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Welcome to a FN Radio refreshers . I'm 

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EMC two Christopher Snyder A K A DJ 

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chris . Mhm mm . Refreshing 

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your radio skills are like anything 

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else . If you don't use them , you'll 

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lose them in this video . We'll explore 

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taking a phone call during a live show 

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while your studio setup may vary 

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slightly . The core concepts remain the 

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same . The goal of a radio show is to 

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communicate your message to your 

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audience . The most effective and 

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engaging way to do this is to involve 

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your listeners in your show . Phone 

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calls , enrich your show with new 

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dynamic content and create two way 

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communication with your listener . You 

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can take phone calls through the ACSI 

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aboard by combining this feature with 

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your production computer's ability to 

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record audio . You can record your 

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phone calls , edit them down and play 

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them on air as though they're live . 

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Never take a phone call live . Let's 

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look at what parts of the board are 

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involved . The record button is your 

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best friend during a phone call . 

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Presets for this feature may vary . So 

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verify the setup with your tech support . 

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This button takes mike one and possibly 

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others out of program one , which is 

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the live output of the board . It also 

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prepares your phone system for talking 

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and recording . Finally , record mode , 

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changes your headphone audio so you can 

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hear your caller . The phone panel is 

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where you pick up , put on hold and 

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hang up a call . One item of note that 

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will vary by affiliate is how the phone 

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call light operates however , your 

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studio is set up . This is your main 

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indicator of when a listener calls in 

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one important step in taking a phone 

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call . Make sure your line is open , 

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forgetting to properly hang up or not 

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checking if there's a technical issue 

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can cause you to miss out on great 

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content from your listeners before 

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taking any call on air , ensure you 

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have a new audio file ready to record 

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in audition on your production computer . 

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When that phone call light goes off , 

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the first thing you should always , 

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always do is start recording the call 

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in audition . An easy keyboard shortcut 

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for this is shift plus space bar . Once 

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you're recording an audition , put your 

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board in record mode , your mic and 

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phone lines are now prepared to record 

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and your headphones are ready to listen , 

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note that in order for your listener to 

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hear you , you still need to turn on 

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and popped up your mic . One input . In 

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order for you to hear your caller . You 

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need to pot up the phone line audio to 

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an acceptable level as well because 

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you're in record mode , none of this 

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will go into program one . Your live 

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output . The final step before you're 

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connected to your listener is to answer 

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the call on your taxi aboard . You'll 

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see a flashing arrow next to a button 

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on your phone panel . When you're ready 

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to answer , push that button and greet 

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your collar , defend the eagle . Who's 

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this . Hey , what's going on ? It's 

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chad . Hey , what's up chad ? How you 

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doing man ? I'm doing pretty great . 

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Happy to hear it . It's Halloween 

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season right ? Absolutely . Hey you 

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have a great day man . Thanks for 

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calling in . Take it easy . Hey thank 

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you DJ chris as you're exiting your 

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call , keep everything set up , hang up 

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with your caller when appropriate by 

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pressing the drop button then potting 

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down and turning off the phone output 

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on the board . Now you're still 

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recording your mic audio into audition . 

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Use this moment to record a transition 

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out of your call and tease into your 

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next break . If you have a contest 

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running , give a final response to the 

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caller then restate your contest and 

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phone number to encourage more calls 

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and I want to know what your favorite 

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Halloween story is , what your favorite 

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tv show is . If you've got a special 

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Halloween story , give me a call . 

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065443609 or D . S . N . 4 to 

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33609 . Recording tease 

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audio into the end of your phone call 

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even when the caller has already hung 

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up means the audio won't sound 

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different . When you play it . You can 

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cut and play this recorded phone call 

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as a fully prepackaged break . Once 

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you've recorded your tea's pod down and 

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turn off mic one , then press the 

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record button to take your board out of 

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record mode . Finally stop recording an 

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audition . Now you've ingested all your 

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audio for your phone call ? Let's chop 

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it up . Phone calls can have awkward 

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silences Sometimes this is because of 

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delays over phone lines . People being 

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nervous to call especially kids or any 

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number of reasons . Taking the time to 

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cut out those silences can transform a 

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slightly awkward phone call into a 

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smooth one . Cut out content from your 

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call that isn't beneficial to your 

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listeners side conversations or long 

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hellos and goodbyes . They can go . You 

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want this call to offer something to 

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your listeners before you move on 

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playback your call . Be sure the 

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content is appropriate to air for your 

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listening audience and matches your 

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intent . If your call is good to go use 

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the hard limiting effect in audition to 

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even out the audio . So the call sounds 

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smoother on air . Check with your 

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affiliate for specific settings . If 

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you've recorded and properly edited the 

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call , you can playback this phone call 

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as a prepackaged break first silence 

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all system sounds on your production 

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computer by going to your Windows audio 

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mixer and leaving only audition as an 

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output . Then select your phone call 

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audio track and ensure your play head 

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is at the start of the track now level 

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your production computer output on your 

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oxy aboard to negative 10 , ensure its 

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out , putting into channel One , your 

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live output and turn on your production 

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computer output despite having your 

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production computer output fired 

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nothing should air live at this point 

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until you play the call in audition , 

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your production computer space bar now 

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fires the call on air . A recorded 

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phone call should work as any break . 

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Play the call over a fade as the calls 

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playing mix a bed under it and have 

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your call ride the next song's ramp . 

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This takes a bit of map . Subtract the 

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next song's ramp time from the total 

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call time in audition to determine how 

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far into the call , you should fire 

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this song . If your phone call is one 

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minute long And you pick a song with a 

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15 2nd ramp , You would fire the song 

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under the phone call around when your 

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call is played for 45 seconds , fade 

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your bed down and pop the song up as 

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the call ends for a seamless pre 

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produced break . What ? You just made 

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me do a FM ? The eagle Who's this ? Hey , 

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what's going on is chad ? 

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Absolutely . Hey , you have a great day 

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man . Thanks for calling in . Take it 

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easy . Hey , thank you DJ chris and I 

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want to know what your favorite 

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Halloween story is , what your favorite 

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Tv show is . If you've got a special 

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Halloween story , give me a call 

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065443609 or D . S . N 4 to 

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33609 . 

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You may want to save these calls for 

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later reference congrats , you've taken 

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a phone call . Practice . Makes perfect 

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in no time at all . It'll be second 

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nature . Have a great 

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show