I've been trying to figure this out for a while:
I have upwards of 8-10 microphones and I want to record their audio feed. Each microphones into different file directories and different files. I guess date/time stamp the file. It could be continuous recording or voice-activated.
Then I want these recordings available from any stations on my company network. So a user could sit down, remote-desktop to the other computer that has these mics connected, and just play back the file of their choice, redirecting the audio to their station.
Or better yet, doing it in a different way: I recently found a digital audio mixer. It can take the 8-10 mics. Then this mix board can be connected straight to my company network through ethernet, and one can just browse to it and select which input to direct to the output. The output being either an analog out, or USB to a computer. But in this case, the computer would only record that one mic that is being directed to it. Ideally, the mixer would somehow stream the output to the computer that's browsing to it, but it doesn't have that feature. I wish I did as then the whole thing would be solved.
Basically, it's for a training center and the supervisor wants to hear conversations going in different rooms. And somehow he should be able to select which room he wants to hear, and if there is no conversation going, he should be able to move on to the next room to see what's in there. Actually, recording is not even a requirement, but I haven't been able to find any way to do it real-time. I've been playing around with Viking SO24 Service Observing Unit, but it's an old analog setup, and audio is horrible. But you CAN connect many mics to it, and you can connect an analog phone to it, and flip through its different inputs. It's just an old technology.
I know this site is called "Radio" reference for a reason, and I might be off-topic a little, but I've seen discussions about Raspberry Pi-s and sound cards and even mixboards, so I'm not that far off with this application. Maybe somebody just has the right combination of knowledge and ideas to point to the right direction.
I have upwards of 8-10 microphones and I want to record their audio feed. Each microphones into different file directories and different files. I guess date/time stamp the file. It could be continuous recording or voice-activated.
Then I want these recordings available from any stations on my company network. So a user could sit down, remote-desktop to the other computer that has these mics connected, and just play back the file of their choice, redirecting the audio to their station.
Or better yet, doing it in a different way: I recently found a digital audio mixer. It can take the 8-10 mics. Then this mix board can be connected straight to my company network through ethernet, and one can just browse to it and select which input to direct to the output. The output being either an analog out, or USB to a computer. But in this case, the computer would only record that one mic that is being directed to it. Ideally, the mixer would somehow stream the output to the computer that's browsing to it, but it doesn't have that feature. I wish I did as then the whole thing would be solved.
Basically, it's for a training center and the supervisor wants to hear conversations going in different rooms. And somehow he should be able to select which room he wants to hear, and if there is no conversation going, he should be able to move on to the next room to see what's in there. Actually, recording is not even a requirement, but I haven't been able to find any way to do it real-time. I've been playing around with Viking SO24 Service Observing Unit, but it's an old analog setup, and audio is horrible. But you CAN connect many mics to it, and you can connect an analog phone to it, and flip through its different inputs. It's just an old technology.
I know this site is called "Radio" reference for a reason, and I might be off-topic a little, but I've seen discussions about Raspberry Pi-s and sound cards and even mixboards, so I'm not that far off with this application. Maybe somebody just has the right combination of knowledge and ideas to point to the right direction.
