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Low Power AM streaming from Dallas

You did it right Steve, it works and sounds good.

However, i dunno if it's my comptuer or stop.. but the stream keeps pausing/buffering every 10 to 20 seconds for 5 seconds at a time...
 
Steve Eberhart said:
Okay...if I did this right, it should be at 32kbs now...
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Thanks, it does sound better, but it is still fairly distorted. It almost sounds like you are actually receiving it of the air on an AM radio and then sending it to your streaming computer. It is also very compressed. CBS Volumax/Audimax by chance? Of course, AM radio was that way. It is actually fairly similar sounding to the AM radio in my 66 Mustang.

I like your Sonovox jingles. Very cool... I haven't heard some of those songs in a very long time. :D
 
It's kickin' a$$ Steve...keep up the good work. Let's try to talk KLIF into running it. To one of the posters above...it sounds more authentic coming off an AM radio. That's part of the magic!
 
Steve Eberhart said:
processing is a brand new inovonics 235...with an orban 111B reverb before it.
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The Internet is full of mysteries. I'm listening on my laptop right now, which has crummy speakers. The effect is similar to listening to my old 9 transistor radio that I owned when I was in High School. That's not bad, in fact, it’s kind of a neat in a nostalgic way, but I don't think the effect is on purpose. Maybe I'm wrong. I've also experienced the intermittent buffering that others report. I have a very good Internet connection, so I'm not sure why it is buffering.

When I made the first comment about the compressed sound, I was at my desktop computer, listening with a set of Bose speakers. They are not the greatest, but they are fairly decent, and make it reasonably easy to hear problems. Sorry, I'm just an old audio guy. I'd like to help if I can, but I'm not sure where to tell you to start looking.

For an audio comparison, listen to my stream www.kzqx.com It's not the same format. It's standards, but I think you’ll agree that the audio quality is quite different.

Otherwise, you have a kick-ass station. The imaging, liners, jingles etc. are great! It is obvious that you have put a ton of effort into this. I really like the old radio commercials. When our station first signed on, I ran old radio spots and got quite a reaction out of it. Speedy Alka-Seltzer seemed to be a real favorite. Since we are actually a licensed over the air station, and non-commercial, I decided to drop them, just to eliminate any confusion. The FCC does allow running them for "historical purposes" but I've hesitated to push the envelope. Maybe I was wrong. They add a lot to your station's sound. It is tempting to put them back in rotation. I think they are at least as interesting as the music. You have an amazing collection of really great examples.

If you could do this on a full power station out here in East Texas, it would be an instant hit.
 
I switched back to 24kbs and the buffering problems seem to go away...maybe there's not enough bandwith or something...don't know...anyway, enjoy it even if the audio isn't pristine...and it is supposed to emulate old AM radio so...and remember, this is all just for fun as well..
 
I don't want to start Kennedy stuff here, but this afternoon, I heard, "The Point of No Return" played. That always reminds me Steve's aircheck of KLIF on 11/23/63. It was the last song played before the continuous news started of the shooting. It really was the point of no return.
 
Speaking of.......
On Novembe 22nd, I plan to run the entire day of KLIF's coverage. We put it on Reelradio a few years ago but if you never had a chance to hear it, it is well worth some time. The non-stop tapes run from before noon till late night.

Also...you might want to listen THIS weekend.
 
Steve, I think that you're doing what I did with my station in the beginning by running everything from your machine. You can go to gordonradio.com/testbot and play with the auto DJ and hear how good I was able to get it to sound. I'm currently with a company at www.sprycast.com which provides my bandwidth for a really good price. You're going to need less bandwith than I'm using, so you could probably get away with spending about $10 per month, however your stream should sound a lot better. I'm running 128, however I'm only paying $50 for everything as far as the streaming is concerned.
 
Nope, one machine has the automation software and another is used for streaming.
I have toyed with higher kbs, but I get buffering errors, so maybe my connection won't handle the bandwith or something. It seems to work fine at 24kbs, albeit slightly lesser audio quality...certainly listenable, and again pristine audio is not necessarily my goal.
 
I suggest lowering your input high end EQ so it doesn't sound quite as bright.

Another possibility if you're using Nullsoft's shoutcast software is streaming in 24K AAC+ instead of Mp3. It sounds much better but only a few programs at the present like Winamp v5 and VLC player can play them back.
 
AAC+ is awesome. I'm running a 24 bit stream on my second channel that sounds incredible. I think that there's something that you can install that will make windows media and other programs play that format.
 
Mp3 pro is good too

Do a search on "Thompson Mp3 Pro Encoder".. it's worked very well when I've listened to stations who use it.
 
Steve, earlier you mentioned that we might want to be listening THIS weekend, why is that? Kennedy stuff?
 
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