VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Lizden]

OK....
Well Here goes:
Up till now I've been happy & clients have been happy with my VERY simple set up of:
Mic to PreSonus Firebox to Laptop
No noise, sounds fine.....great

BUT: I just got my first Phone Patch gig (end of the week I think...client still working up script) and so I just got out the Alesis MultiMix8USB mixer and the JK Audio AutoHybrid that I invested in just before Vegas.
I'm having trouble
Here's the set-up:

I have the Mic into the PreSous into the Alesis Mic1
I have the JK "Caller" into Alesis Mic2 (via XLR)
I have the JK "Send" into Alesis Mic3 (via XLR)

Like someone else here who said that they were technically savvy to a point...I've reached that point.

I just need the director to hear me and me not record them. I remember Rob Ellis's suggestion of recording in stereo and then taking my audio to a mono track...and that's fine BUT although I can hear the person on the phone, THEY can't hear me (I had my husband call several times as a test & I could hear him, but he couldn't hear me....)

Frankly I always got confused with AUX & BUS pots so if someone has a similar set-up/mixer....can you help me make this work?

...it could be the 4 hours in the ER this morning, but my brain is fried.
Thanks!...and I did check the archives and I know that I could/should have just gone with an easy headset solution, but too late to return stuff now it has been way over the 30 days....gotta make this work...

I basically need help with what to pot-up, what to pot down!...I know this may be basic for you experts...but hey I admit it...this part is new to me!

If someone knows & it's easier for me to call you on my dime & have you walk me through it, that would be great!

Oh:: I'm using an XP laptop with SoundForge or Vegas

Thanks so much!...time to go dream of phone patch configurations! zzzzzzzz

Liz
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[Lizden]

I'm in business!
With the help of Mike over @ JK Audio I am up & running!
YAY!

I'll be writing everything down (Hey...I admit it, I need to do that so that I can re-create this!) so if anyone ever needa the Phoen Patch configuration for an Auto Hybrid into an Alesis MultiMix8 USB mixer, just give a shout!

Liz
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[TDAVID]

Okay, hopefully there's someone who also can help me with this. I ALSO have a jkaudio inline patch and am trying to get it connect to my MBox 2. Anybody have any experience with this? HELP!
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[TDAVID]

Also, has anyone used Skype as a phone patch software?
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[Deirdre]

http://www.vo-bb.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2971

A while back, I used Skype to talk to producers in England while I recorded the session here in my studio.
I had iPod Earbuds plugged into my computer's sound out to hear them, they heard me thru my laptop's built-in mic. I had my studio headphones on over the earbuds; they were monitoring out of a mixer. I heard myself just fine, and I heard them just fine without having any possiblity of bleed into the mic.

Very cool setup!
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[TDAVID]

Thanks Deirdre. So, if I understand you... You recorded actually into 2 mics? the built-in in the laptop for skype and then into your studio mic for the actual recording?
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[Deirdre]

No- I only recorded my studio mic.
The Skype link was just the "phone-patch" call setup that let the producers hear the session and direct it.

We kept a record of the takes and I sent them the whole session.
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