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I have my computer piped through my home stereo system so I can listen to my music through it. I use winamp and Itunes to do this. Yesterday I was listening to one of my playlist using Winamp and I was constantly grabbing the remote to turn the volume up or down. I went to the computer and tried some gain settings on Winamp, but it didn’t seem to help. So I went to the Winamp site and came across Breakaway. After it was downloaded and installed I resumed my listening and was AMAZED at what Breakaway did. Not only did I not touch the volume control again, but everything seemed to sound better. I can’t believe how much more enjoyable Breakaway made my listening experience. I have been an on air DJ for years and listening to music has never been better for me. Thanks for making this product!
Breakaway is so nice … I’m posting this twice!
I love the Breakaway product! It is comparable to anything from Orban or Omnia … and my laptop sounds better than ever!
I would LOVE to own the speaker system on your homepage … tell us where it’s from? Gorgeous!
Now…as one into streaming media…if you could ONLY make it so that Breakaway would be the main codec for audio streams, as it is for receiving those streams.
Also, I am a big fan of Internet WiFi devices like Roku Labs "Soundbridge" radio systems.
Breakaway does work well on the computer and it encodes Internet streams coming in well…but it does NOT do same for wifi appliances. If that could happen … man!
I would also like to see the system work in the "going out" stream. My OTS DJ won’t allow it to be my audio processor (it has one of its own which is pretty good.) My SAM Broadcaster is WinAmp base and does allow it, but it already has a 5-band EQ built, so, it defeats the purpose.
If I could get my OTS to use it, however, I’d be set, as I do a lot of mobile DJ appearances, too, and know this would add much to my PA application.
Great product…congratulations. I will be purchasing it today or in the next day or so.
Oh, I will be getting a new computer shortly. Is the license transferable to another machine?
Joe Benson
Paso Robles, CA USAHi Joe!
Thank you for your comments!
The speaker system does look nice! It’s from Creative – you can actually make out the text of the logo on the front, but only just.
Creative has some decent sounding systems, however, to be honest, I doubt this particular system is one of them. The two one-inch drivers pointing at you may produce decent treble, but the two-inch driver (which is supposed to produce midrange – it’s too small for mid-bass) is pointing sideways, creating phase cancellation issues that are very difficult to get around, especially in speakers of that price class. It’s also difficult to build good inexpensive crossovers. These speakers were obviously designed by a skilled industrial designer, not a skilled audio engineer 🙂.
But yes, it does LOOK very nice. I guess having it on our front page might be sending the wrong message, since I’m definitely function over form myself, but there you go… I didn’t design the website, I was busy designing Breakaway at the time 😉
Breakaway isn’t a codec per say, but an audio processor that could work with any codec. We do have a webcaster version on our roadmap, so we’ll get there one day.
It WOULD be really awesome to have the Breakaway algorithm in a device like the Roku Soundbridge. Breakaway as an algorithm is optimized enough that it IS technically possible. Once the Windows version gets popular enough, who knows where else it will end up. It’s all about numbers – when we have a several million downloads and a few hundred thousand purchases, it gets much easier to get other companies to pay attention. So, please tell everyone you know about Breakaway 😉.
The webcaster version, when done, will definitely support being used from SAM Broadcaster. I’ve never used OTS DJ though – what can you tell me about it?
Here’s a few questions:
What audio interface (Wave/DirectSound/KernelStreaming/ASIO) does it use to talk to the sound card?Is all the mixing done internally, or does it output different virtual decks through different jacks?
Does it have a separate "headphone monitoring / auditioning / PFL" output?
Does it support any plug-ins (Winamp DSP/DirectShow/VST)?
Using dynamics processing indeed REALLY helps when DJ’ing — suddenly all tracks play at the same level and with the same level of punch. One major thing less to worry about!
Regarding the license, it’s not yet *automatically* transferable (will be one day), but we can do it for you. Just send an email to windows_system@claessonedwards.com with your order number and your new Hardware ID, and we’ll take care of it.
///Leif
[quote author=”CA Joe”]Breakaway is so nice … I’m posting this twice!
I love the Breakaway product! It is comparable to anything from Orban or Omnia … and my laptop sounds better than ever!
I would LOVE to own the speaker system on your homepage … tell us where it’s from? Gorgeous!
Now…as one into streaming media…if you could ONLY make it so that Breakaway would be the main codec for audio streams, as it is for receiving those streams.
Also, I am a big fan of Internet WiFi devices like Roku Labs "Soundbridge" radio systems.
Breakaway does work well on the computer and it encodes Internet streams coming in well…but it does NOT do same for wifi appliances. If that could happen … man!
I would also like to see the system work in the "going out" stream. My OTS DJ won’t allow it to be my audio processor (it has one of its own which is pretty good.) My SAM Broadcaster is WinAmp base and does allow it, but it already has a 5-band EQ built, so, it defeats the purpose.
If I could get my OTS to use it, however, I’d be set, as I do a lot of mobile DJ appearances, too, and know this would add much to my PA application.
Great product…congratulations. I will be purchasing it today or in the next day or so.
Oh, I will be getting a new computer shortly. Is the license transferable to another machine?
Joe Benson
Paso Robles, CA USA[/quote]Attention:
Broadcasters, Mobile DJs, Music Lovers, Studio Producers, Voice Over talent, Computer hobbyists (laptop or desktop,) those serious about the sound of their systems … from a many year broadcaster —
Short, sweet and to the point:
Buy BREAKAWAY TODAY!
No matter the hour. BUY IT! You will like it, you will like this company and it’s support, you will see a lot of growth here … with, we hope, webcaster products and more.
No hype. No bull. These guys know what they’re doing. And better than any other sound scheme I’ve tried in many years of computing and on-air use that has cost thousands.
This isn’t just a "plug-in." You take some time (not much, actually) to listen and see what Breakaway does … and you can see and hear the difference.
This isn’t some pastel-calored plug-in that just looks flashy. Breakaway does the job.
I look forward to buying more than one, in fact.
If we could squeeze this tool in a box, AM, FM, Webcasting and studio audio would sound so much better.
And easy to use.
Good service and support. Keep your eyes on these guys.
To my friends at Roku Labs: This product on your Soundbridge Radios would be A-W-E-S-O-M-E!
Joe
Paso Robles, CAFantastic product Leif. Must congratulate you. I love the sound processing and the price is reasonable too. So good just bought 2 myself! It’s just like having an on hand real time producer to remaster all my tunes as I play them 😆
I use OtsDJ (now known as OtsAV) and you can use Breakaway. Just choose Breakaway Pipeline 1 as output card in OtsAV and your soundcard as output in Breakaway (courtesy Marion Zee100).
Thanks again and free updates too. Wow!
[quote author=”CA Joe”]Breakaway is so nice … I’m posting this twice!
I love the Breakaway product! It is comparable to anything from Orban or Omnia … and my laptop sounds better than ever!
I would LOVE to own the speaker system on your homepage … tell us where it’s from? Gorgeous!
Now…as one into streaming media…if you could ONLY make it so that Breakaway would be the main codec for audio streams, as it is for receiving those streams.
Also, I am a big fan of Internet WiFi devices like Roku Labs "Soundbridge" radio systems.
Breakaway does work well on the computer and it encodes Internet streams coming in well…but it does NOT do same for wifi appliances. If that could happen … man!
I would also like to see the system work in the "going out" stream. My OTS DJ won’t allow it to be my audio processor (it has one of its own which is pretty good.) My SAM Broadcaster is WinAmp base and does allow it, but it already has a 5-band EQ built, so, it defeats the purpose.
If I could get my OTS to use it, however, I’d be set, as I do a lot of mobile DJ appearances, too, and know this would add much to my PA application.
Great product…congratulations. I will be purchasing it today or in the next day or so.
Oh, I will be getting a new computer shortly. Is the license transferable to another machine?
Joe Benson
Paso Robles, CA USA[/quote]Here’s a screeshot for OtsDJ/OtsAV.
Working perfect on my system.
Does anyone know of any way to use OTS and Breakaway to process audio before streaming to the Shoutcast DSP?
I can get the audio into Breakaway, and I can get the Shoutcast DSP working, but I can’t get the breakaway processed audio into the broadcast stream.
Along these lines, can I use Breakaway to process audio for streaming in any way? I’m starting to think that I may be trying to do the impossible here!!any input appreciated.
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