Tuesday 1 February 2011

Driving the desk

In music radio in the UK there's a group of people who believe you can't be a real presenter and connect with the programme, really feeling the music, unless you self-op. That's not a euphemism, it means you have to push all of the buttons yourself. It's called driving the desk.

It's one of those things that can be tricky to explain, is actually quite simple, and in total contradiction of myself is really bloody hard to do well.

Most people can learn to do it adequately in a day or so. But some should never be let loose near a fader.

This man is one of those...



(via someone on Twitter who re-tweeted @ricksimmonds)

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