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Question from Roz in Jamaica to Farrel King:
Thanks. I'm not generally technologically able, but I think I understand a bit of what you explained. I'll share our current live broadcast set-up and perhaps you could tell me if there's a better (sound quality and cost effectiveness) way to do this.
We take a mixing board, telephone hyrid and, speakers and two mobile phones to the location and connect by simply running the mobile through the board and hybrid and we use a cordless mic. We monitor through a transitor radio if we're in a location that can pick up the station or if not we use a wireless laptop for the live stream. Is there a better way? Our colleagues at JET FM do not yet have a live broadcast system. How can this work for us?
| Hybrids | |
| FlipJack FJ-500 | The flipjack is a phone interface and mixer all in one. |
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| THAT-1 | The THAT-1 is a cheap analog hybrid designed to connect to the phone handset, ideal for use with a handset style CDMA phone. JK Audio have a range of hybrid solutions, visit their website to learn more. |
| Schematics | Hybrids don't come very cheap, maybe you can build one yourself! Check out this site for a list of schematics and other useful information for building your own hybrid circuits. |
| Codecs | |
| Bluebox | A simple POTS codec. |
| AudioTX POTS | Software Codec. |
| Open Source Software | |
| Drupal station module | Once configured, the drupal station module will automatically stream and archive scheduled programs, making them available as podcasts via the web. |
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| CKDU | CKDU streaming server and logger. |
| Rotter | A simple linux based command-line solution that could run on a dedicated server with a direct connection to the studio. |
| Darklog | Darklog. |
| Proprietary Software | |
| Audio logger pro | |
| Abyssmedia Audio Logger | |
| SkimmerPlus | |
| DayTracker | |
| Radiomation | |
| VRS recorder | |
| Active analogger pro | |
| iMediaLogger | |
| Arbor LogDepot Audio | |
| Hardware | |
| Griffin Shark2 USB FM Tuner | The Griffin Shark2 is a USB based AM/FM tuner which can record AM/FM/Web broadcasts with the provided software available for WIN/MAC. ~4000Rs |
| DLI USB interface | This solution from DLI will record from both XLR and telephone inputs and is designed to sit between the stations console and dedicated log server/computer. ~20000Rs |
| DLI Logger | This 4-channel recorder will archive to its own inbuilt hard drive and then provides automatic backup to CD-R. ~60000Rs |
| Sonifex Net-Log | Hard-drive logger with XLR. WIN only. |
| Omnicron Total Recall | |
Often these hardware based solutions are similar to voice logging systems that operate in call centres.
