[SML] Making a phone ring and it's handset speaker work on stage

[taco at peak.org]

Are we saying that with the proper software, an offstage phone could just call the onstage phone? 
How loud would that be? 
Isn't the real problem here that the director wants the audience to hear the 'other' end of the phone conversation, and imagines that the handset can produce that kind of volume? And clearly? 




Neat idea, but modems are FXO ports and you'd need FXS to power analog phones. 

On the other hand, asterisk with VoIP handsets or ATAs would actually work really well for this application. Something to consider in the future... 

On Oct 4, 2016 10:34, "Steven Santos via Stagecraft" < stagecraft at theatrical.net > wrote: 


A computer with two modems and a copy of astrix... 

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Joe D via Stagecraft 
< stagecraft at theatrical.net > wrote: 
>>Now the director would like to have audio from one of the 
>>other characters coming through the handset speaker. 
> 
> If you are expecting the audience to hear it, you might have a problem. If it is a small theater, I can understand if he wants the audience to sense the location where the sound is coming from. But even then, the handset speaker should not be where this sound comes from. Rather put a speaker under, or just near where the phone is. You may also need to supplement that sound with some sound from the main speakers for people further away to hear it at the proper level. 
> 
> -Joe 
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