Online DJing - now a pony possibility
I finally have my PC set up so that I can DJ online. I don't have anyplace where I can do such a thing, not yet.. but it's now actually possible to do it and have it sound good. Here's how i did it.
i have an Audigy 2 soundcard, and Traktor. Very basic setup. There are ASIO drivers for the card which got installed at some point. Usually I use ASIO4All drivers, and these direct the sound directly to the speakers. Instead I chose the Creative ASIO drivers, and these provide the option for having the main mix go to "Wave", which is actually Windows Wave, which gets played by the soundcard. Thankfully, Windows Wave is also what the Shoutcast Plugin broadcasts, so that part works.
The other trick is having the Cue channel NOT go out over the net, which would makes you sound like a talentless and/or deaf DJ; Creative ASIO lets you select the cue to go to the rear channel speakers, so nobody hears them but me. In fact, any ASIO drivers that have "wave" as an option for sound output are usable like this.. but those that output directly to the speakers might not work the same way. Allz I know is my way works.
So just by changing my soundcard drivers I can now broadcast online.. if i so chose. you could probably do the same, and have a proper cue channel as well.
Now I just have to make sure the mic works with this.
i have an Audigy 2 soundcard, and Traktor. Very basic setup. There are ASIO drivers for the card which got installed at some point. Usually I use ASIO4All drivers, and these direct the sound directly to the speakers. Instead I chose the Creative ASIO drivers, and these provide the option for having the main mix go to "Wave", which is actually Windows Wave, which gets played by the soundcard. Thankfully, Windows Wave is also what the Shoutcast Plugin broadcasts, so that part works.
The other trick is having the Cue channel NOT go out over the net, which would makes you sound like a talentless and/or deaf DJ; Creative ASIO lets you select the cue to go to the rear channel speakers, so nobody hears them but me. In fact, any ASIO drivers that have "wave" as an option for sound output are usable like this.. but those that output directly to the speakers might not work the same way. Allz I know is my way works.
So just by changing my soundcard drivers I can now broadcast online.. if i so chose. you could probably do the same, and have a proper cue channel as well.
Now I just have to make sure the mic works with this.