I had a friend ask about the tech-specs of what I’m running to stream my music inworld. (^_^)
So… Lemmee see if I can’t make this too confusing. (>_<)
For one… I didn’t want to spend much money. While I ~DID~ buy MorphVOX Pro, the only other thing that costs is the Shoutcast streaming host. That said, the software I used is:
Now, be careful that you don’t get the Shoutcast DNAS. That’s the server. Odds are, a home interwebs drop won’t have enough bandwidth to host a good sounding stream to 40 or so listeners. Shoot for the Winamp DSP plugin. (^_^)
Now… How do I use the frigg’n stuff? (O.o)
Okay, here’s the fun part. I don’t ~ACTUALLY~ use Winamp… Just the Shoutcast DSP. I set it to output to the streaming host… Password and all. Encode via MP3 @ 192kbps, 44.1kHz, Stereo (Yes, good sound quality!). Finally, I set the Input Device to “Soundcard Input” << Now, there’s the secret. What that final setting does is get the whole mixdown of your sound stuff, encode it, and stream it out to the host. (^_^)
So… Basically… If you can hear it through your speakers, so can your listeners. (^_^)
That said; MUTE EVERYTHING ELSE! DX
So, like, SL has all sounds muted, Skype, Gtalk, Windows… All sounds gotta be cut. (>_<)
Yeah, I know you like all the blips and bloops and dings, but, not while streaming, hokays? (^_^)
Okay… So, How do I feed this all up? (^_^)
Not too hard. (^_^)
Mixxx just plays live. Master goes to whatever your speaker out is. (^_^)
MorphVOX is set to “Listen”… So that mess gets to the speakers. (^_^)
And the mic is just a mic… Though, I cheated. I’m using a stage vocal mic on a boom stand with a Behringer EuroRack UB1002 to EQ the sound and control the volume a bit. (^_^)
For the stream host, I port my little butt to 3FX where they offer L$ funded stream hosts… Which work very well, I might add. So far I’ve used their L$199 24hour, 100 listener service a few times with no problems. Just follow the sign that says “Streams”. (^_^)
And, that be that! =^-^=
BUT!!! I have different plans today! I got my own stream server for a good price and I’m gonna try out SAM Broadcaster. I’ve already found that it has a nicely controllable compressor. I wanna sound gooooood. =^-^=
Oop… I just said “Today”, didn’t I? =^-^=
Well, I frigg’n mean it. SUNDAY! December 5th, from 11am to about 12 or 12:30pm… Come down to NCA(Adult) for Immy’s Sunday Nooner! It’s gonna be Rock. It’s gonna be Metal. It’s gonna be Alternative. But, most of all…It’s gonna be LOUD! XD
