Talk:Board Operator Training Outline

From KDHX Production
Revision as of 17:34, 25 February 2015 by ValerieAtKdhx (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

Overview

THANK YOU!

The Larry J. Weir Center for Independent Media is our new home, built by your time and efforts. Volunteers are KDHX!

We have been working on this for many years and now it is a reality, but it doesn't feel a bit like home yet. We're excited for YOU to begin coming here and making it feel like KDHX.

We deserve the upgrade - lets enjoy, nurture and protect it with more great programming! Our donors and supporters deserve the best hat we can provide. This space will accommodate great new things and in upcoming months you can expect:

- an enhanced and enlarged digital music library.
- smoother system for pre-records utilizing our automation system.
- a fully programmed HD2 radio and web stream channel.

Thank you for your time today. Please keep in mind as we proceed with training:

- We've accommodated as much as we could of legacy equipment and future-proofed the space for many years of great programming and technical innovation.
- We should anticipate that more things will change as we settle in over the next few months - expect equipment changes, different policies, etc.
- Individual equipment needs and issues should be handled one-on-one following these sessions and in the upcoming weeks of practice and integration.

We have a lot to cover in little time. Please keep questions and anecdotes relevant to the whole group.

New Board Orientation

  1. Input paths - sources and alternates
  2. Output paths - "Program" busses, and source assignments
  3. Monitoring
    1. Control room speaker volume control and selector
    2. Headphones - cue overrides when selected on any channel
    3. Cue speaker volume control
  4. Levels and Meters
    1. Get in orange (over noise floor), but avoid red and blue (creates distortion)
    2. Ideal level is averaging -10 db
    3. First meter is always Program 1, second is selectable
    4. When selected, cue overrides meter 2
  5. Studio selector and "Talk To..." will go un-used - intercoms will allow this comm to other rooms

Sources & Devices - standard settings, functions and Cue'ing

  1. Microphones
    1. proper addressing technique - never beyond 45 degrees
    2. light rings on each indicate which mic is on
    3. must wear headphones to monitor presence and balance with other sounds
    4. standing encourages better breath and diphragm control, higher energy, and distracting less mid-sentence breathing
  2. CDs and CDR - playback vs. record
    1. on/off starts and pauses
    2. eject locked on playback only
    3. "single next" and "remain" modes are recommended
    4. if you adjust pitch, please return to standard
    5. please, no paper-labeled or thicker than standard audio or data CDs - gunks up the system, and causes gear/device fail
  3. WFP = World Feed Panel, for external input device
    1. 1/8" cables are provided
    2. level set no higher than 70% full
    3. board orientation is correct - ignore channel #
    4. avoid airing mp3s. always use lossless compression. least advisable quality is 256 - 320 preferred (custom setting)
  4. Turntables
    1. use caution with desk and room - TTs are nudge-able -> we've weighted with sandbags, and assessing a better fix
    2. coffin plugs in via WFP, song transfer assist available
    3. always return pre-amps to 1 o'clock if you must adjust
  5. Cassette - automated transfer to CD in A/V 2
  6. Legacy media - arrange DAT, R2R, and minidisc transfers with Andy and production vols
  7. Vinyl transfer and FCC cleaning assistance available

Wide Orbit Automation System

  • System "Widgets"
  1. Stack - locked
  2. Log - allows preview of an hour+ of programming
  3. Live Copy Viewer -> always use speech bubble to access/execute new copy
  4. return to Log by touching yellow KDHX widget
  • Triggering, Channels and Faders
  • Replaying a spot - preferred method
  • Jump Mode - Re-cueing a passed spot
  • Personal profiles
  1. allows Hot Keys for themes, beds, and IDs
  2. arrange appointment with Andy for media injest, setup and training
    1. Show preparation Instructions
    2. Wide Orbit State Change: MANUAL to AUTO

Board Op's Order of Operations

  1. assess remaining time -> is there a tag? is the next item white? = 2 spots this break
  2. prepare or cue next item, pre-set level -> tip: use fader as guide to next item, and always undershoot the set level - coming up from low vs. down from too high
  3. trigger timed with feel as segue - by the time the previous content falls to halfway point in level
  4. adjust level & await average/full amplitude before moving on
  5. answer phone, stretch, have some water... -> tip: release caller with adequate prep time - no less than 30 secs
  6. repeat

Dump Button / Delay

Use is strongly encouraged - protect our license!

  • after first dump, prepare and execute an immediate segue, and continue programming
  • turn off the mic, move to a spot or song, and brief the guest about their infraction before turning the mic back on

2 levels of dump @ 7.5 secs each -> we will broadcast with a 15 second delay

  • button is illuminated when "safe" - dark after 2 dumps
  • EXT 1 is our FM signal picked up by a receiver in the building - briefly monitoring will give as sense of where you are

Review and Practice

Please plan to ether stay behind today and/or schedule (with Andy and/or Megan) an appointment over the week of Dec. 8th to come and record a few segments of your show in an "Evergreen" (not time sensitive) fashion. This will help give you a true sense of how the gear and environment feels in Air studios 1,2 and Prod 1, and the recording will serve as both a good tool for you to review, and for us to load into Wide Orbit for use in the event that you are running late for your show.

Some standard tasks worth practicing:

  • segue and announce using bumper and bed music
  • review and practice Board Operators Order of Operations
  • guest mic and headphone guidance
    • prohibited speech, the FCC/our license and you
  • Wide Orbit re-cue after fail
  • cue button operation / headphone override reminder

Always use courtesy when entering and leaving the airrooms:

  • prepare to leave by gathering belongings and moving to outer DJ prep area by the :45
  • if you have guests, confer and brief them in the DJ prep area prior to the show
  • check in when you arrive at 15 minutes prior to your shift, and call the airline to alert the previous DJ/Host if you are cutting it closer than that.

MISC

  1. Listener Lines
  2. Telos/Phone Interviews
  3. AiPhone/Security
  4. EAS - triggered test and response training

Help & Answers

  • Emergency Numbers Posted in hallway
    • On Air Content & Traffic: Megan Dougherty
    • Facility: Equipment/Air Signal/Transmitter: : Drazen Milojevic
    • Security/Facility/FCC: Beverly Hacker
Retrieved from "http://wiki.kdhx.org/index.php?title=Talk:Board_Operator_Training_Outline&oldid=4949"