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Silas Scarborough
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| bip wrote: | In the "Devices" dropdown-menu you see all record devices that are available on your machine.
Usually the "default" device is what you want to use.
You can't use butt for selecting what you want to record.
You need to set this in the audiomixer of your operating system.
There you can select e.g. "line-in" "mic" or "all what you hear"
>>I'm trying to figure out if you can mix in prerecorded stuff while you
>>play live - that's probably the only reason I use SAM.
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Here's how to run as many channels as you like, external inputs and back tracks.
1) Get a USB or Firewire audio interface.
2) Open your recording software
3) Load it with the AIFF mixdowns of your back tracks (i.e. mixdown your recordings to individual stereo AIFFs and then import each one into a separate track in your recording software.)
4) Mute all the individual songs you just loaded
5) Set up empty record channels and assign each one to a different input channel from your audio interface. Ensure monitor is turned on for that channel.
6) Set up your streaming software to capture all system audio
7) In your recording software, unmute one of your backing track songs and click play
 You should now be able to sing into your live mike, play guitar, keys, etc and all should be heard/broadcast
Variations on the theme:
If you have a hardware mixer, you can go with a USB audio interface such as TASCAM US-122 as that will support the stereo output from the mixer.
If you're mixing in software then you're likely already using a Firewire audio interface because of the additional channels it will support. I had tremendous difficulty in getting set up with a Presonus Firestudio Project and it's still not clear what resolved the problem but it's working perfectly now and provides excellent service. It supports 8-ins and has 10-outs.
The flexibility of the Firewire solution is obvious but other considerations of whether it is better to use a hardware or a software mixer will likely take on religious fervor so I'll leave them alone.
Komuso: No PC in my corn flakes or whatever. It just amuses me to see the marveling at some PC software that's finally written the way it should have been written in the first place. Don't get me wrong; I'm happy that you all have this software now as I've heard the agonizing from people trying to get started in audio on PCs.
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Komuso Tokugawa
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Silas Scarborough wrote: |
Komuso: No PC in my corn flakes or whatever. It just amuses me to see the marveling at some PC software that's finally written the way it should have been written in the first place. Don't get me wrong; I'm happy that you all have this software now as I've heard the agonizing from people trying to get started in audio on PCs. |
a) No one is "Marveling" over anything. It's a review of a neat little lighweight opensource tool that MAY suit SOME live musicians
b) Nicecast, like SAM Broadcaster, is overkill for many streaming situations especially for live musicians using a DAW setup and pro outboard audio interface. Suggest your read the bloated feature set for nicecast.
Simplecast on the PC does a fantastic job actually - I just want something even more simpler for my useage context.
c) re: pc vs mac debate YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNN
Reality is they are both great platforms for Audio with many easy to use hardware/software combinations [Sorry to bust your "mac rulz" bubble their Bigguy], and they both have strong and weak points in different usage contexts. To say otherwise is complete bs.
However, if you need to feel superior because you bought a mac, whatever...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Zak Claxton
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| DjaiSkjellerup wrote: | | All my shows this weekend have been played through my BUTT. It's worked perfectly. |
Man, I love this software purely for the comedy potential. Thanks Daniel!
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Tommy CUlt
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I am still laffin over Djai's post 
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Komuso Tokugawa
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Silas Scarborough
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Komuso Tokugawa"] | Silas Scarborough wrote: |
b) Nicecast, like SAM Broadcaster, is overkill for many streaming situations especially for live musicians using a DAW setup and pro outboard audio interface. Suggest your read the bloated feature set for nicecast. |
What rubbish is this! To get streaming, I launch the app, verify the list of stream configurations to make sure I'm starting the right one, click connect....I'm done.
It's not clear what you perceive as bloated. The only component I don't use much is the server but I use and require every other aspect of the program. One-button recording and the like is bloat? I thought I read you wishing for just that, um, bloated feature a few posts back.
| Komuso Tokugawa wrote: |
Simplecast on the PC does a fantastic job actually - I just want something even more simpler for my useage context. |
Your 'useage context???' Cripes, man, the corporation is eating your brain! That ain't English.
| Komuso Tokugawa wrote: |
c) re: pc vs mac debate YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNN
Reality is they are both great platforms for Audio with many easy to use hardware/software combinations [Sorry to bust your "mac rulz" bubble their Bigguy], and they both have strong and weak points in different usage contexts. To say otherwise is complete bs.
However, if you need to feel superior because you bought a mac, whatever...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
Nah, I just pump up Macs to share the enthusiasm. I lost all feelings of superiority when the kingdom was usurped by the Chinese and my family had to live on rivercraft for some years before we could make our way to freedom.
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Komuso Tokugawa
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bip
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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calm down guys.
Everyone can use what he wants...
however, it's nice to hear that most of you enjoy the tool, especially the name  |
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