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The RF Workbench / Re: Studio gear used for X-FM's 2015 Halloween show
« on: January 16, 2016, 0216 UTC »
A lot of the gear is of commercial origin, stuff stations threw out, and I refurbished and repaired myself.
The left rack is the input rack, it contains the gear primarily concerned with feeding the console. There are two valley 400 mic processors, their corresponding behringer effects units set up for light plate reverb, a mixer to combine the two dry feeds from the mic processors and feed the phone hybrid, a telos delta phone hybrid (nice because it has compression built in so I could eliminate the outboard compressor), and two phone preamps.
The console is an Audio Arts Air 2+ which kinda sucks because all the inputs are unbalanced, not a good thing in a high RF environment. A nice console otherwise.
The right rack is the output rack, it contains gear primarily concerned with program conditioning tasks. The top shelf contains a net top type computer running Linux and Zara with two audio outputs, one for beds/sound effects, and the other for log playback. Below that is an Aphex compeller, which levels and peak limits the output of the console to protect the flash recorder and the STL (studio to transmitter link). Below that is a broadcast tools switcher to control what gets fed to the flash recorder, and what feed is being monitored at the consoles external input. In theory this would allow monitoring of up to 3 transmitters. A flash recorder is fed by the switcher and used for airchecks. There is then a Behringer format converter to convert the analog audio to AES which is then sent over coax to the transmitter. The off air feed is brought back over coax and converted to analog to feed the switcher. There is then a EQ to tailor the room characteristics to my club-foot nature, and a monitor amp to drive the speakers.
The monitors are a pair of Alesis MKII passive 6.5" monitors, mics are Shure SM-7B's
Everything is in road cases with connector plates and a detachable wiring harness to keep setup time to a minimum.
That's about it I think.
+-RH
The left rack is the input rack, it contains the gear primarily concerned with feeding the console. There are two valley 400 mic processors, their corresponding behringer effects units set up for light plate reverb, a mixer to combine the two dry feeds from the mic processors and feed the phone hybrid, a telos delta phone hybrid (nice because it has compression built in so I could eliminate the outboard compressor), and two phone preamps.
The console is an Audio Arts Air 2+ which kinda sucks because all the inputs are unbalanced, not a good thing in a high RF environment. A nice console otherwise.
The right rack is the output rack, it contains gear primarily concerned with program conditioning tasks. The top shelf contains a net top type computer running Linux and Zara with two audio outputs, one for beds/sound effects, and the other for log playback. Below that is an Aphex compeller, which levels and peak limits the output of the console to protect the flash recorder and the STL (studio to transmitter link). Below that is a broadcast tools switcher to control what gets fed to the flash recorder, and what feed is being monitored at the consoles external input. In theory this would allow monitoring of up to 3 transmitters. A flash recorder is fed by the switcher and used for airchecks. There is then a Behringer format converter to convert the analog audio to AES which is then sent over coax to the transmitter. The off air feed is brought back over coax and converted to analog to feed the switcher. There is then a EQ to tailor the room characteristics to my club-foot nature, and a monitor amp to drive the speakers.
The monitors are a pair of Alesis MKII passive 6.5" monitors, mics are Shure SM-7B's
Everything is in road cases with connector plates and a detachable wiring harness to keep setup time to a minimum.
That's about it I think.
+-RH
