put a caller on the air instantly without having to peak everything for maximum return rejection, and in your application you really don't care about that. Thanks for your reply. Is there an advantage besides reducing my side of the conversation in getting a hybrid? Would a regular 'coupler' (like the THAT1 from JKAudio) serve my purpose if I don't need "full duplex" transmission as you need in broadcast? (normally I would be playing back a session for a distant producer or director). |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... In article , JL wrote: If you don't mind doing some tweaking and twiddling on each call, the older analogue hybrid types are fine. What the fancy new digital gear gives you is the ability to put a caller on the air instantly without having to peak everything for maximum return rejection, and in your application you really don't care about that. Thanks for your reply. Is there an advantage besides reducing my side of the conversation in getting a hybrid? Would a regular 'coupler' (like the THAT1 from JKAudio) serve my purpose if I don't need "full duplex" transmission as you need in broadcast? (normally I would be playing back a session for a distant producer or director). |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
Thanks for your reply. Is there an advantage besides reducing my side of the conversation in getting a hybrid? Would a regular 'coupler' (like the THAT1 from JKAudio) serve my purpose if I don't need "full duplex" transmission as you need in broadcast? (normally I would be playing back a session for a distant producer or director). You can't do real bidirectional stuff without a hybrid, and sooner or later you'll have a distant producer wanting to monitor a session in progress and comment on it in real time. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
Thanks for your reply. Is there an advantage besides reducing my side of the conversation in getting a hybrid? Would a regular 'coupler' (like the THAT1 from JKAudio) serve my purpose if I don't need "full duplex" transmission as you need in broadcast? (normally I would be playing back a session for a distant producer or director). You can't do real bidirectional stuff without a hybrid, and sooner or later you'll have a distant producer wanting to monitor a session in progress and comment on it in real time. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Thanks for your reply. Is there an advantage besides reducing my side of the conversation in getting a hybrid? Would a regular 'coupler' (like the THAT1 from JKAudio) serve my purpose if I don't need "full duplex" transmission as you need in broadcast? (normally I would be playing back a session for a distant producer or director). If you are just playing back, taping a telephone mic to a headphone works verywell. I don't have a hybrid interface, only a simplex one (Symetrix 302), but have had no problems with remote direction of sessions. A hybrid would be better, but when I got my interface, they were very expensive. Just never changed it out. Richard H. Kuschel "I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... You can't do real bidirectional stuff without a hybrid, and sooner or later you'll have a distant producer wanting to monitor a session in progress and comment on it in real time. I understand. But, wouldn't that be accomplished by someone just picking up an extension and staying on the phone while the session goes on (maybe muting on and off during takes)? I think I don't need to bring the 'distant producer' into the studio equipment, or am I overlooking something? Once again, thank you for your advice. JL |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... You can't do real bidirectional stuff without a hybrid, and sooner or later you'll have a distant producer wanting to monitor a session in progress and comment on it in real time. I understand. But, wouldn't that be accomplished by someone just picking up an extension and staying on the phone while the session goes on (maybe muting on and off during takes)? I think I don't need to bring the 'distant producer' into the studio equipment, or am I overlooking something? Once again, thank you for your advice. JL |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... You can't do real bidirectional stuff without a hybrid, and sooner or later you'll have a distant producer wanting to monitor a session in progress and comment on it in real time. I understand. But, wouldn't that be accomplished by someone just picking up an extension and staying on the phone while the session goes on (maybe muting on and off during takes)? I think I don't need to bring the 'distant producer' into the studio equipment, or am I overlooking something? Try it and see.... I find that in this sort of case, the engineer finds himself spending all his time relaying messages from the producer rather than paying attention to what he is doing. Putting it through the talkback makes life a whole lot easier. But, if you get a simple one-way coupler used from one of the broadcast supply houses, you can probably sell it on Ebay for what you paid if you find it's not sufficient for the job. So you can try it and see. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... You can't do real bidirectional stuff without a hybrid, and sooner or later you'll have a distant producer wanting to monitor a session in progress and comment on it in real time. I understand. But, wouldn't that be accomplished by someone just picking up an extension and staying on the phone while the session goes on (maybe muting on and off during takes)? I think I don't need to bring the 'distant producer' into the studio equipment, or am I overlooking something? Try it and see.... I find that in this sort of case, the engineer finds himself spending all his time relaying messages from the producer rather than paying attention to what he is doing. Putting it through the talkback makes life a whole lot easier. But, if you get a simple one-way coupler used from one of the broadcast supply houses, you can probably sell it on Ebay for what you paid if you find it's not sufficient for the job. So you can try it and see. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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