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Jason Huggins · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:14 pm Post subject: Snagged a cheaper Audient iD22

I've wanted to give this little unit a go to see if it really could do what I wanted. I wanted it to be capable of replacing my preamp, mixer and interface while allowing me to do mix minus playback for Skype AND use one of the "F" buttons for a cough button.

Well I got one, and I can positively confirm that it does this 100%. The only issue I have with it (and it is a TINY issue) is that the HPF that is built in is 100hz. Other than that, this unit is EASILY set up to do everything I did with my mixer PLUS being able to use any of the F buttons as a cough button. Now I'm set to do full Skype with playback sessions in the road. Just need a mic and my laptop and we are GOLDEN!

Sounds pretty darn good too.

FinMac · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:52 am Post subject: Congrats!

Congrats Jason on your great deal.

Thought you would like the unit Laugh

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lapdog12 · Joined: 10 Jul 2014 Posts: 11 Location: Los Angeles, CA

I've got one as well, bought it new but got a good deal on it. It's my one-stop-shop. i have my mics go directly into it and then right into my computer.

I also have set up the Skype mix/minus. I haven't used it yet, but it's set up. I'm planning on getting a Skype phone number so people can call me if needed.

It's not just a decent travel set up! Have fun with it.
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Steve Knight · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:18 am Post subject:

OK,..here's my next question,...how does it get along with Source connect??

Jason Huggins · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:36 am Post subject:

Plays very well with SC. I have done at least 10 sessions with it with zero problems. One item to note is that the input from SC come into ALL the DAW channels on the interface...which makes mix-minus hard without routing out from the built-in output on the mac into channel 2, and then routing that to your cue mixes in the iD22 software. My client had slapback on our first session before I realized what was going on. This doesn't happen in Skype because Skype goes to a single Stereo DAW channel (just like the system audio), so it is easy to split it out into Cue mixes.

Though...the whole point of the SC application is that the client records on their end. So you really don't have to worry about mix-minus playback, because you usually aren't recording anything! I've never used SC for phone patch...too much latency. Problem solved by just setting the iD22 as the input in SC and it just picks up Input 1 on the interface.

Headed into a SC session right now!

tombrom · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:33 am Post subject:

When you say mix minus? Does that mean you can hear the person on Skype but he is not recorded? This sounds very handy as I often have to do Skype/Google Voice with headset, but not hearing my own voice.
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captain54 · Lucky 700 Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago

the Skype input comes from the audio interface, as well as the Skype output (going TO the interface) .. an additional feed from the audio interface needs to go back into Skype via mixer so the client can hear playback of what was recorded.. mix minus would be muting the client on the other end, as you are recording. which, in my case is critical because the Skype phone # I purchased (and use infrequently) is horribly noisy.. Skype to Skype seems to be clean and clear.. that's how I understand it, anyway..
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Jason Huggins · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:30 pm Post subject:

The Skype patch you are describing, Tom, is a basic setup that any interface can do. Mix-minus refers to (as Capt said) playback of recorded audio. To send audio back to the client on the call you have to remove their own send from the mix. So you send back your voice (as normal) but then send the output of your system back to them "minus" their signal (which you need in YOUR output to hear them).

My Skype phone number is crystal clear and I use it all the time.

captain54 · Lucky 700 Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago

Jason Huggins · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:09 pm Post subject:

So that is done by just setting the input of your DAW to your mic instead of the output from Skype. Then you just send the output of Skype to your headphones plus you just monitor your input. This way you hear yourself and the client but only record your voice. The problem comes when you try to play back to the client without some way of routing the signal correctly. You end up with the client getting slap back of their own voice. So you need to send the mix minus the clients voice.

sdaeley17 · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:42 pm Post subject:

Audient actually has great tutorials for setting up a mix minus with skype and recording skype interviews for podcasts. I'm interested if anyone with the id22 routes theirs differently.

https://audient.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201763585-Voice-Over-with-Remote-Client-Skype-Configuration

https://audient.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202765573

I don't have one myself, but it's definitely at the top of my list of upgrades!
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Foog · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:33 pm Post subject:

For anyone interested, there's a variant for configuring the id22 with Skype so that you can record the person on the other end of the line AND playback anything they want to give a listen to. In their words: