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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>I believe Black Diamond FM (Edinburgh) is using
one to create its online stream feed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>We have looked at a few uses, including acting as
the encoding front ends for a DAB service and streaming, but I ten to agree
with what Andy said - we use a couple of old (ancient) PCs in the back room
running a multitude of rote tasks such as generating our
streeam, off-air logging, automatic restarting of Sky satellite receives
and channel switching on the Sky boxes, running our online weather station feed,
and generating a couple of extra low bitrate streams for our private monitoring
of audio. Even an old Pentium running XP can handle that lot no
bother.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Another good solution (we use for a back up
short-term hi-fi logger in case of wanting to re-use something broadcast live)
is to use cheap laptops (eg Dell ex-business ones, around £100) - you can keep
one in use and one identically configure as a hot standby - or just get an
additional 2.5" disk ready to push in should the need arise (it never has yet
for us!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>For audio in and out I haven't found anything to
beat the convenience of the USB-to-XLR 2-in 2-out 3-metre leads - the leads
include a decent USB audio convertor in a small module on the lead. Around £40.
(There's also a mic version for half the price, but I haven't tried it - for
plugging a standard dynamic mic into USB.) Haven't tried them on Linux, but they
ought to work okay.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>For lower demands/unbalanced needs, such as
streaming and logging, or optical SP/DIF connection, the Behringer UCA202 is
also excellent value at about £25 - we have several of these for years and none
has ever given any bother or concern over sound quality for radio
purposes.</FONT> <FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>The newer UCA222 doesn't appear
to have any advantage except being red instead of silver, if you prefer that! It
claims lower latency, but I'm not convinced, certainly heard no significant
difference and a few millisecinds of latency is unimportant for streaming. They
work well with Linux (as per RasbPi).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Off-topic from RasbPi, theu USB-XLR or phone leads
are extremely handy items to keep in the cupboard for times when someone turns
up with a laptop that has poor quality 3.55mm jack audio.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [cma-l] Raspberry Pi in the
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi all,
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<DIV>Just wondering if anybody has experience of using a Raspberry Pi in
the studio for dedicated jobs. For example as an audio logger or programme
recorder, I thought it would be cheaper to get one of these to do what is a
simple job, instead of paying for a whole PC to do it...</DIV>
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<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
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