<div dir="ltr">Hi Peter,<div><br></div><div>Any use of a Raspberry Pi for audio logging or recording would require an external USB sound card, as the Pi doesn't have an audio input, only an output. Cheap ones are available for as little as £5, but for serious radio use you would probably be looking at one costing £50-60. This would then necessitate the use of an external powered USB hub - the machine is not powerful enough to supply power to such USB peripherals on its own. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm personally unconvinced by the Pi for this kind of application. Once you have purchased and added all the required peripherals, cases and so on, the cost is not that different to a small, low-powered PC system with everything you need already included and more computing power available. Small PCs with enough power to perform audio logging, streaming and other simple tasks can easily be obtained for around £50 and seem to be far neater solutions. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Andy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 January 2014 23:13, London Chinese Radio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:admin@londonhuayu.co.uk" target="_blank">admin@londonhuayu.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<div><br></div><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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