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  • September 11, 2011 at 6:28 am #7251
    Benny Mackney
    Member

    I like where this is going =D I’ll check it out! Thanks!

    September 24, 2011 at 10:32 am #7803
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    We’ve been keeping an eye on this – I think we’ll look at covering it on the main blog.

    September 24, 2011 at 11:54 pm #7858
    NewportDJ Drew
    Participant

    It’s a great app. I was using it yesterday for about 4-5 hours. apart from my grandaughter turning the pc off halway through then nieghbours having a barney(not with me) it worked without a hitch. I have also witnessed they have great support/help/resolution team in place too.

    October 6, 2011 at 7:33 am #8161
    NewportDJ Drew
    Participant

    Well, where do I start? Last weekend i upped my package from Mixlr and was bitterly disappointed with the 128k stream quality.
    I wrote to their support team about paying extra for a higher quality stream. Guess what? Not only did they increase it to 192k, they did it at no extra cost permonth(about $8 Australian). So huge ups to mixLR support!
    Now, here’s the thing, the speed is increased, quality is more acceptable, and I am very happy with that but this act alone opens up other potential problems.. Not everyone has high speed broadband and the higher(in speed/quality) one goes the demographic starts to become reduced. The other downside is streaming a higher bit rate means an average, say, 4-5 hour session will eat (exaggerated rounding) about 1/2 a gig of a listeners data plan… The data side doesn’t bother me as I have 150 gigs a month to play with, but others are not so fortunate…..
    Yes there is a question in all of this! Is 192 k too much to ask of listeners, or should I be strict on the quality of the stream I am broadcasting?

    October 7, 2011 at 4:43 am #1001822
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    I’d definitely stick to 128 for online radio, for all the reasons you suggest.

    October 9, 2011 at 2:10 pm #8282
    Chris Jennings
    Participant

    We broadcast all our shows at 192. Not sure why, but we do.

    October 13, 2011 at 2:55 pm #8426
    TStef
    Participant

    128kbps shouldn’t sound bad at all unless they ‘say’ it’s 128 when, in fact, it’s lower
    I listen to DI.fm @ 96kbps and I can’t really complain about the sound quality or the streaming.

    October 14, 2011 at 3:07 am #8450
    Chris Jennings
    Participant

    TStef, post: 8422 wrote: 128kbps shouldn’t sound bad at all unless they ‘say’ it’s 128 when, in fact, it’s lower
    I listen to DI.fm @ 96kbps and I can’t really complain about the sound quality or the streaming.

    Agreed

    October 15, 2011 at 6:58 pm #8511
    TStef
    Participant

    Can anyone advise on how I can use Mixlr with the following setup:

    Numark Mixtrack (not Pro)
    NI Audio 2 DJ (2 stereo outputs, no input)
    Laptop (1 stereo output, 1 mic input)
    (optional) SoundBlaster X-Fi external USB soundcard (1 stereo output, 1 line-in)

    I tried using the master output channels set in Traktor as my input for Mixlr but it doesn’t detect any sound. Do I really need a physical connection going into the laptop to be able to use it? Like a wire from my master output to a mic or line-in port in the laptop (or in the Soundblaster card)?

    I’m open to any ideas. Thanks!

    October 15, 2011 at 7:45 pm #1001880
    Chris Jennings
    Participant

    Do you have the Audio 2 set as the default sound card on your computer?

    October 15, 2011 at 9:05 pm #8519
    TStef
    Participant

    Chris Jennings, post: 8509 wrote: Do you have the Audio 2 set as the default sound card on your computer?

    Yep.

    October 15, 2011 at 9:15 pm #8520
    Chris Jennings
    Participant

    Not sure then. It lets me pick my mixer as the audio source.

    October 15, 2011 at 10:02 pm #1001884
    NewportDJ Drew
    Participant

    i use a second pc… line in.
    i will give more info on my chain….. laptop-mixer-amp-pc running mixlr

    October 15, 2011 at 10:28 pm #8527
    TStef
    Participant

    Chris Jennings, post: 8516 wrote: Not sure then. It lets me pick my mixer as the audio source.

    When I select my master channel (Audio 2 DJ Ch. A 1&2), Mixlr says “Warning: Silent input detected”. So it considers that no sound is going through that channel.

    Am I going at it in the wrong way in terms of inputs vs. outputs?

    October 17, 2011 at 7:47 pm #8611
    Chris Jennings
    Participant

    Are you sure your not picking a mic in or line in jack on the computer?

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