It has been working for me, with an echo of my own voice that I keep turned down during broadcast with the following settings:
Line 1 => Speakers
Line 1 => Line 2
Mic =>Line 2
MIC button:
DirectSound
Line 2
No monitor set
Skype output leads to Line 1
Theoretically, setting Skype Microphone to Line 2, and setting the Monitor Card to the same would make it possible for callers to hear the output from RB. But it will also lead to even more of a problem with echo. That is not a solution. Goal would be to kill all echo, of course!
As for other software, they are apparently starting to take advantage of what had previously been an exclusive plugin for Blog Talk Radio. Their system is garbage, of course, but they developed a "click to talk" Skype plugin that is integrated in their console, that works with the existing web-based browser application released by Skype for use by businesses with live voice chat customer service on their sites. That hadn't been in play previously for software like RB, presumably because of BTR cutting some sort of deal with Skype. Now that Skype has been doing a really good job at annoying broadcast and business customers by kicking call transfers to allow them to do like BTR does - call screening in an off-air production "room" - I'm guessing that they are throwing a bone out there by making it easier to do a "click to call" plugin for broadcast software. I'm not writing FAQ's for software developers anymore, so I haven't been keeping track of industry news like this. Just guessing that this is why I'm hearing about new software add-ons, and standardized settings (with or without VAC) for software like Nicecast and SamCast. On the marketing end, whichever broadcast software developer comes up with a free-standing piece of software that acts like BTR, but has high sound quality will win the market. That means integrating calling one way or another, and providing the producer with a call screening option that isn't on-air.
Now, I did say that I used to write FAQ's for software developers. That was primarily for communications software that was either for internal instant messaging in corporate computer networks, and html website building software (what WordPress eventually replaced, through the creation of content management and templates.) The problem I see here is that just on the communications end, RB doesn't seem to have a standardized set-up procedure for doing one of the primary uses of the software - broadcasting like a terrestrial radio station on the net. The company that manages to offer clear instructions on how to use their software to do exactly that will have the best marketing position. If it's integrated in the software itself or not doesn't really matter, as long as the way to do it is clear. Many things have changed over the years in computing, but one thing hasn't. The company with the "best" software doesn't always own the market. The company with the best instruction manual wins the day. I didn't work for the best software developers, but they always had near the top on sales because I wrote instructions that could be understood by someone who barely could manage how to figure out how to turn on a computer.
Dmitry, I'll test settings you offer with my guys, if you just put it just like I have it above - simple, and to the point. We hit the right one, I'll write the procedure for you to add to your manual, and either build a schematic graphic for it myself, or have one of my graphics guys do it. You have that, plus screen shots in a manual, and that should clarify things for the masses, covering both people that "get" things verbally and visually. I had to search the web, and consolidated instructions from two different videos to get the settings to work in the first place - one of the videos was for setting up SamCast, and was offered on Spreaker. The reviews for it indicated that it wasn't very clear (why I had to put it with something from somewhere else.) Spreaker's support will post instructions on how to use RB on their website, if I submit it to them. They also would love a video to go with it. They're working hard to pull in users that are dissatisfied with BTR, and they aren't investing in their web console for them. Their tech admits it's for "novice broadcasters." The people they care about use third-party software, they're soft-marketing SamCast and MIXXX (freebie that's not good for talk at all) for PC, and bluntly, if someone swooped in with easy to understand settings and instructions, they'd leave SamCast in the dust on marketing.
So, if you're up for settling this into a simple set of instructions, I'll be happy to help you get an instructional package together to get RB in the market on Spreaker. Just need to get the settings right first.
