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I'm on da radio, sorta! :)
Apr. 30th, 2010 07:19 pmSo in the midst of the long and damn complicated transition to the VA job agency, I have taken up internet broadcasting again.
I bought myself a server at ultrahoast and am practicing there; it suits me down to the ground, and unlike before, the basic streamer is even a stereo one. I bought it Tuesday and have so far broadcasted six times to some lovely listeners, only from my twitter and msn lists so far, but they have all given me great feedback and encouragment.
When I was doing this years ago, I was using the winamp shoutcast DSP plug in, but now I installed and am using the sam encoders from spacial audio.
With a suggestion from shane C (who I finally met on skype a few days ago) I also downloaded and installed Station playlis studio which sounds really good and it's basically everything in one package; it will normalize everything, cross fade if I want, and a whole lot of other stuff which will make it sound really professional! The playlist feature sounds just wonderful, and I'll be able to keep track of all the songs I've put in there.
I will be getting myself a USB headset combo though, probably Monday now.
I am getting the hang of it all rather quickly. I listen to the archive after each broadcast which helps me determine any of the little issues I'm still having, such as the mic being too loud and/or the music clipping.
Of course I'm aiming to join a network very soon but I'm still figuring out which one; there is a lot to choose from, but I only really know of ones with blindies on, not that it matters of course but just saying. I'm looking forward to getting on a network and being able to broadcast to an even larger audience. I have heaps and heaps of music and comedy; am into such a wide variety that I don't think my listeners would ever get bored. I may still keep my server even then.
(the above link will take people to my server page if I'm broadcasting.)
In other news, I am off to Mons tomorrow with Karen, and we will be baking biscuits, brownies, Lemon Marrangue pie and a roast for dinner; mmm. Joy and I will be staying over as it'd be a bit dodge training it home so late.
Well that's about all; may broadcast for a bit now.
Til Next time, RdFreak
I bought myself a server at ultrahoast and am practicing there; it suits me down to the ground, and unlike before, the basic streamer is even a stereo one. I bought it Tuesday and have so far broadcasted six times to some lovely listeners, only from my twitter and msn lists so far, but they have all given me great feedback and encouragment.
When I was doing this years ago, I was using the winamp shoutcast DSP plug in, but now I installed and am using the sam encoders from spacial audio.
With a suggestion from shane C (who I finally met on skype a few days ago) I also downloaded and installed Station playlis studio which sounds really good and it's basically everything in one package; it will normalize everything, cross fade if I want, and a whole lot of other stuff which will make it sound really professional! The playlist feature sounds just wonderful, and I'll be able to keep track of all the songs I've put in there.
I will be getting myself a USB headset combo though, probably Monday now.
I am getting the hang of it all rather quickly. I listen to the archive after each broadcast which helps me determine any of the little issues I'm still having, such as the mic being too loud and/or the music clipping.
Of course I'm aiming to join a network very soon but I'm still figuring out which one; there is a lot to choose from, but I only really know of ones with blindies on, not that it matters of course but just saying. I'm looking forward to getting on a network and being able to broadcast to an even larger audience. I have heaps and heaps of music and comedy; am into such a wide variety that I don't think my listeners would ever get bored. I may still keep my server even then.
(the above link will take people to my server page if I'm broadcasting.)
In other news, I am off to Mons tomorrow with Karen, and we will be baking biscuits, brownies, Lemon Marrangue pie and a roast for dinner; mmm. Joy and I will be staying over as it'd be a bit dodge training it home so late.
Well that's about all; may broadcast for a bit now.
Til Next time, RdFreak
