About Rob Evans Expertise Questions on all aspects of Computers and Music production. Setting up and using a computer based recording studio. Sound editiing. Creating Music CD`s and DVD`s. Software for recording and mastering and all of the pitfalls that you will come across.
Experience 31 Years of playing guitar, bass & keyboard and as a vocalist, in many bands. I have a huge amount of knowledge on all aspects of music and music production. 15 years in IT has given me the necessary skills to apply the power of computers to music.
Publications Local Papers; Evening Mail, Sutton Coldfield Observer
Education/Credentials Graduate of London's Guitar Institute
Graduate of London's Musicians Institute
Studied all grades of music, classical and contemporary
HP Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)
Accredited Platform Specialist (APS) Proliant BL30e Blade Servers , Rapid Deployment and Integration
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) ? NT4 Server in the Enterprise
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) ? Metaframe XP 1.0
Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)
Accredited Compaq Technician (ACT) ? Proliant Server, NT Performance
and Integration, Systems Management
Wyse Terminals Winterm Sales Certification, General Information Certification
HP Sales Star Associate (HPSSA)
Toshiba Laptop and Desktop Accredited Technician (TPCMP-A/ii)
First i must excuse my poor spelling... My name is Itai, leaving i Norway westcoast, Bergen.
My question is maybe a bit off-side your experteas, but you have a broad bakground, so maybe you cuold help, or know someone who could ?
I newly opend a Café. (Its very popular, I have many nice gests :) I play bakground music from cd's using an ordinary but good sound system. Next week I get a high speed internet connection. I would like than in between cd's to play internett redio stations, using winamp (or anything else)for selecting stations. I am not sure how to aprowch, and have the following qwestions :
1. Kan i do it without a pc ? Any kind of device that connects to the internet and soundsystem, allowing searching sellecting and changing stations ?
2. If i must use a pc, can I do it in such a way, that the music is playd by the sound system, not by the pc sound card ?
I would be grateful for your advice.
If in Bergen, welcome at my Cafe !
Greatings
Itai
Answer Firstly, you must understand that any public broadcasting of music, from CD or internet radio, without the appropriate licence is illegal. So you would need to make sure that you have everything you need, before you did this.
If you do use a PC, the best thing to do is connect the "line out" from the pc to an auxillary input on the sound system, such as the tape input connections. This will allow you to play the sound through the sound system and not through the PC speakers.
