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I am trying to change from my input sources. I use WINAMP for streaming and this program does an incredible job leveling out my audio. However, I would like it to transfer to my line input when I lock WINAMP do a different input. Is this possible?
Thanks for your time and a great product.
Dave
Hi Dave!
Thank you for your comments!
Unfortunately, the personal user version of Breakaway ($29.95) can’t do live processing or processing for streaming, it’s really only for playing music (or other audio sources) on your computer. (We had to have a couple of limitations to be able to keep the price low).
Howevere, the good news is, there will be a webcaster version in the future which will be able to do exactly what you want, and it will be very reasonably priced. 🙂
///Leif
When will that program be available, or is there another program of yours that will already do this. I need ASAP, it’s almost a name your price situation.
DR
Perhaps there is a hardware version that can do something similar?
Thanks again for your time,
DR
Hi Dave!
It might be possible to make it do what you want just by adding another second sound card – but I’m not sure I understand exactly what you’re trying to do yet.
Can you explain step by step exactly what you want to accomplish?
///Leif
Alright,
I’ve got two sources if you will, a playlist and an external signal coming in on my line input. For the majority of my time I am streaming the playlist and the breakaway product works great for this application.
Having said that, I then use winamp to crossfade to the line input source and it is at that point that I can no longer use breakaway because of the following:
1. Breakaway does not allow me to crossfade between the sources.
2. It seems that this version of Breakaway will not perform the same processes on the line input.Simply put, I would like to use the processing that is available for the playlist for the line input.
The final result is a stream that is well balanced.
Thanks for your time on this,
Dave
Hi Dave!
I understand the problem.
Breakaway handles all signals coming from the computer the same way. However, the line input plug-in in winamp doesn’t work the same as other input plug-ins (such as the mp3 decoder), because the line input plug-in never actually sends audio to the output plug-in.
So, when you’re using the line input plug-in in winamp, it only sends that audio to the dsp plug-in, but it never really plays it — that’s why Breakaway can’t pick it up.
If you used a program like Audio Repeater (available free with the demo of Virtual Audio Cables, http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html, and set input to your sound card, output to Breakaway Pipeline, then the Line Input will get into Breakaway and get processed (albeit with a slight delay).
However, this doesn’t give you crossfading, but you could cheat by doing the switchover between tracks. While waiting for the full webcaster version of Breakaway, it might be a worthwhile tradeoff to give up a couple of seconds of silence during the switchover, and in return get a vastly improved audio presentation.
///Leif
Great solution,
I’m not so concerned with the crossfade, so your solution should work great. I’ll give it a whirl.
Also, should I buy this version, or in the next 30 days will the other version be available.
Dave
It’ll take longer than 30 days. Maybe 3 months or so, but I really can’t plan that far out.. The current version of Breakaway (Breakaway Personal as I called it during development) was supposed to take, you know, "just a couple of weeks".. After all, I already had the algorithm done (in use in Pro equipment for years, on the air on most HDTV networks in the USA).. All it needed was a consumer gui. What could be simpler? Just a couple of weeks.
Uh.. Yeah right. Took 5 months, 14 hours a day, every freaking day including weekends 🙂. I just couldn’t help myself — had to keep making it better.
I wish I had a more accurate answer than "It’ll be done when it’s done" but I’m learning not to trust my estimates!
///Leif
Well, your program if worth far more than $30 so, for the sake of putting for on your table. I’ll just buy the personal and then I’ll buy the Webcaster version when it is availble. Great work by the way.
Dave
There is a line-in plugin that works the same as other input plugins, by routing the signal through the DSP and Output plugins… (actually there’s two, but one is very outdated and rare plugin by Nullsoft, which i have, but it’s not worth using if the following works)::
Jasper’s LineIn Plugin for Winamp
http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/dev … index.htmlThs download link is here:
http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/dev … ein180.exeDocumentation is here:
http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/dev … index.htmlAnd… go nuts. There’s not much you can’t change about how the plugin works, and it’s very fully featured for the simple task it does. Hopefully you enjoy it, and tell others about it who may need it.
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