TWiRT 348 - VO Mics & Studios with Joe Cipriano

How does a top-shelf voice-over artist work on the road?  He makes a “MacGyver studio”! Joe Cipriano joins us to talk mics, pre-amps, processing, and how voice-over work gets done today. Chris Tobin is here, too, from a hot transmitter room!

Guest:
Joe Cipriano - Voice-Over Artist

Show Links:
Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun mic
Avalon M5 mic pre-amp
Apogee MiC 96k mic for iPad & iPhone
Telos Zephyr XStream ISDN codec
ipDTL web browser audio (and video) codec
Source-Connect ISDN codec replacement
UREI LA-4 compressor
Universal Audio Apollo Twin MKII
Living ON AIR - a book by Joe Cipriano and Ann Cipriano
In A World (movie)

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 347 - Jeff Welton - IT Security and 400 Kilowatts

Canadians may be polite, but most don’t want you hacking their Internet-connected stuff.  Jeff Welton from Nautel offers advice for IT security at the transmitter site, plus describes hand-on a 400 kW AM transmitter, and what tools to keep handy nowadays for solid-state transmitter maintenance.

Show links:
FLIR ONE - thermal imaging camera for smartphones
Nautel - High-power AM transmitters (2 megawatts for an AM station in Hungary)
VS2.5 FM transmitter repair with basic tools (video)

Guest:
Jeff Welton - Regional Sales Manager, Nautel

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 346 - Live at NAB 2017

It’s the last day of NAB 2017! Before it’s over, Chris Tobin and I are bringing you some of the best radio broadcast tech at the show. Simon Jackson with flow batteries at transmitter sites in Fiji, Telos Alliance CEO Frank Foti is here, Mark Persons is here, and so is Fritz Golman.

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 345 - NAB 2017 Show Setup

Behind the scenes, we’re on location at the Las Vegas Convention Center during setup for the NAB Show.  Chris Tobin takes us on a tour of booths being set up, while Joe Talbot and Juan Punyed talk about why we get together every year in the desert.

Guests:
Joe Talbot - Telos Product Manager, The Telos Alliance
Juan Punyed - Latin & Canada Sales Manager, The Telos Alliance

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 344 - Swedish Thai Radio with Kennet Andhersån

Kennet Andhersån grew up in Sweden, and worked in Swedish radio stations. Now he’s building and consulting stations in Thailand, plus developing software for broadcasters. Get a new perspective on radio engineering as Kennet joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack for This Week in Radio Tech.

Guest:
Kennet Andhersån - Developer at The Telos Alliance

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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