On 12/16/2011 10:27 AM, Ali Polatel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I and a couple of friends have decided to set up an amateur internet
> radio. We have a relatively small budget thus we want to go step by step.
> What we've thought so far is to have a devoted box with all the music
> archived. Ideally we want to make the interface very simple for DJs to
> use, even if this means increasing the maintenance cost of the system
> administrator. They should be able to grab a microphone and use a
> portable interface (yes, some DJs may be using windows) to choose music,
> play and start talking right away.
>
> The devoted box will be running Linux and I plan to administer the
> system. I have relatively good knowledge on Linux systems and
> programming in general. I want the system to be flexible, be it at the
> cost of difficulties in configuration or deployment.
>
> Please advice and share your experiences.

Hi,

on the server side I am currently using shoutcast on a debian wheezy box, on the client side we are using Internet DJ Console (IDJC) as source for shoutcast.
IDJC is jack compliant and it is very easy to setup but it does not run on windows.

More complex setups can involve the using of Jamin through the IDJC dsp in/out ports and/or VoIP features (skype, google-talk).
The former is quite straightforward if you are used to Qjackctl UI, the latter requires some additional work and understanding how alsa loop devices and jack pcm plugins work which is very well documented on http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge.

Of course you can use any other alsa app to redirect audio signals to IDJC. eg. you can use ardour tracks to process DJ microphones input signals (add compression, eq, reverbs) and the route tracks outs to IDJC mic inputs.

-r