That's why I only will use mine for portibility.I will never use mine for broadcasting even though it soudns great.
:> Yeah, USB microphones can sometimes cause quite a habic for :> broadcasting, a friend of mine tried to broadcast with one, and she :> couldn't be heard. :> :> At 23:39 5/24/2007, you wrote: :>>Hi Everyone, :>> :>>Ok finally figured it all out. I had a USB microphone plugged into :>>the system. So everytime I switched the input mode from winamp to :>>soundcard it was using the USB microphone as the soundcard. I :>>stumbled upon this when I forgot and left the microphone switch on :>>and was playing with the input settings while streaming and heard my :>>voice from the USB microphone. I unplugged it and the SoundBlaster :>>took over and everything works just fine. Oviously the winamp :>>shoutcast plug-in can't handle more than one sound card as the combo :>>box only says winamp or sound card for the inputs and I was not able :>>to select from the USB microphone and the SoundBlaster. I plugged :>>in a USB sound card after I started streaming to get Jaws to switch :>>to it instead of the sound blaster. So all my problems were due to :>>the USB microphone. That's really crazy isn't it? :>> :>>Now to see if I can teach my client to do this. Thank you everyone :>>that gave me advice, especially Jonathan that got me going in the :>>right direction tonight. :>> :>>Rick :>> :>> :>>======= :>> :>>Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net :>> :>> :>>----- Original Message ----- :>>From: "Jessica Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :>>To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> :>>Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:01 PM :>>Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed :>> :>> :>>you have to get jaws of that sound card somehow. :>> :>>On 5/24/07, Rick Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>> > Hi, :>> > :>> > Yes I just went in to Goldwave and did a test recording. I heard :>> > Jaws speaking and I heard winamp playing it's audio stream and my :>> > voice from the :>> > microphone when I played the recording back. :>> > :>> > Rick :>> > :>> > :>> > ======= :>> > :>> > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net :>> > :>> > :>> > ----- Original Message ----- :>> > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :>> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> :>> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:37 PM :>> > Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed :>> > :>> > :>> > Hi Rick, and if you use a program like Sound Forge of Goldwave, :>> > does What You hear work as you would expect? Because it sounds :>> > like you're doing everything right and that the sound card may be :>> > the issue. :>> > :>> > -----Original Message----- :>> > From: Rick Harmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > Sent: Friday, 25 May 2007 1:12 p.m. :>> > To: PC audio discussion list. :>> > Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed :>> > :>> > Yes I'm sending silence. The number of bytes does go up so I can :>> > tell the data is streaming. I even get the right header for the :>> > song on the other end but all I get in the stream is silence. :>> > when I set the input mode back to winamp my audio stream is heard :>> > again. :>> > :>> > Rick :>> > :>> > :>> > ======= :>> > :>> > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net :>> > :>> > :>> > ----- Original Message ----- :>> > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :>> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> :>> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:55 PM :>> > Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed :>> > :>> > :>> > Hi Rick, when this happens, can you tell if you are streaming :>> > silence? That :>> > is to say does the number of bytes sent in the Shoutcast Plug-in :>> > window keep :>> > increasing? :>> > :>> > -----Original Message----- :>> > From: Rick Harmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > Sent: Friday, 25 May 2007 12:49 p.m. :>> > To: PC audio discussion list. :>> > Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed :>> > :>> > Hi Jonathan, :>> > :>> > I'm not a broadcaster so unfortunately this isn't all straight :>> > forward to me. I have seen the settings that you are talking :>> > about and have tried switching the input for the plug in to :>> > soundcard and then setting up the volume control for recording to :>> > what you hear and setting the playback microphone to unmuted. :>> > When I do this however I hear nothing from the server. No audio :>> > stream and no voice from the microphone. I've been working on :>> > this for a week now and am banging my head against the wall. I :>> > simply don't know how to get this done via winamp and the :>> > shoutcast plugin. :>> > I have no problems getting the audio stream to work. That part is :>> > actually :>> > pretty simple. But getting the voice over simply isn't working :>> > no matter what I try. :>> > :>> > Thanks for your help, :>> > :>> > Rick :>> > :>> > :>> > ======= :>> > :>> > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net :>> > :>> > :>> > ----- Original Message ----- :>> > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :>> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> :>> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:35 PM :>> > Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed :>> > :>> > :>> > Hi Rick, this is really very straight forward. The only issue may :>> > be if the :>> > person concerned is using software speech through the same sound :>> > card that the material to be broadcast is coming from. :>> > :>> > In the Shoutcast DSP plug-in for Winamp, there are two modes. One :>> > sends data :>> > direct from Winamp itself. In other words, if you play an MP3 :>> > file, then the :>> > MP3 data is transcoded to the bit rate you select, and then sent :>> > over the Internet. This is nice because you can minimise Winamp :>> > and use your sound card for other things while streaming music. :>> > It doesn't facilitate talking over music though. :>> > :>> > The other mode simply broadcasts whatever is coming through the :>> > sound card. :>> > So all you have to do is select this mode, select "what you hear" :>> > or "stereo :>> > mix" or whatever the feature on that particular sound card is :>> > called that records what is being played through the sound card, :>> > and go for it. If the broadcaster is using a simple microphone :>> > plugged into the microphone socket, :>> > then the microphone will need to be unmuted in playback controls :>> > when speaking. While there are controls that do this for you in :>> > the Winamp DSP, a :>> > simple way to handle this is to leave the control unmuted and use :>> > a microphone with a switch. These can often be found on analogue :>> > headsets and :>> > some of them sound surprisingly acceptable. :>> > :>> > Now if software speech is coming through the same sound card, :>> > then either a :>> > second sound card or external synthesiser must be obtained, or :>> > you'd need to :>> > go to StationPlaylist Studio which is a fantastic solution and :>> > highly accessible. :>> > :>> > In the main menu archives you can still find a comprehensive :>> > series I did on :>> > Shoutcasting. :>> > :>> > Jonathan :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>> > http://www.pc-audio.org :>> > :>> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>> > http://www.pc-audio.org :>> > :>> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>> > http://www.pc-audio.org :>> > :>> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>> > http://www.pc-audio.org :>> > :>> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>> > http://www.pc-audio.org :>> > :>> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>> > http://www.pc-audio.org :>> > :>> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> > :>> :>> :>>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>>http://www.pc-audio.org :>> :>>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> :>> :>> :>>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :>>http://www.pc-audio.org :>> :>>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] :>> :>>__________ NOD32 2290 (20070524) Information __________ :>> :>>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. :>>http://www.eset.com :> :> :> :> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... :> http://www.pc-audio.org :> :> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: :> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
