System = PC...
I take a stereo mini to 2-1/4 inch wire (one or two adapters to make that happen) from the computer's headphone jack, into the mixer. I make sure that it is in the second bus on the mixer (two buses are helpful...that way you can use the board for something else other than the station if need be). I then take the signal out of the auxilary bus (that I run MZONE off of) into the stereo inputs on the compressor.
I am very lucky to have a pal from Kiss 108 in Boston who knows his compression, so let me give you what I have:
Expander/Gate: 0
Threshold: -20
Ratio: 3
Attack: 0.1
Release: 0.15
Output: 0
Expander: 2
Buttons Pressed In: Interactive, SC Filter, In/Out
Those are the exact readings from my compressor. Make sure yours are similar to that. Tweak them if ya wanna.
Then I take the signal out of the compressor with a 2-1/4 to stereo mini wire, into the "line in" on the computer's soundcard. Winamp offers a plugin that allows you to take the line-in, and broadcast only that. You can search for and download that at
www.winamp.com. And thats the end of it.
Hopefully that was a help for ya.
> > At MZONEradio (mzoneradio.com), we use the free DirEttore
> > 1.4.0 automation software, available at
www.mixtime.com.
> >
> > Lemme give you the Pros and Cons:
> >
> > PROS
> > ====
> >
> > - Free. Free. Free.
> > - Program is still in beta, so you can throw the software
> > creator ideas to implement.
> > - Very reliable on a 1ghz PC with 256MB Ram, XP Home. I
> > bought a PC from a friend for $200 with just that...and it
>
> > has been running, with 3 harddrives in it, since February
> > without an issue.
> > - Sequences, Rotations, Playlists, Button Bar, Events,
> > Sweepers Over Songs...very reliable.
> > - Second program, CuEditor, allows for you to edit
> cuepoints
> > outside of the automation program. This program was made
> > after beta testers requested it.
> >
> >
> > CONS
> > ====
> >
> > - No voicetracking capabilities...yet.
> > - Sweepers automatically attach to the post. So if the dry
>
> > sweeper is :03 and the song's post is :17, the sweeper
> > doesnt start playing until :14 seconds in. This is to be
> > fixed in later versions. You can also put short sweepers
> as
> > "wet" and edit the cuepoints so...long story. HAHA email
> me
> > at
[email protected] if you ever need help.
> > - No built-in processing. Yet.
> > - No in-program ShoutCast streaming. WinAmp with Shoutcast
>
> > DNAS in background is needed...this will be added in
> future
> > versions.
> > - No built-in scheduler. But, you can import playlists
> from
> > an external scheduling program...OR do what I do, and
> create
> > a rotation where it chooses the songs for you, and
> separate
> > the like-artists and songs. Listen to MZONEradio from
> > 7am-12am EDT to hear it...doesnt sound bad at all i
> think!!
> >
> >
> > WRAP-UP
> > =======
> >
> > Are you anal about hand-scheduling your music? This isnt
> > your program. But if you are good at figuring out a
> rotation
> > where you know what should be aired when, and just let the
>
> > program work its magic, DirEttore is your baby. Its free.
> > You have a word in development. DRS is good, but a little
> > bit more demanding, hardware wise.
>
>
>
>
>
> I take my signal from a
> > PC, out to a mixer, out to a compressor, and back into the
>
> > system...which I would rather do because if i ever DO go
> > onair...i'd like to compress my voice along with the
> music.
>
>
> I followed your instructions because I want to add a
> compressed sound to my internet station that debuts in 1-2
> weeks. My server has an audio card Real -Tek that has quite
> a few modes for the type of music your playing. But I want a
> sound like yours. I output the PC signal into the mixer
> where I do read a signal. Then I input it to my DBX box that
> doesn't seem to respond with any detection of the signal as
> I input it into the input jack of my computer. I see you
> mentioned system. Are you referring to your PC as the
> system? Or do I need a tuner with a output AUX or something
> that goes into the next component.
> What would I be doing wrong from there?
> I run an OTS system. Can that be done with the OTS.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > HAHA I've been talking far too long. DirEttore baby.
> >
> > > Well, at Radio Bop (radiobop.com), we use DRS 2006
> > Standard
> > > which actually does a pretty decent job for 70 bucks
> (plus
> >
> > > another $100 for the internet broadcaster and audio
> > > processor)...the absolute only function I need but can't
>
> > get
> > > unless I upgrade to the PRO version for another $500 is
> > the
> > > ability to trigger an automatic time tone at the top of
> > the
> > > hour within the system. The in and out cues work fine
> and
> >
> > > the flow between jingles and music performs exactly as I
>
> > > envisioned. The only downside is an occasional freeze
> > where
> > > the sequencing inexplicably stops. The problem appears
> to
> >
> > > result from a song fading out on one player, a short
> > jingle
> > > playing on the second player followed by a year jingle
> on
> > > the third player--if the first selection is still
> > finishing
> > > on player one, there is no place for the next sequenced
> > song
> > > to go so everything stops. I've had to stop using a
> > couple
> > > of :02 and :03 jingles as a result.
> > >
> > > The other issue with the current version of DRS 2006 is
> > the
> > > lack of a music scheduling program...I intend to go to
> > > Prophet once we get our audience built up and we start
> > > generating some revenue...SAM 3 has a respectable
> > following
> > > but it has issues too...
> > >
> > > GIVE US A LISTEN...radiobop.com...playing 50s and 60s
> rock
> >
> > > 'n roll from early rockabilly through early beatles...
> > >
> >
>
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