Hello,
I access a live audio network stream, which is hosted on a cloud server, using VLC Media Player. I like to visualise and analyse the acoustic data using a real-time spectrogram. I do this currently by outputting the signal from my Windows PC's internal sound card's headphone socket and cabling it to an external sound card. The sound analysis software I like to use (Raven Pro) will accept the external sound card as its sound acquisition device.
My question is - am I going about this the most efficient way? Can't I access the stream and feed it to my software directly at the PC? As it is, I'm adding a cable, a second sound card and a USB connection. Can I simplify this, minimising the potential for additional noise and the variable gain stages?
The signal originated as mono (a single underwater hydrophone sensor - its signal transmitted to the cloud server via 4G). The PC sound card is a Soundblaster AE5 plus. I think it's outputting a two-sided unbalanced signal (i.e. same signal to left and right ears). The external sound card is either a Behringer UMC202HD or an RME Fireface 800, and in either case I use one of its a TRS analogue inputs.
Thanks v much,
CPorpoise
I access a live audio network stream, which is hosted on a cloud server, using VLC Media Player. I like to visualise and analyse the acoustic data using a real-time spectrogram. I do this currently by outputting the signal from my Windows PC's internal sound card's headphone socket and cabling it to an external sound card. The sound analysis software I like to use (Raven Pro) will accept the external sound card as its sound acquisition device.
My question is - am I going about this the most efficient way? Can't I access the stream and feed it to my software directly at the PC? As it is, I'm adding a cable, a second sound card and a USB connection. Can I simplify this, minimising the potential for additional noise and the variable gain stages?
The signal originated as mono (a single underwater hydrophone sensor - its signal transmitted to the cloud server via 4G). The PC sound card is a Soundblaster AE5 plus. I think it's outputting a two-sided unbalanced signal (i.e. same signal to left and right ears). The external sound card is either a Behringer UMC202HD or an RME Fireface 800, and in either case I use one of its a TRS analogue inputs.
Thanks v much,
CPorpoise
