Is there any way for two dj's from different places to talk on the same show

[Dj Showtime]

My friend lives in Miami but is suppose to be my co host is there any way we can both be on the air during the same show?

[dyingdemon]

he could do like i do but it might not be a good idea xD
i use a call program (yahoo, or any kinda voice hosting program) they call me and i then set up my pc so that all sound from like say my stream comes out of a certain port (logitec audio out) and then have the call program set so that its audio comes out at a different sound port (logitec hi def audio out)
i then set winamp to take the signal from both my mic and the hi def audio out :P
it works but its a kinda crappy fix you probably want like broadcast grade sound so for that your on your own

[geniegate]

Originally posted by Dj Showtime
My friend lives in Miami but is suppose to be my co host is there any way we can both be on the air during the same show?

Look into something called a "hybrid circuit" phone patch.

It'll split the conversation into two "streams", you talk into your mic just as you normally would, the mixer sends audio into the phone patch so your friend hears it, his voice (via telephone) is then run into the mixer (from the phone patch) and into your sound card.

Do NOT get one of those radio shack phone spy things, those are awful and won't split the conversation, you need the hybrid transformer (or these days, digital processors)

With the aid of a soldering iron, I was able to retrofit an old heathkit phone patch (designed for shortwave -> telephone communication) into a mixer.

It still sounds kind of crappy though, phone lines have a band-pass filter which gives it that "telephone sound".

If you're not "live" you can have your friend record locally as well as over the phone, using the same patch system.

Then, you "sync up" his remote recording with yours, it'll sound just about like he's there (background noise slightly different though) this is easier to do than you'd think;

If you run his phone recording on L, his local recording on R, and line them up visually, there will be an echo. (between the phone audio -vs- his recording) Now you just time shift by a few microseconds until the echo goes away.

Way easier than it sounds, it's like tuning an analog radio dial.

Of course.. this won't work for "live"..

It wouldn't be that hard (bandwidth permitting) to run a private stream, have him broadcast into it, mix it with yours and then send it out, but.. this would take some technical fiddling on both your parts. (I wouldn't do it because when you're "live" there are too many other things to think about, technical glitches really ruin things)

Jamie