[slinkelist] Digital Audio server

[Brian Atkins]

I would gladly pay Colby $200 if he could get this done (auto-rip of all
tracks in my changers to perfect WAV files, CDJ working with those tracks).
I would also have no problem buying a new audio card with digital input to
get this done.

Marc Parker wrote:
> 
> Maybe we should start to pool a fund to pay Colby to do this? If enough
> people kicked in $100 we could get this thing off the ground.
> 
> I agree, the mechanical thing is no longer state of the art.  It was great
> and still works OK, but the evalution of CDJ has got to be toward HD
> storage.
> 
> Maybe we should put our money where our mouth is. Colby has spent a great
> deal of time ($$$) developing CDJ. He makes his money on the Slink-e to
> support it. What happens when the Slink-e is no longer needed to control the
> changers?
> 
> Parker
> 
> > From: Brian Atkins <brian@posthuman.com>
> > Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:34:05 -0500
> > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com
> > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Digital Audio server
> >
> > no no no, what Colby has to realize is that with 180GB hard drives now
> > becoming available, he needs to work on ditching the whole hardware based
> > CDJ approach (i.e. slink-e and changers). He needs to come up with a way
> > to auto-rip CDs via changers into WAVs, and modify CDJ to work with those.
> > I want to get rid of my changers!!! (and I hate MP3 quality) I would gladly
> > pay for the CDJ software if it could do this.
> >
> > P.S. I am not sure if it is what you want, but look at shoutcast.com
> >
> > Tom Hammond-Doel wrote:
> >>
> >> Slightly off subject.
> >>
> >> Is there a REASONABLY priced digital audio server out there?  All the
> >> thing has to do is have an ethernet connection in and a decoded MP3
> >> audio out.  After that, even CDJ could control the thing with the
> >> correct interface placed on it.
> >>
> >> I've seen the Audiotron, DAS, and AudioRequest, but they're over spec'd
> >> and subsequently overpriced.
> >>
> >> Just a SIMPLE NETWORK MP3 PLAYER!  That's not too much to ask is it?  Is
> >> this another device I'm going to have to build myself (I'm a firmware
> >> engineer)?  For that matter, Colby, this seems like a prime project for
> >> you.  Want some help?  Throw a Net+Arm and MP3 decoder on a card, or use
> >> a PC104.  Seems pretty simple.
> >>
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> > Brian Atkins
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