[NFCB] hardware for Live Remotes

[Ken Freedman]

We also use Tieline G3 Commanders at WFMU and they work pretty well. A good
thing about them is that they can be purchased to work in mono with regular
phone lines (POTS lines), but you can get an ISDN card in them so that they
become ISDN units. You can also put an extra card in them so that you can
get stereo with two POTS lines. They aint cheap though - they cost about
$2500-$3000 a piece, and you do need two of them. You can also get a
wireless card for them and a battery pack, and then you can do remotes
without being tied down to wires. But I've never tried that.

You have to be careful to NEVER attach a Tieline Commander to a digital
phone system. Merely connecting it up to a digital telephone system can
break the Tieline and cause you to send it back to the factory for a
rebuild.

-Ken

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Chad Carrothers, WFHB <news at wfhb.org> wrote:

> Thanks to Jeff and please more stations give us all feedback on Arthur
> Davis' dilemma - we at WFHB have a trusted MARTI and recent storms disabled
> the receive antenna so we are looking at new options as well, and right now
> the Tieline Commander G3 seems the best option.
>
>
>
> Chad Carrothers, News Director
> WFHB 91.3 / 98.1 / 100.7 / 106.3 FM
> 108 W. 4th Street
> Bloomington, IN 47404
> (812) 323-1200
> http://news.wfhb.org
>
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:31:20 -0800
> > From: "Arthur Davis, KBOO Station Manager" <manager at kboo.org>
> > Subject: [NFCB] hardware for Live Remotes
> > To: <nfcb at mailman.lmi.net>
> > Message-ID: <OBELJJEAEICBEANDPOPHMEBHFEAA.manager at kboo.org>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;     charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > We're interested in doing more live remotes.  What options do we have
> for
> > broadcasting music events?  We currently have an old Marti (poor audio
> and
> > requires line-of-sight) and pc/Internet connection (better audio but it
> > crashes frequently--up to 3 times per hour).  I've heard that Comrex
> works
> > well for vocals and that ISDN is the standard for music.  Of course,
> ISDN is
> > expensive and is harder to set up with the phone company.
> >
> > Can other stations offer reports on what works well for live remotes?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Arthur Davis
> >
> > Arthur W. Davis
> > Station Manager
> > KBOO
> > 20 SE 8th Ave
> > Portland, OR 97214
> > 503-231-8032 x201
> > fax 503-231-7145
> > manager at kboo.org
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:56:35 -0700
> > From: Jeff Reynolds <jeff at kvnf.org>
> > Subject: Re: [NFCB] hardware for Live Remotes
> > To: NFCBList <Nfcb at mailman.lmi.net>
> > Message-ID: <47C8D3F3.8080503 at kvnf.org>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > We've had good luck using a Tieline Commander G3 with the IP module for
> internet
> > connection back to the studio. At the higher bitrates needed for music,
> it has a
> > fair amount of latency (a few seconds) so live back & forth with the
> studio host
> > isn't doable, but the sound quality has been very good. I think with
> tweaking,
> > one can get the latency down to a manageable level.  There are also
> different
> > codecs for voice that reduce the bandwidth necessary, making live remote
> talk
> > programs a snap.
> >
> > The Comrex Access does it over IP, too.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Jeff Reynolds, Ops Mgr    ||
> > KVNF                      ||     "Sing Gravelly, Act Yokelly"
> > Paonia, CO                ||                             -unknown
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Arthur Davis, KBOO Station Manager wrote:
> >
> >> We're interested in doing more live remotes.  What options do we have
> for
> >> broadcasting music events?  We currently have an old Marti (poor audio
> and
> >> requires line-of-sight) and pc/Internet connection (better audio but it
> >> crashes frequently--up to 3 times per hour).  I've heard that Comrex
> works
> >> well for vocals and that ISDN is the standard for music.  Of course,
> ISDN is
> >> expensive and is harder to set up with the phone company.
> >>
> >> Can other stations offer reports on what works well for live remotes?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Arthur Davis
> >>
> >> Arthur W. Davis
> >> Station Manager
> >> KBOO
> >> 20 SE 8th Ave
> >> Portland, OR 97214
> >> 503-231-8032 x201
> >> fax 503-231-7145
> >> manager at kboo.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
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