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Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-21-2006 02:34:

Mixing Online

Hey, I didn't know where to put this but I have a question about mixing online.

Is there a site where... say, you could mix like into your mic input on the back of your comp and have a few friends listen in? Like a chat website kinda...

I've always wanted to do this for my friends, now that we are off at college it seems like a fun "get-together" idea...

any sites? Or is it just better to upload it somewhere...

Thanks,
Geoff

Posted by Jeremy H on Aug-21-2006 02:52:

mixer -> soundcard (line-in) -> teh internet! (http://www.shoutcast.com/)

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-21-2006 04:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Jeremy H
mixer -> soundcard (line-in) -> teh internet! (http://www.shoutcast.com/)

Thanks! I'll have to look into it! Is it hard to set up?

Posted by jmix on Aug-21-2006 05:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Djshortcircuit
Thanks! I'll have to look into it! Is it hard to set up?

Its a bit of a pain, but not bad.... depends on your computer hacking sills though

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-21-2006 05:18:

quote:
Originally posted by jmix
Its a bit of a pain, but not bad.... depends on your computer hacking sills though

Haha, really? GOSH!

I'm going to try it tomarrow... and other sites?

thanks again!

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-21-2006 18:50:

quote:
Originally posted by jmix
Its a bit of a pain, but not bad.... depends on your computer hacking sills though

oh... my... god... I think this is the only time I wish I was a hardcore computer nerd...

It won't work... like it says I'm sending a singal but... I don't show up on the shoutcast website... hmm...

any other sites or any easier way?

Posted by DjWoody on Aug-21-2006 18:52:

www.Live365.com

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-21-2006 19:10:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
www.Live365.com

Hey thanks woody, but me being a cheap-skate, thats not free is it?

Posted by DjWoody on Aug-21-2006 19:30:

You can try it out for Free. It used to be Free a few years back, then they made it into a paid site.

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-21-2006 22:18:

dang.. thanks tho...

anyother free sites?

Posted by Vero on Aug-21-2006 22:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Djshortcircuit
oh... my... god... I think this is the only time I wish I was a hardcore computer nerd...

It won't work... like it says I'm sending a singal but... I don't show up on the shoutcast website... hmm...

any other sites or any easier way?

you will have to configure some ports on your router (if you are using one). then just give your IP address to the friends that you want tuned in and they should be able to stream live off your connection.

Posted by sKyBreAK on Aug-22-2006 06:15:

i'm not sure about this, but back in the day i used to run a shoutcast server off my ip with stuff i downloaded from their website and people could tune into it by loading up my ip or dns in their 'open location' of winamp.
hope that helped
hah

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Aug-22-2006 16:05:

quote:
Originally posted by sKyBreAK
i'm not sure about this, but back in the day i used to run a shoutcast server off my ip with stuff i downloaded from their website and people could tune into it by loading up my ip or dns in their 'open location' of winamp.
hope that helped
hah

See I tried to do that but it just didn't work! Nor, I don't think my friends would be smart enough to try to find me like that...

Posted by AnomalyConcept on Aug-28-2006 02:45:

I used to use Traktor with the built-in IceCast (open-source version of Shoutcast) server functionality. Well, I used it as a source for an IceCast server that I ran on my computer.

If you want to run a server off of your own computer, you have to have the bandwidth (how fast your Internet connection is) to support it. For example, if you set the encoded quality at 64KB/s, your connection has to support 64KB/s * number of listeners.

I may be paraphrasing information you can find online, but basically, there are two things you need:
server- program that broadcasts your stream (on a particular IP address and port) and;
client - program that connects to the server, usually the source of your audio.

The downside to IceCast is that it encodes in Ogg/Vorbis format, which some media players do not support out-of-the-box.

In any case, there is a program called OddCast (http://www.oddsock.org/tools/oddcastv3/) that you can use as a client. You can use it to stream from your soundcard (eg. Line In), and last time I checked, supports many popular formats.

Good luck!

/computer nerd in hiding

Posted by kadomony on Aug-28-2006 02:54:

you also have to make sure to forward your broadcasting ports if you're using a router/firewall/both

Posted by KilldaDJ on Aug-28-2006 02:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Djshortcircuit
See I tried to do that but it just didn't work! Nor, I don't think my friends would be smart enough to try to find me like that...

get a dynamic dns job done or something

http://www.everydns.net/

give urself a hostname instead of 192.184.89.255 or whatever

Posted by wizniz on Aug-29-2006 00:00:

...aol instant messenger live chat feature!

thats all i got...

Posted by Tranzmit on Aug-31-2006 07:23:

use yahoo messenger like i do

go to chat room >music>electronica and voila

i actually dj live on there weekly and have for years as do heaps on others djs as it's a great way to practice and learn

Posted by Fl@k Monkey on Aug-31-2006 08:14:

Windows Media Encoder

Hope this helps

Posted by wizniz on Aug-31-2006 20:39:

this thread motivated me to set up a shoutcast account.

so i did.

and it works.

i can help you w/ this if you want?

Posted by Djshortcircuit on Sep-01-2006 00:28:

quote:
Originally posted by wizniz
this thread motivated me to set up a shoutcast account.

so i did.

and it works.

i can help you w/ this if you want?

Thanks, but I think I might be getting a job at my local radio station, it can also be heard on teh internet. 2 birds, 1 stone.