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Hi all, Having seen one to many misunderstandings on Real Audio posted to the list, here are some important and CORRECT facts. I host a site that has over three hours of Real Audio. I also have almost 2 years of experience with Real's products. 1.) Real Audio content can be created using the free encoders available on the Real site: http://www.real.com/products/creation/index.html Content can also be created from many third party programs. These programs, both Mac and Windows, usually require some kind of a plug-in and extension either provided by the software manufacturer or Real. You may already own one of these and not know it. See http://www.real.com/devzone/software/audio.html The most common pre-encoded audio formats are (AIFF - Mac) and (.wav - Windows). 2.) Real Server IS NOT REQUIRED to stream Real Audio. Real Audio can do a psuedo-stream using HTTP protocols. Info is available in the Real site at: http://www.real.com/encoder/httpstream.html My advice to fellow loopers - DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH REAL SERVER unless... If you are an ISP or someone with a SERVER connected to the WWW, then Real Server is a solution. It is costly and not for most, if any, on this list. A free version is available (obviously not as powerful as the full blown version). ************* The sites listed in my signature may be of interest to this list. My personal site features looping software which I am developing (using MAX, MSP and a Mac). There are some Real Audio clips (which demonstrate HTTP streaming - feel free to grab or look at the pages source). The King Crimson site I host (Elephant Tape) already contains some tracks from members of this list. Tracks by Stephen Goodman, Travis Hartnett, Reginald Hunt and Jeff Duke are available (forgive me if I left anyone out). Many other pieces on the site were created by loopers, especially tracks from studio seventeen artists. BTW, although the above may sound like a plug, I can assure you that I make absolutely NO money from these sites. Enjoy! Have fun! Ken Ken Mistove kmistove@eclipse.net My stuff: http://www.eclipse.net/~kmistove/ King Crimson (Elephant Tape) stuff: http://www.geocities.com/~kenzak/etape/