How a Radio Station Works : Radio DJ Microphone Placement

[bizzacore]

I like how he uses "NPR" as a technical term.

Also, traditionally a radio station will also have a multiband processing unit in the airchain after the studio to level out the "sound" and the audio levels of everything going out from the studio... see companies: Orban, Vorsis, etc. This is actually where your "big radio" sound comes from. Vocal strips, as in the DBX unit are just for mic processing - where as if you connected a mic straight up to the board, it would sound flat and well, blech.

[rampagetv]

For anyone wondering, the voice processor is a DBX 286a

[sounddude51]

De-essing is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate excess sibilant consonants such as "s", "z" and "sh" in recordings of the human voice.

[newalexman1212]

How much is this mic thing?

[Linser22]

a de-esser is um a de-esser lol it i gets rid of the loud S sounds

[TrampTrampxD]

Whats the name on the microphone? :)

[carlwelden]

@TrampTrampxD He is using the Electro Voice RE20 cardioid dynamic broadcast microphone. Retails around $400 +/-

It's an industry standard along with the Shure SM7B.

[woutvgelder]

The de-esser is for de-essing the loud SSSSSS in talk ;)

And this is EXPERT Village O_o .. ???

[findnpost]

NPR means National Public Radio and it comes across in the sound.

Like a Summer Blockbuster film and stright to DVD film there both films yet a diffrence can be seen. - fair enough example?

[WNxRadeon]

NPR?

[bumperstickerguy]

You sound "less NPR" when you turn off the processor, because NPR doesn't use any processing...DUH!

[joeryannnnnnn]

what can you say about OTSAV SOFTWAE. IT HAS HIS OWN PROCESSOR,LIMITTER,EXPANDER, AND AUTOBEAT MIXING... WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT IT...

[joeryannnnnnn]

is there a delay in using processors.? what is the best processor that you could recomend

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[joeryannnnnnn]

i really want to have a mic stand like that pls help me

[snarfdude]

you can go to broadcast supply worldwide and take a look around....they're not cheap

[djmarkcotter]

NPR.........lol

[mikeygeneral]

Thats a dbx compresser/limiter/gate.the compressor enhances low words so people can actually hear them.the limiter section keeps all volumes the same.(those big mouths who come over and scream into your mic) and the gate is a noise cancelling feature - not too much now or youll sound choppy.LOL

but hey why arent you talking about your amp and antenna.thats what i really wanna hear about - silly willy.

[endotox1]

hi thanks for the info!

here's a question about the DBX...am i right that we should only use it when only the mic that's getting processed is in use? we've been turning it off when there's guests, is this right? seems to try to process the guests too then it sounds weird. THANKS!

[mikeygeneral]

Do you mean that the mic picks up your guests speech when you don't want it to?

Is that what you mean?

If so - That's where your gate comes in. Your gate is not turned up high enough. Think about you walking through a real gate how it opens and closes. Turn it up and you'll see a difference. I also recommend you not using a studio condenser mic either. Invest into a directional mic.

[rampagetv]

@mikeygeneral That's actually a dynamic mic, and as carlwelden pointed out, an industry standard.

[mikeygeneral]

P.S. i hate dbx anyway. The settings are so prehistoric and edgy. Its not as transparent and other compressors i have used. Belieive it or not. Alesis makes a cheaper one thats way more transparent with speech. it's like $99.00 or something.

[MDBUTLER0]

I WANT TO WORK AT VALLEY FREE RADIO!!