I was also considering purchasing a cheap touch screen monitor if i decided to go with that mixer. But, like you said, that would take the physical part of it. The reason i was thinking the mixer i mention was becasue it also has a software for both, mac and pc, and i have extra imac i could use to control it. LolĪt first i thought it was simple, but then, got it with reality, budget and features do not mix very well. All i want to do, is being able to control the music volume from a channel, have 4 xlr phantom power input, and at the same time being able to record my voicetracks without having an extra mic or having to unplug the ones i already have. I know that is dificult for a budgt radio station. I just want it somehow simple, but yet to do exactly what i want. I think that somehow am over thinking my set up. i personally prefer a physical one as well. I do wonder if they will do something to replace it but with linear faders. The XB10 was very good except for having rotary faders. They had a couple of nice mixers in their XB series, I guess your Allen & Heath is a music mixer. You probably need it to come with an ASIO driver to be OK. I can't comment on the Focusrite but do check it presents the channels in a way PlayIt Live can use. If you could get a decent second hand DX1000 I could also recommend that. The biggest drawback with the DX2000 is that the USB sound card only feeds one channel but you could combine it with another sound card to feed 3 or 4 more faders. It isn't as well made as the D&R but it costs a lot less. These may be beyond your budget, if so, I previously had a Behringer DX1000 and the newer version the DX2000USB is excellent value for money and has most of the features you might want. The D&R Airlite is arguably better for most applications with PlayIt Live and the Webstation also looks good. There is a new version with USB inputs which would be good for PlayIt Live but it's not cheap. I bought it very cheaply second hand but it just has analogue inputs. The mixer is a D&R Airmate ( ) for a mixer similar to mine. If you buy Rocket Broadcaster you may find that the pricingĭirect in your local currency is better than paying in another currency. It run smoothly seems to have been replacing the original drive with a solid The playout computer is an i3 laptop but the key to making I also use MP3 gain on the files when they go into the PlayIt Live library.Ĭollectively, this setup will run without intervention for Which works well with my library of music sourced from CDs of various vintages. I use the suggested, free, JB Broadcast three band processor The (paid) Pro editionĪllows multiple streams, various stream formats including Opus and will take a Reasonable Internet Broadcast plugin but it can’t apply processing. Now considering the streaming setup, PlayIt Live has a In this case, obviously, the PlayIt Live PC would also be used for streaming. With PlayIt Live as both the input and output card as it has two stereo outputs Would consider the Roland Rubix24 as this has a hardware limiter.įor simple(r) applications this might be sufficient to use It works well but if I were buying a suitable card now I I use an old Roland UA25 sound card but this needs modified This is a rare feature on USB sound cardsīut I consider it essential to preserve quality on the microphone whileĪllowing a good music/voice balance and a reasonable input into the streaming To allow a good level to be fed into the stream I use a USB Return the mixer output to a computer for streaming (it can be the sameĬomputer but in my case I use a different one). Once mixed as required, I use a separate sound card to This could beĬonnected to an input on a channel with an alternative function (for example Operation the Pre-Fade Listen channel is never faded up. I leave the QuickCarts up as well but (obviously) in normal These two channels should be left up on the mixer. If PlayIt Live is in automation, if you use 2 players then This feeds four stereo channels on the mixer with Player 1, I now use the 4 stereo channel “ESI Gigaport HD+” card for (other than having enough channels to use four stereo channels for PlayIt LiveĪnd some microphone inputs) is irrelevant. I’ve got a better mixer, but for this write up the mixer I’ve moved up the equipment “food chain” a little and I’ve now got a better Having written up the poor man’s radio setup four years ago
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