I had a friend ask about the tech-specs of what I’m running to stream my music inworld. (^_^)<\/p>\n
So… Lemmee see if I can’t make this too confusing. (>_<)<\/p>\n
For one… I didn’t want to spend much money.\u00a0 While I ~DID~ buy MorphVOX Pro, the only other thing that costs is the Shoutcast streaming host.\u00a0 That said, the software I used is:<\/p>\n
Now, be careful that you don’t get the Shoutcast DNAS.\u00a0 That’s the server.\u00a0 Odds are, a home interwebs drop won’t have enough bandwidth to host a good sounding stream to 40 or so listeners.\u00a0 Shoot for the Winamp DSP plugin. (^_^)<\/p>\n
Now… How do I use the frigg’n stuff? (O.o)<\/p>\n
Okay, here’s the fun part.\u00a0 I don’t ~ACTUALLY~ use Winamp… Just the Shoutcast DSP.\u00a0 I set it to output to the streaming host… Password and all.\u00a0 Encode via MP3 @ 192kbps, 44.1kHz, Stereo (Yes, good sound quality!).\u00a0 Finally, I set the Input Device to “Soundcard Input” << Now, there’s the secret.\u00a0 What that final setting does is get the whole mixdown of your sound stuff, encode it, and stream it out to the host.\u00a0 (^_^)<\/p>\n
So… Basically… If you can hear it through your speakers, so can your listeners. (^_^)<\/p>\n
That said; MUTE EVERYTHING ELSE! DX<\/p>\n
So, like, SL has all sounds muted, Skype, Gtalk, Windows… All sounds gotta be cut.\u00a0 (>_<)<\/p>\n
Yeah, I know you like all the blips and bloops and dings, but, not while streaming, hokays? (^_^)<\/p>\n
Okay… So, How do I feed this all up? (^_^)<\/p>\n
Not too hard. (^_^)<\/p>\n
Mixxx just plays live.\u00a0 Master goes to whatever your speaker out is. (^_^)<\/p>\n
MorphVOX is set to “Listen”… So that mess gets to the speakers. (^_^)<\/p>\n
And the mic is just a mic… Though, I cheated.\u00a0 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. (^_^)<\/p>\n
For the stream host, I port my little butt to 3FX<\/a> where they offer L$ funded stream hosts… Which work very well, I might add.\u00a0 So far I’ve used their L$199 24hour, 100 listener service a few times with no problems.\u00a0 Just follow the sign that says “Streams”.\u00a0 (^_^)<\/p>\n And, that be that! =^-^=<\/p>\n BUT!!!\u00a0 I have different plans today!\u00a0 I got my own stream server for a good price and I’m gonna try out SAM Broadcaster.\u00a0 I’ve already found that it has a nicely controllable compressor.\u00a0 I wanna sound gooooood. =^-^=<\/p>\n Oop… I just said “Today”, didn’t I? =^-^=<\/p>\n Well, I frigg’n mean it.\u00a0 SUNDAY! December 5th, from 11am to about\u00a0 12 or 12:30pm… Come down to NCA(Adult)<\/a> for Immy’s Sunday Nooner!\u00a0 It’s gonna be Rock.\u00a0 It’s gonna be Metal.\u00a0 It’s gonna be Alternative.\u00a0 But, most of all…It’s gonna be LOUD! XD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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.\u00a0 While I … Continue reading