You can bump up the total gain with the top widget (which is why I may have been blasting at 200%- there is a quick mute button if you need it).
You definitely want to have phones to monitor your output as you stream, even if there is echo. If I am the only voice, then I just use my USB headset if in the case when I broadcast with Bryan Alexander, I used the built in mic on my MacBookPro (which also created more room like effects), but plugged the speaker end of my headsets into the headphone jack (I have a Sennheiser that allows my to use USB or just the plugs). You must set up headphones to monitor the output- do not leave your speakers open, unless you want to stream bone breaking feedback. This is cleaner than trying to manually switching songs. In iTunes, I create a playlist for the audio I want to use- this would be if you want to DJ, or a list of creepy sounds you want to use.
NICECAST FOR WINDOWS 7 HOW TO
This guide covers how to set it up when you want to mix, say audio and music, as I have used for Scary Stories from Stawberry.Īnd I am not an expert! I defer to a real one on sound software. Streaming music from your computer is easy if you use Nicecast to stream from an application (say iTunes). This is not going to be a comprehensive guide to Nicecast- actually their built in help is rather detailed, and it is where I went to school. With the zaniness of free form live broadcasting in the ds106 radio space, people are sorting out the various live streaming tools and learning as we go.
I’m a huge fan of Rogue Amoeba’s streaming software for OS X, Nicecast, and have used it before for broadcasting for projects at NMC.