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What is Streaming Audio and how it will benefit you

Streaming audio is a method of delivering audio, in real-time over the Internet or corporate Intranets, with no download wait and no file to take up space on your hard disk. Effectively what happens is as soon as you request a streaming audio file – usually by clicking on a button – the first 2 or 3 seconds of the file is downloaded to your computer.

This immediately starts to play and as it does, the server continues to download the rest of the file. By the time the first few seconds of sound have been played, the next few seconds are ready, hence creating a continuous "stream".

Many of the programs available today that allow you to stream the audio require that you compile the audio file in the correct format first. This can be a very time consuming task as you need to balance the quality to size ration to allow streaming over modem connections. The software we will be using will do all this automatically for you.

To listen to audio, you need a sound card and speakers or headphones for your computer. After a somewhat slow start, Web sites that are capable of delivering relatively low-bandwidth audio content are appearing with greater frequency, most likely in response to the increasing number of multimedia-capable PCs hooking into the Internet.

Think of a bucket (the buffer) with a hole in the bottom, being topped up with water (the data). As long as there is water in the bucket, it will continue to pour out of the hole, and will do this as long as there is water in the bucket. Similarly, as long as there is data in the buffer, you will continue to hear sound.

MP3 Sound Stream 1.27 (mp3ss) is a software package that creates high quality 56K streaming audio from MP3 or WAV files. It uses industry standard LAME compression to produce very high quality output. The program uses flash 4 technology, which is estimated to be on 98% of computers. It will reduce a standard MP3 file by over 50% with almost no loss of quality.

The Online Population - Streamies, those users who watch or listen to streaming online, represent 44% of all Internet users and 27% of Americans overall. By far, streamies are the most valuable consumer group on the Internet. Streaming media consumers are far more interactive, are more oriented to e-commerce and spend more time online compared with Internet users who don't stream." 

Credibility – Anyone can add some text and graphics however the use of audio takes a little more effort and so it is seen as higher value and greater credability. In a recent streaming audio survey it was found that most people associated streaming audio and video with respected corporate sites.

Auditory – Statistics show that 30% of surfers are auditory and so if you do not have audio then you are loosing out on a lot of traffic.

Stickability - Our customers have proven that audio has dramatically increased the time people spend on their site. Many people are now able to get traffic to their websites using Pay Per Click advertising however the next main consideration is keeping them there so you get more from your advertising dollar.

Current Marketplace – is awash with TV and radio programs so people are already used to the concept and are expecting it on websites. With the average computer being multimedia enabled they almost feel dejected if they can not utilize all the functions.

The Wow Factor - At present only around 10% of sites utilise any form of streaming media so it creates a wow factor and delivers a lot more word of mouth traffic than any other form of web page functions.

 

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Creating streaming audio with MP3 Sound Stream

 One of the keys to creating good streaming audio for your website is to use a good audio editor to create your project in the first place.

Preparation

In making recordings, the goal is always to get a clear, undistorted speech signal with as little noise as possible.

Noise that will detract from or ruin signal quality for acoustic analysis can include:

  • Any kind of environmental noise
  • Speaker movement, especially if movement impacts the microphone or an object close to the microphone
  • Voice overlap between speakers
  • Noise from the computer system during transfer to computer

The best way to minimize environmental noise is to record in a sound-proofed or sound-treated room. To reduce the effects of noise in an ordinary room:

  • Choose a quiet location
  • Cover large reverberant surfaces with blankets or cloths
  • Unplug electrical appliances
  • Close doors and windows
  • Turn off lights and fans or air conditioning
  • Remove anything that ticks, buzzes, bangs, rattles, squeaks, hisses, or otherwise makes itself heard
  • Always make a one minute black recording to see if there are any noises you have missed.
  • Make sure you log off any software application like chat programs etc. There is nothing worse than almost getting to the end of your recording and your mail or chat program pipes in with a ding or what ever.

 

When recording speech form texts it is usually possible to satisfy all, or most of the above conditions. However, to record speech in "natural" situations, speakers often must be allowed to move around and interact with other people, with objects, or with their surroundings. 

Recording your Audio

We provide you with a free audio editing program called Audacity. See the tutorial here.

We also provide you with a teleprompter which will make your audio more professional.

 

Unlike many other teleprompters it allows you to record your audio right inside the program while viewing the scrolling text.

Yes you can get free recording software, and we will give you one of the best on the market, but have you ever tried to juggle word and a recorder. Believe me it is not that easy.

MSI Prompt allows you to simply copy and paste your chapters or articles and then scrols the text at the rate you choose and you read. Even people who are not good readers nowmally can do this.

 

New Feature – Due to many customers requests we have also now made the scrolling accessible with hot keys. By using the arrows on your keyboard you can control the scrolling speed.

Just click on the scroller area and your ready to adjust up and down speeds with your keypad.

Because all the controls and the text are in the one screen you can adjust all the features in real time.

No need to compile and restart.

  • You can change the font size to suit your preferences instantly
  • You can change the colors of the text.
  • You can change the colors of the background
  • You can adjust the speed of scroll
  • You can pause, stop or restart at the click of a button.
  • It is a set size for PC only.

Updated Features Added for Professional Version

1. High Quality Mp3 Encoder Added ( LAME) with full Voice capturing feature.

2. Asks for File Overwrite Both for Mp3 and Text Editor

3. Hit Space to Pause Scrolling. Hit Space again to resume.

4. Hit Escape to hide tool bar. Hit Esc again to show.

So to get your complete Streaming Audio package use the link below to order today.

 

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Who Wants Streaming Audio?

 microphone_illustrationFor years I have struggled with putting streaming audio on my site. I have used all the top products and a plethora of other audio software. Then along came flash and the whole process became a lot easier. let me share how you to can benefit from my experience and research.  

Are you reaching your customers personally and generating sales and repeat customers as a result? No matter how good your web graphics are, or how interesting your sales copy is, nothing can compare to hearing a real voice.

 

 

Streaming audio is a must for any business that wants to provide interactive features or portable podcasts via its website. A feature that almost always goes hand in hand with streaming video, streaming audio enables your customers to listen live or download music, podcasts and more to their iPod or mp3 player.

Internet audio generates a lot of press because it is associated with sharing MP3 music files. Streaming audio is more similar to a radio transmission, where audio is heard as it is delivered, rather than downloaded onto a PC and then played at will.

The fact that audio can increase sales and sign-ups isn’t disputed by savvy marketers, but until recently the technology wasn’t cheap enough, or easy enough for a "normal" person to deploy streaming audio. It used to take a special server and more fiddling than a lot of people were willing to do, not to mention the cost of the flash software. 

Mp3 Sound Stream is the easiest to use and best quality. To get your copy now use the link below.

 

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Streaming Audio Sound Effects

streaming-audioThe other day I was doing a streaming audio project for a school and needed some sound effects.

I found a site called Soungle which provides royality free sound effects.Soungle is a free site, developed by Southern Codes, for finding all kind of sound FX and musical instruments samples on our mega online library.

 As different from most of similar sites, Soungle is NOT a Web search engine. It only searches in our growing monster database. Our goals are to keep it simple to use (search, preview and download) and to keep it free.Keyword searches are performed by entering any word or phrase in a search box.

The retrieved results of a keyword search are displayed ten to a page. Clicking on play icon allows you to preview a file. Download button instantly downloads the sound effect or musical instrument sample file. A short description of the sound appears on top of every sound , followed by the frame rate, duration and bit rate.

Remember, all of their sound effects and samples are royalty free for downloading.

What sort of sounds can you search for at Soungle.com?

Users can search for the sounds of melodious birds such as the thrush bird or blue jay. Or users can download sound effects such as door bells and rushing water. Soungle.com is easy to use. First users must type in a key word such as “thunder”. Soungle.com will produce a list of thunder sounds including thunder and rain.

Each result will have a brief description along with the frame rate, length for the frame and bit rate. The user can them preview all of the sounds and the sound effects that the user wishes to use they can download. If you are producing music or editing a film Soungle.com can be a very useful source because you can find many different sounds and sound effects.

Users can donate sounds by listing their name and web, uploading a WAV file and adding keywords.

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Streaming Audio

 What is Streaming Audio?

It is the process where you take an audio file and place it on a web page so that your visitors can listen to it.

In most cases we would use what is called archived audio. This is where you pre record your audio so that it does not matter when a visitor comaes and clicks the play button they will get the audio delivered as a whole for each indirvidual visitor.

This compared to live audio where a visitor has to visit your page at a specific time to hear the audio.

Both are streamed however live audio quite often requires special servers and equipment where as archived audio can be played off nearly any server and need no special equipment to stream the audio.

Archived streaming audio is usually delivered via flash because of the reach in the marketplace of flash plugins and software. Most people already have these on their computers so they simply click and play.

How Do I Make My Audio File?

There is a lot od audio editing software around however we have found a great free software program you can use to create and edit your audio. It is called Audacity.

What do I do once I have created the Audio?

Once you have created the audio it is simply a matter of using MP3 Sound Stream to create the files and code to place on your website. Once MP3 Sound Stream has converted your audio you copy and paste some text and place where you want the audio to appear on your website then upload the two files it creates and your done.

If you would like to know more or need help please feel free to contact us.

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This sample was a compiled file with Audacity which was recorded at 44.100 hz and the original file was 9.3 mb. MP3 Sound converted to a streaming audio file size 1.7 mb with little loss of quality.

The audio includes some music and speaking to show the quality.

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