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Hi Zeb!
No worries. BBP itself does not use an MP3 encoder. The MP3 guide is written from the point of view of encoding to send to a shoutcast/icecast server. If you’re trying to encode files, that’s a different story altogether, although the Lame 3.90.3 recommendation remains, as it’s the best sounding encoder.
///Leif
For MP3 @128, try pre-emph 15us, de-emph on, peq off, and output level -1.0 for a relaxed format, 0.0 for a higher energy format.
Output level 0.0 may cause decoder clipping in certain cases, but it will only be a smidgeon, so for a higher energy format it’s worth it for the loudness. Make sure you use a good encoder, such as lame 3.90.3. Check the recommended mp3 settings thread.
///Leif
Hi Ricardo!
Nice @ the AP192 mod!
Stick with XP SP1 if it works for you. Make sure the firewall is on if the box is connected to the internet.
P4 HT 2.8 is a very old CPU. I actually don’t have any P4 left in my computer collection, so I’m not sure if BBP ASIO will run OK on it, but you can download the demo version and try for yourself.
Best,
///LeifASIO -> WDM is kind of a pain in the neck because of the differing structures.. With ASIO you open the whole sound card whether you want to or not, whereas WDM devices are more like virtual devices, a single sound card could have one device per channel or pair of channels.
To do it properly, one would need an ASIO app which opens as many channels as necessary, has asynchronous SRC, and feeds to / records from WDM devices.
I don’t know of any program that does this (especially not for Vista or x64), but I guess I don’t quite understand how this would solve the problem, if the sound card is completely non-functioning with 6gb of ram in your machine? That sounds like a serious hardware / driver level problem, not one that could be solved in software.
///Leif
Hi Zeb!
Breakaway Broadcast is a realtime processor only, not a file processor. Functionality wise it’s equivalent to a hardware box, so the only way to do this would be to dub each and every track through it manually, at 1x realtime speed. Maybe there’s a software product to automate the task? How would you have done it with a hardware box?
///Leif
I couldn’t disagree more about the E-MU 0202. It sounds, tests and measures better than any on-board chips I have ever heard. Realtek make good audio chips, but they’re not pro audio quality. You notice the difference when you actually test it in the real world.
Most manufacturers specs are done in the lab under ideal conditions. Once the audio chip is actually mounted to a motherboard, things change radically.
///Leif
There’s a few more differences between Realtek and Juli@, other than ASIO support.. Even if the ADC and DACs behave well, the noise floor is much higher on Realtek, much lower analog output level (and input clip level), no balanced i/o, etc etc.
It’s possible to use on-board audio for MPX out — I frequently do for demos — but I wouldn’t run my station on it.
///Leif
No, dsphost.exe is executed by BBP to host the DSP plug-ins. This is how plug-ins are quarantined so that they can’t crash Breakaway. You can see dsphost.exe running in Task Manager when you’re using plug-ins.
///Leif
Juli@ rules indeed. 🙂
I really don’t have the time or resources to test every consumer level sound card or motherboard myself, but the good news is, anyone can do it! All you need is Breakaway, and a scope. With the multitude of test tones available in BBP, you can test easily test every important aspect of the dac.
///Leif
Hi Camclone!
I haven’t seen this one, but VIA VT1708B is crap. The output spectrum is so dirty it’s completely unusable for MPX.
If you have an oscilloscope, you can test your board yourself, Camclone. (If you don’t, you really should, considering how much you’re into processing). Play a 57 kHz sinewave through the output and see what it looks like on the scope. If it look like a nice steady sinewave, you’re good. If it looks all jagged and bent out of shape, congratulations — you have a shitty output dac 🙂.
///Leif
Dude, BBP ASIO comes with Pipeline and has a kernel streaming input, for exactly this reason. It works out of the box, no need to buy anything other than BBP ASIO and Airomate.
///Leif
Resolved.
I actually fixed this months ago. (File is dated 6-27-2009)
The fix made it into Breakaway Live, but I guess I forgot to copy the file to the Breakaway Broadcast installer source directory.
Here’s what you need: [attachment=0:1yv4l4tg]dsphost.zip[/attachment:1yv4l4tg]
Unzip this to the BreakawayBroadcast folder. That’s it!
The fix will be in the next version of BBP, too.
///Leif
