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Test the sound your listeners receive before your event starts. This checklist follows the whole path: music and microphone → broadcaster → stream → listener. Use it after…

Prepare your first Lusch Audio broadcast from start to finish. Follow these six stages in order, use the linked guide for each task, and check what a listener actually hears before your event.

Choose a broadcaster around the audio you already use, then check that it supports your rental’s connection and encoding settings.

Find the values your broadcaster needs and keep them separate from listener and panel addresses.

A quick start for new Second Life customers renting a SHOUTcast stream.

Set the parcel music URL so visitors can hear your stream in Second Life.

Not sure which address, password or audio setting belongs in a field? Use these plain-language explanations alongside your rental instructions and software guide. The labels…

Use Audio Hijack’s Broadcast block to send an application or input device from your Mac to your stream.

Send music from desktop Winamp to your Lusch Audio SHOUTcast stream. Work through the connection and audio checks below, then test what listeners actually hear.

Connect Mixxx using its Live Broadcasting preferences.

Broadcast your VirtualDJ output to a Lusch Audio stream.

Check song metadata settings when your SHOUTcast listeners cannot see the current track.

Find SAM Broadcaster’s encoder window before adding a SHOUTcast connection.

Use BUTT (Broadcast Using This Tool) to send microphone or mixer audio to your Lusch Audio stream.

Configure the stream, test the connection details and check the audio Rocket Broadcaster transmits.

Use the SHOUTcast connection information supplied with your Lusch Audio rental to configure SAM Broadcaster.

Follow the audio from your music and microphone to the broadcaster, then check it as a listener.

Stop notification sounds, alerts and other unwanted computer audio from going on air. A broadcaster capturing your playback device can also capture browser tabs and returned…

Separate a listener-device problem from a missing channel in your broadcast. Test music and microphone independently so you can locate the stage where one side disappears.

Route Mac playback through BlackHole and combine it with the microphone in BUTT.

One Windows routing method for sending music and microphone audio to BUTT through Voicemeeter Banana.

If an AutoDJ playlist does not start or starts late, check its schedule and whether it is waiting for another track or playlist to finish. Record the planned and actual times…

Uploading music is only one part of getting AutoDJ playing. Check the listener’s address, the uploaded tracks and the playlist before changing server settings.

Look at the tracks available to the active playlists, their playback order and their relative selection settings. A large uploaded library does not guarantee a large active…

Choose a playlist behaviour, check its timing and test it before relying on it for a show.

Add your uploaded music to a playlist so AutoDJ can play it.

On a SHOUTcast v2 stream using Liquidsoap, a live source can override AutoDJ. Check your rental’s stream type and live connection details before the handover.

Add audio files to the media library used by your AutoDJ service.

If your broadcaster connects but your Second Life audience hears silence, start by checking the audio path.

Answer a few questions about what you can see and hear. Follow the suggested checks one at a time, then use the linked guides for more detail.

Improve audio clarity and avoid clipping when streaming music or vocals.

An echo, a delayed headphone monitor and a listener hearing you later are different symptoms. Identify which one you have before changing your stream settings.

Audio can work while the displayed artist or title is missing, incorrect or stuck. Follow the information from the music source to the listener player before changing your…

Help listeners hear a stable SHOUTcast stream without repeated pauses.

Work through connection details and the exact error before changing server settings.

Work through these checks if your live stream drops out during a set.

What these Windows connection errors mean and how to troubleshoot them.

A rental’s listener limit concerns simultaneous stream connections. Compare the current listener count and the actual error before assuming a full venue means the stream has…

Prepare the observations that help TJ Lusch investigate your stream problem.