Friday, October 2, 2009

A New Way To Broadcast On Location

How many times have you done a remote and the Marti or ISDN line sounds completely horrible? I am going to guess, a lot. For you people who do callins from a cell phone, aren't you tired of the crappy quality your cell phone makes you sound?




Well a new way to make your remote sound excellent has been discovered. This method can make your voice sound much better than any marti or ISDN unit. So how is this done?



With the iphone. (The newer iphones not the older ones) We had gotten into a bind because our marti units weren't getting good signals on one of our remotes. So at the last minute the jock recorded their callin with the iphone and emailed the audio to the studio. When the person in the studio downloaded it, it was in M4A format. A free M4A converter was found for free online and it was converted into MP3.

Initially when it was first heard it didn't sound spectacular. It just sounded very normal. But once the callin ran on air the station processing made it sound completely different than how it sounded when it was initially converted.

So if you attempt this don't say "It doesn't sound all that great". Because remember, the station processing contributes to how it sounds when it finally airs.

It has gotten to the point where a lot of jocks at the cluster are now using their iphone instead of the regular broadcasting equipment.

WHAT YOU NEED:
  • A newer iphone
  • M4A converter (found free online)
  • email address
  • station processing

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