[André Engelhardt]

Alright so the way I can imagine this working is like this *(roughly)*:

– A 10 or 20 input audio interface (10 for mono, 20 for 10 stereo channels) that connects to your computer (the signal should be processed and mixed etc before going into the audio interface so you’ll most likely need either another computer setup for the audio processing or go the analog/hardware way)
– Shoutcast Server https://www.shoutcast.com/broadcast-tools which allows multiple streams / stations / channels

(By the way, the “red & white” inputs I believe you are referring to are RCA connectors. You’ll probably not have much luck hooking up 10 of those to a normal audio interface although I think M-Audio still has the Delta-1010 which might do just that. That’s another topic though 🙂

Hope that helps.

André

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[André Engelhardt]

Firewire 800 is a good start but that’s only the data pipe. What’s pushing the data? A raid, simple 7200rpm disk? You could always use the AJA System Test to get an idea of wether or not you’ll be able to get enough data throughput … Another way: Just try it!

Get it here: https://www.aja.com/products/software/

Good luck!

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[André Engelhardt]

Hi Wayne, this is a complex topic and you’d probably be best of starting here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_streaming_media_systems
https://www.wavestreaming.com/articles/how-to-start-an-internet-radio-station.php#legal
https://www.streamsolutions.co.uk/help/server_controls/getting_started

It would also help if you could give some more information on what you’re trying to achieve.

– How many stations (channels)
– What kind of content (music, original, talk, edu)
– Source of content (live production, file based from PC, other devices …)
– How many expected listeners per channel
– Operating time (24/7, ocasionally …)
– Your hardware or budget for hardware
– Bandwidth available (usually minimum bitrate per stream is 96kbps for music, needed bandwidth for 96kbps: 96kbps x (number of listeners) e.g. 96kbps x 20 listeners = 1920kbps. If you don’t have a fast enough upload link you will need to get a streaming host such as linked above (streamsolutions.co.uk) where you stream just one copy of your stream and they duplicate the stream to the listeners. Price is dependent on number of listeners and bitrate.

And again: Licensing also depends on how many listeners, streams, content etc. so that has to go into budget as well.

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[André Engelhardt]

Hi Hallie,

this is possible! On a Mac using SoundFlower will allow you to flexibly route the audio the way you need it (available here: https://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/ ) and there is multiplatform support from JACK – https://jackaudio.org/ which essentially does the same thing but I found (at least on the Mac) that SoundFlower is a bit more reliable and stable. Your mileage may vary! 🙂

It’s probably easiest using two USB mics as they show up discretely and you won’t mess up your audio outs but if you have an audio interface the options might be even better. What system are you using, audio interface, headsets etc.?

Of course having a dedicated hardware box that plugs into the output of your editing workstation and splits the audio and connects the mic’s to each others headsets would be very elegant and preferable just for simplicity sake. Add individual pots for volume and mic gain and you’d have a very cool tool!

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[André Engelhardt]

Hi Brent,

in addition to Richard’s suggestions, am I right in assuming that this only happens when using battery powered mics? Otherwise the sound is fine with other mic’s?

Usually the first thing that comes to mind would be a bad connection / dirt / oxidized connectors when you get static with wired mics, then comes interference and then technical design issues (such as voltage mismatch etc,).

Before buying any converters/adpaters etc. I’d try to isolate the problem and see if it isn’t something simple first. And yes, a short audio sample of the noise would be great.

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[André Engelhardt]

Hi Miodrag,

if you’re referring to the sketch to reality animation at the beginning that can be done easily with filters available standard in Photoshop and can also be done (preferrably by hand or rather stylus/tablet!

Put the sketched animation on one track, the shot footage on an underlying and then create an alpha transition or even just a keyframed mask to reveal it. Many different ways to get the same result and I’m sure more will chime in here!

André

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[André Engelhardt]

Glad I could help Mitch, let me know if you happen to figure out other ways of zooming smooth ‘n slow on the HM100!

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[André Engelhardt]

Great documentary Rob, I really liked the way you put the subtitles all over the screen. It makes it more of an integral part of the movie. Really liked that and thanks for sharing your experience!

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I don’t think that the Mac Pro is going to be the weakest link, most likely you will run into bandwidth issues getting the data from the hard disk to your computer. Where do you have the footage stored? Internally/externally – Firewire 800, eSata etc.?

[André Engelhardt]

Hi Samuel,

the ME2 is a great little lav Mic so my question back to you is why not replace it with another ME2? You’ve got experience working with it, probably have tons of recordings made with it so why switch?

You’ll have to get used to a new sound, it’ll sound different if you mix it with your recordings done with the now broken ME2 etc.

Of course there are compatible and superior products but that’s also a matter of price. What are you looking for that you found lacking in the ME2 and how much would you be willing to spend?

André

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