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[quote author=”RodeoJack”]I have 4 Juli@ cards, all modifed per the instructions elsewhere on this site.
I’m running a tilt setting of 10 on all 3 of them, so I guess you can expect some consistency from these things.[/quote]
@RodeoJack, you don’t need to mod Juli@ cards, the mod shown in the site is specificaly for the M-Audio Audiophile 192 card as it had a particularly bad output and at the time (3+ years ago) this was one of the few affordable quality cards with a 192Khz DAC. Nowadays there are many cards with 192Khz DACs and the ESI range are very good, well priced cards.The final drive is the input to the final clipper, you are driving it VERY hard at +3.5dB and this is why you have high peaks in the final output level. This will cause distortion in the final clipper but this where the loudness vs clarity tradeoff takes place. Personally I never normally go above 1db drive to the final clipper. Please do bear in mind though that it is normal to have red peaks in the output meters as this is what is giving you the loudness on air. The red peaks do not get broadcast, this simply shows you the part which is getting clipped by the clipper, only the part below and up to 0dB goes out on air..
If the physical output level is too high, this is adjusted by the MPX or L/R ref level settings in the signal settngs box but this adjusts these levels invisibly, this simply attenuates what comes out after the final clipper. If you want to attenuate into the final clipper then this is done via the final drive slider.
Alcyone, the level of resistor is a bit subjective, a 1meg can result in a very low level and a noisy squarewave, I personally use a 100k and this seems to cover most cards fine, I have occasionally bypassed the resistor totally for a very insensitive card but in most cases some kind of resistor is recommended.
There is one hardware audio/streaming hardware box I use for STLs from time to time.
This is a Barix Instreamer and certainly can do MP3 (not sure about AAC+ yet but I thnk the latest models can).
http://www.barix.com/Instreamer/301/
Alternatively for a super high end solution, try this:
http://www.audiotxwebstream.com/Hope this helps.
Yorkie.
Try increasing the RDS level a bit it should be around 4% (assuming your overall mod is 100%@75Khz and tilt is properly adjusted) but try upping it a percent or two to see if this solves it.
Hi,
If you have the $$ available, you should go for a Marian Trace Alpha. If on a budget an ESI Juli@ or Maya44PCI are a good quality alternative for around half the price but these latter two will require tilt calibration whereas if you go for the Marian, you can have 100% confidence that no calibration is needed and the quality is the very best available.
There is a large list of cards which will work (including some onboards codecs), a much shorter list of cards that will work well and for absolute quality, the 3 cards I have mentioned are the only ones I consider to be of sufficient quality to show the true potential of the software.Hope this helps,
Yorkie.
You need to load 2 files into the Edcast Directory from Winamp folders.
These are: enc_aacplus.dll and nscrt.dll. These should go into the same place you put the lame_enc.dll to get the MP3 encoding option to work.
You should then find the AACplus option available when you restart Edcast. Unfortunately, Edcast can be unpredictable at times and I have found occasions where no matter what you try, AACplus does not appear in the list.I 2nd that, Juli@ everytime, but if you can afford the few extra $$ get a Marian Trace Alpha, there is NO better card for BBP products.
Go to the manufacturers website and download the appropriate drivers, (Ethernet, Video, Sound and chipset). Store these on a memory stick or CD then when you have the O/S installed, you can then install the motherboard drivers from there.
Hi Sigmacom, great to hear from you again.
I was beginning to think that this project had disappeared, I’m, very glad it’s still happening.
Also very much looking forward to trying out working model, hopefully not long to go now 😀 .Yorkie.
Hi,
Sorry if my initial comment appeared to mislead you. I think here in the UK, what we describe as HAM radio is different from other countries.
I the UK HAM or as it is more commonly known here "Amateur Radio", is basically a slightly upper class licenensed version of CB, whereas CB is unlicensed and almost completely deserted, with the exception of a few die-hards and truck drivers.
In the UK, the broadcasting of music on CB or HAM radio is prohibited, as is the use of processing/compression on voice transmissions. Despite being prohibited it is fairly commonplace and not policed or enforced.
