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Remote Radio Broadcast Solutions for Sports & Live Events

Remote Radio Broadcast Solutions for Sports & Live Events. Aaron Read : WEOS & WHWS Making your broadcast sound like the pros…or BETTER: the pros and cons!. Universal Truths. More options, better quality Less reliability, more confusion

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Remote Radio Broadcast Solutions for Sports & Live Events

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  1. Remote Radio Broadcast Solutions for Sports & Live Events Aaron Read : WEOS & WHWS Making your broadcast sound like the pros…or BETTER: the pros and cons! Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/ College Broadcasters, Inc – Fall 2010 Conference

  2. Universal Truths More options, better quality Less reliability, more confusion You need: Backups! Backups! Backups! Backups! Backups! Never rely entirely what anyone at the remote site tells you! Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  3. Whad’ya Got Now? “Zercom Max-Z” sound familiar? Similar phone hybrid? Durable, fairly reliable Lousy audio quality Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  4. Upgrading to the modern age • POTS-based codecs • Comrex, Tieline • IP-based technology • Comrex, Tieline, APT-X, Barix, etc • Webcast / Skype Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  5. POTS Codecs • Plain Old Telephone Service • Reliable, but require POTS lines • PBX or VoIP no good. Think “fax machine” or “computer modem”. Can be hard to get viable lines! • Sound pretty good, low delay • Comrex (Access, Bluebox, Vector, Hotline), Telos (Xport), Tieline (Commander, iMix), Mayah (C11n1) Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  6. IP Codecs • Becoming de facto standard • Work over public internet • Wifi, wired ethernet, 3G cellphone • Some offer iPhone/Android apps • Comrex Access / TielineiMix G3 or Commander G3 / Telos Zephyr Z/IP / AudioTX STL-IP / MusicamSuprima / APT Worldcast / AEQ Phoenix Mobile / Marti Digital Cellcast Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  7. Laptops & Skype • Latest Skype codecs = near CD quality. Delay is much reduced. • A netbook is light, portable & $300. Skype is free. Just add a 3G network card. • Theoretically – Skype on a smartphone works, too! • Some stations use laptops with webcasts (WinMedia Enc) and time their breaks carefully back to the studio (b/c of delay) • Major advantage w/ campus I.T. security! Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  8. More on laptops A $250 headset (i.e. AT BPHS-1) and a Shure X2B XLR-to-USB adapter makes a great external mixer substitute for one-man sportscasting. If you need an external mixer, Conex FJ700 is good. Old Comrex Buddy on eBay? Cheap Behringer with outboard headphone amp? Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  9. Barix Boxes Somewhat unique Dedicated H/W stream mp3 Fairly cheap (< $500 pair) Great for point-to-point on campus Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  10. Other methods: ISDNIntegrated Systems Digital Network Uses special digital phone lines Mature, reliable, high-quality but old and being phased out Commonly used by NPR Expensive ($3k - $5k pair) Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  11. Marti RPU: Remote Pickup Unit Requires a special license, may be hard to get in metro areas. ~30w FM xmitter @ 450MHz Line-of-sight, zero-delay, one-way audio Mature, reliable, simple …but expensive Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  12. Fiber Optic solutions Good for campus connections CD quality audio, near-zero delay VERY reliable, supported by I.T. Expensive ($3k per xceiver pair) Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  13. Going Old School: plain POTS On a budget? Need dirt-simple tech? Don’t care about audio quality? POTS can be for you! Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  14. Plain POTS – tips & tricks • Test ahead of time • Work with campus I.T. • Get a good coupler/hybrid • JK Audio, Conex, Circuitwerks • Look into a Bluetooth-based coupler to a cellphone (Conex, JK Audio) or a handset hybrid (works with any office phone, not just POTS) Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  15. Number one problem! • AUDIO LEVELS OVERLOADING! • Sportscasters get excited, shout, distort, can’t understand a thing. • Invest in a limiter on the headsets • Rolls CL151 • Behringer MDX2600 • Presonus COMP16 • Even just a -10 or -20dB in-line pad helps! Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  16. Few other things… Crowd mic = always good Ref mic = good (for some sports) Live Stats – pros / cons Buddy System (PBP + Color Comm) Halftime shows – don’t play music Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  17. WEOS/WHWS Case Study Couldn’t reliably get in-studio engineers Connected a spare Burk ARC-16 remote control to our LogitekNumix/Remora mix board system Sportscasters put themselves on-air using cellphone! Use a netbook with Soundbyte to play intro/outros, underwriting, promos, etc Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  18. Soundbyte (Audio Playback) BlackCatSystems.com One-touch playback of specific cuts or one cut from a playlist. Little buggy at times, but overall very easy to use and powerful Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  19. Tools in the Toolbox • WEOS does ~ 175 live events/spots every year. Often two at once (WEOS & WHWS) So we have SEVERAL tools at our disposal. • Comrex Access: Boswell Field, Cozzens Field, McCooey Field, Bristol Gym, lectures @ Albright Auditorium, live concerts from The Smith, and many sports games on the road. • Comrex Vector: McCooey Field, many sports games on the road. • Fiber: (via old Comrex Buddy Mixer) Boswell Field, Bristol Gym. • Fiber: STL, also incoming RPU feeds from the RX antennas. • Barix Boxes: lectures @ Geneva Room, City Council meetings, lectures @ MPR in Student Center. • Telos Xstream ISDN: Geneva City Ice Rink, The Smith Opera House. • Marti RPU: commencement, random remotes (Congressman’s speech), random on-campus events, hockey backup. • Total count? 1 Access, 1 Vector, 1 Xstream ISDN, 1 Zephyr Portable ISDN, 2 Marti RPU’s, 3 Barix boxes, 5 Fiber links (4 permanent, 1 floating) Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

  20. Q&A – plus some URL’s for you! • www.jkaudio.com • www.rolls.com • www.bswusa.com • www.zZounds.com • www.presonus.com • www.fring.com • www.skype.com • blackcatsystems.com • www.friedbagels.com/blog • Aaron’s blog – contact him here • www.friedbagels.com/cbi/ • Download these slides • www.comrex.com • www.telos-systems.com • www.tieline.com • www.aptx.com • www.musicamusa.com • www.audiotx.com • www.shoutcast.com • www.lightwavesys.com • www.martielectronics.com • www.aeqbroadcast.com Download these slides: www.friedbagels.com/cbi/

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