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Post by sparepart on Jan 20, 2020 2:59:37 GMT
We're looking for a free or even cheap software (this is Part-15 after all) to provide a solid, quality audio connection so the regular remote host could be heard through a laptop into a mixer board, and be able to hear back what's going on in the studio, and for it to be quality sound and low latency.
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Post by End80 on Jan 20, 2020 17:34:35 GMT
We may be past the golden age of flat screen TV, pictures look good, but they're cheap, and cheap they lack jacks. What I'm looking for in audio over IP is a way to have another host on the air for several hours from another city and get away from Skype hell.. ..We're looking for a free or even cheap software (this is Part-15 after all) to provide a solid, quality audio connection so the regular remote host could be heard through a laptop into a mixer board, and be able to hear back what's going on in the studio, and for it to be quality sound and low latency. Boomer
This is just a thought, I bought one of those 'Anomaly Phone Jams' off eBay years ago to experiment with as a telephone interface, but I didn't use a phone landline, instead used an Obi device (used to connect a regular wired phone to a GoogleVoice phone number). So, my computer was connected to the Obi which was connected to the Phone Jam, which was connected to the studio mixer, this enabled live broadcast and two-way conversations from anywhere by telephone, and since I was using GoogleVoice, I didn't even have a phone bill. The quality to my ears was quite impressive.
The Anomaly Phone Jam was designed for musicians to plug their guitars or other gear and then jam with others via telephone. Anyway, they're pretty nice units. I see one on eBay for $25: www.ebay.com/itm/274208285098
More info from the internet archive: web.archive.org/web/20161007171136/http://phone-jam.com/
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Post by sparepart on Jan 20, 2020 22:07:15 GMT
We're looking for a free or even cheap software (this is Part-15 after all) to provide a solid, quality audio connection so the regular remote host could be heard through a laptop into a mixer board, and be able to hear back what's going on in the studio, and for it to be quality sound and low latency. Boomer Reply from Paul Dengate of Jetlink: "At the moment we aren’t taking paid subscriptions on JetLink. The planned per receiver cost is $25-35 USD per month, with a couple of different feature options."
Translation: Create an account, download the software and use it. If you have issues, submit them to the bug tracker
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Post by Boomer on Jan 21, 2020 22:12:26 GMT
Thanks guys, all good suggestions, Skype has been disgusting for getting a remote host into the station, always updating 'Skype Sarl', then it seems to work differently each time, it's unpredictable. Sometimes it works more like a voice activated CB radio, make a sound and the other host gets cut off and we lose a word and have to ask, 'what?'
Openob seems good because of it gives access to all of the Opus bandwidths, and we may be dealing with a 128k SDSL connection, so going down to lower than 96k could be even better. Another good thing is it can be used on a Pi, maybe good to make a smaller remote unit.
Jetlink has a nice GUI, but I don't see the signs that it could use a lower bit rate than Opus at 96k, and I didn't find full specs on supported rates in pro yet. We need those level meters, something that Skype wants not part of, with their auto level adjust.
The Phone Jam looks really cool, and I had no idea something like that existed! Great idea for bands who have members spread out to work on songs. I don't know how they'd deal with delays, but in full analog it might be pretty good. I could see recording the session at each end in high resolution and sending the resulting files to a studio for a mix-down.
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Post by sparepart on Feb 29, 2020 16:33:06 GMT
Following up on my earlier thread re use of SIP to replace analog & phone ISDN BRI lines for the studio: I picked up a *very* used AudioCodes Mediant 1000 SBC (session border controller) , and added M1K-VM-4BRI BRI interface cards to feed to the business and broadcast phone system. I went with BRI as the donated Telos Two x12 was provisioned with BRI telephone ports, and the AT&T/Avaya Merlin Magix also had a BRI card in the spares box (Analog ports generated via SIP trunking can be problematic as they sometimes fail to hang up correctly) Here's where the cost savings kick in: I migrated one of the left-over toll free numbers, and bought a block of DID from Twillio. They charge for actual use, not having the concurrent sessions available. No per month per line / concurrent session charge like Ma Bell or the cable company! - Inbound Toll Free is $0.0220 per minute
- Inbound is $0.0085 per minute
- Outbound is $0.0130 per minute
Above is from: www.twilio.com/pricing |
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Post by sparepart on Mar 24, 2020 22:04:46 GMT
No podcasts / shows on the schedule, still cleaning and doing minor work in the studio,
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